That is why parents
of gifted children advocate for an appropriate education for their child.
Only one of these private schools was a «gifted» school, i.e., one explicitly identified as a school
for gifted children with formal entrance criteria.
While this is obviously a made - up conversation ~ based on my experience
with gifted children ~ I am sure some of these concerns - as well as others - would come up.
This is my story, but it is a story that could be told by parents of
gifted children in many different school districts.
For
gifted children who are twice exceptional, gifted and learning disabled, school holds even more disappointment.
A sensitivity to the special needs of
young gifted children can make a significant difference to their future development and happiness.
Most highly
gifted children do end up accelerating academically in some way at some point in their schooling.
The problem with this approach is that for
many gifted children the first years in school can be critical to their later success.
These books will
help gifted children of all ages find answers to the questions they have about computers.
But my strongest impetus is having seen what often happens
when gifted children do not have appropriate education.
What can be done for highly and
profoundly gifted children who know most of what will be covered for the next 2 or 4 or 8 or 10 years?
New research has shown that traditional referral systems for identifying
gifted children tend to overlook significant numbers of talented students of color.
As is so often the case in gifted education, we can express the reading characteristics of
gifted children by using variations on the word more.
While providing services to schools on a variety of issues, full - time psychologists and social workers also provide individual assistance to
identified gifted children needing special provisions.
Positive communication with the school is absolutely essential, as highly
gifted children often do not fit the norms of school organization.
If gifted children had the same protection for their education which is extended to all other exceptional children, such a thing could not have happened.
My daughter, who has at least five different learning disabilities, is in a wonderful school that understands how to
teach gifted children with learning differences.
The emphasis is on positive aspects of parenting, avoiding power struggles, and helping
gifted children learn appropriate life skills while enhancing the parent / child relationship and parent self - esteem.
There were very early examples of peer - to - peer learning seen across the school and we appointed some of the
more gifted children as «digital leaders».
Many are the parents of
intellectually gifted children who find themselves confronted with screening results which do not match their own assessments of their children.
Just as we rightly worry about those with learning difficulties and behavioural problems, so we need to worry about how to help the
most gifted children reach their potential.
In addition the research shows that
gifted children make more requests of their parents and respond enthusiastically to increased opportunities.
I am concerned about the lack of understanding that highly and profoundly
gifted children get in the educational system.
What environments, experiences, and lessons help
gifted children develop the traits and characteristics that allow them to blossom into creative, productive, socially responsible adults?
Highly
gifted children growing up in isolated areas need educational and emotional support in their earliest years.
Giving back in these ways can help
gifted children feel like they're part of the solution rather than part of the problem.
While gifted children are capable of reading, speaking, and even reasoning above grade level, those abilities may not always be used in positive ways.
Individual or group counseling for
gifted children whose emotional problems are interfering with their social or academic adjustment.
New gifted teachers, as well as seasoned ones, and coordinators of gifted programs will want to read this book for fresh insight into
how gifted children behave in the classroom.
Flexible scheduling can be ideal for
gifted children since they often love to immerse themselves in a topic before moving on to the next.
This practice would result in other positive impacts ~ such as teachers being better equipped to identify
potentially gifted children in their classrooms.
One of the
greatest gifts our children give us is to throw us off our game, questioning everything and forcing us to dig a little deeper.
Virtually no evidence supports holding a highly
gifted child back — if he or she is socially and emotionally ready.