A column by Martin E.P. Seligman, PhD.
Understanding giftedness as a stable aspect of the self, an issue of differential development, helps us to understand and support the whole gifted child, rather than only the accomplishments
Identification, learning characteristics, and creative characteristics of the gifted.
Gifted individuals face many challenges. One of them may be in getting correctly identified by psychotherapists and others as gifted.
Psychologist Howard Gardner identified seven distinct types of intelligence. They are listed with respect to gifted or talented children.
Michael K. Meyerhoff writes about the different types of intelligences of two girls and wonders how schools can restructure themselves to value the curious learner, instead of just valuing the learner who can parrot back information.
Provides information on identifying and working with giftedness, dual exceptionality, learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, and different learning styles. Boston Metro-west area.
Factors which affect the gifted immigrant student.
Many of our brightest and most creative minds are not only going unrecognized, but they also are often given diagnoses that indicate pathology. Includes a list of the common Mis-Diagnoses of gifted youth.
Article is excerpted from Growing up Gifted. Author Barbara Clark reviews the research on characteristics of children with extreme intelligence and indentifies 30 characteristics highly gifted children commonly possess.
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