For Parents of Gifted Children
Editor's note, winter 2009: One of the most meaningful experiences I’ve had in my years working for TIP’s summer programs has been the opportunity to see gifted kids be in an environment where they can be themselves and to be...
Volume 9 / Issue 2 / Winter 2009 Jacobsen, Mary-Elaine Social-Emotional Issues Special Focus
Editor's note, winter 2009: Competition is a topic that often concerns families with gifted children, often because of either an extreme aversion or an extreme need for competition. Dr. Reis introduces us to arguments supporting a view that some competition...
The American Association for Gifted Children (AAGC) is the nation’s oldest advocacy organization for gifted children and receives numerous calls and e-mails from parents who are seeking information to help them understand the unusual abilities that their children are...
Gayle, Margaret Evans Volume 7 / Issue 1 / Fall 2006 Special Focus Stephens, Kristen R. Tests & Testing
Parents are usually the first to notice the exceptional qualities of their young gifted children. One five-year-old I know of surprised her mother by painting a large picture of the world with Africa, Asia, and North and South America all...
Volume 3 / Issue 4 / Summer 2003 Smutny, Joan Franklin Special Focus
Most preschool children would benefit from the innovative curriculum at University Primary School, but it caters primarily to those three- to five-year-olds who are gifted. Located on the campus of the University of Illinois at Champaign, the private primary...
Volume 3 / Issue 4 / Summer 2003 Ludwig, Susan Magna Cum Laude Model Program/Schools
The Children’s Mental Health Foundations and Agencies Network recently released A Good Beginning: Sending America’s Children to School with the Social and Emotional Competence They Need to Succeed. The monograph summarizes two papers commissioned by the organization. The first addresses...
Volume 1 / Issue 3 / Spring 2001 Research Briefs Social-Emotional Issues Stephens, Kristen R.
My four-year-old is exceptionally bright. Should I have my child tested? If so, when? Do you recommend a particular test? By all means, have your child assessed. Giftedness can be inferred in the first three years from a child’s rapid...
Consultant's Corner Volume 1 / Issue 2 / Winter 2001 Silverman, Linda Kreger Tests & Testing
There are many ways to show love, but few are as effective as giving a preschool child the gift of time—time spent interacting, playing, or just being together. Although gifted children are great at amusing themselves like all children, they...
Volume 1 / Issue 1 / Fall 2000 Shore, Hennie The Emotional Edge