Crushing Tall PoppiesBlindsided by Giftedness
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
“Looking at Sam’s recent test scores that we just received, it puts your son in the highly gifted range. Your son is gifted, Mrs. Welch.” Well hey, swell—that’s…
{Book Review} Boost: 12 Effective Ways to Lift Up Our Twice-Exceptional Children
Saturday, April 14, 2018
Are you teaching or parenting a 2e child? Are you looking for tried-and-true strategies which can work in the classroom, at home or with homeschooling your 2e child?…
Gifted Children–These 3 Things
Monday, June 15, 2015
“You will never get teachers to understand.” “Too many teachers only see gifted children as smart, high-achievers.” “It’s the word gifted. Change the word and maybe it won’t…
It’s All About the Grades
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
It’s a Punch in the Gut and not a Pat on the Back Why is it all about the academic output—the grades, the achievement, the scores? As a…
What About the Gifted Children Who Got Left Behind?
Monday, April 13, 2015
Yes, by now we’ve seen the recent articles (see below) and studies reminding us yet again that gifted children have been getting the short end of the educational…
What You Didn’t Know About Gifted Children
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Go to school, study, make good grades, go to college, work hard—this is a universal recipe for success so often offered to our children. For some children who…
A Gifted Child Checklist for Teachers {Shareable Presentation}
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
In a positive way, I wanted to address the need for all educators to understand and recognize the traits and needs of our gifted children. I used the web-based presentation…
Gifted Children–Mistaken Expectations
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
We meet people, we interact with them for a short while, and soon we characterize them and place them into one of the people and personality categories we…
Gifted Children: Just Pulling the Wool Over Your Eyes
Monday, December 15, 2014
If there is just one thing I wish every person who does not understand giftedness, and yes, I did say every, could understand is that giftedness often comes packaged…
Giftedness is More Than a Function of Education
Friday, December 5, 2014
I get it. The vast majority of people think that gifted children are the smart, advantaged students in an esteemed, sometimes seemingly elitist, special program at school—it’s a…
