Asynchrony:
Homeschooling an Exceptionally Gifted Child
Homeschool parent Hilary Cohen describes homeschooling her children
with skills all over the range!
Counseling,
Multiple Exceptionality, and Psychological Issues
Many of our brightest and most creative minds are not only going
unrecognized, but they also are often given diagnoses that indicate
pathology. By James T. Webb, et al.
Gifted
But Learning Disabled: A Puzzling Paradox
Susan Baum writes: How can a child learn and not learn
at the same time?
Gifted
Children with Learning Challenges (Twice Exceptional)
You may find yourself asking, "Is my child just a little
quirky, or are we looking at the possibility of Asperger's Syndrome,
ADHD, mental disorders, dyslexia, visual or auditory processing
disorders...? By Corin Barsily Goodwin.
Gifted,
Talented... and Devastated
By Elisabeth Hallett. "Not making the cut for Talent Pool
may be your child's first experience of failure," an informational
booklet advises us, adding some bland suggestions for helping
a child cope with disappointment and the reality of a competitive
world.
Giftedness
and Learning Disabilities
What does a GT/LD child "look' like? Many times, she or
he will look like another gifted child. OR like another child
who is not gifted.
Hoagies' Gifted
Education Page
No child can be more exhilarating, or more frustrating than the
gifted child. Parents and teachers who deal with these wonderful
children can often be described in a single word: Exhausted.
Home
Schooling - A Family Affair
Suzy, on Hoagies' Page, talks bluntly about her fears over homeschooling
a willful child, and concerns over being entirely responsible
and patient all the time.
Homeschooling
Gifted Children
Public schools didn't invent sports coaching, art lessons, music
instruction. All these and more can be found in your community,
or you can learn together as a family, or the child can learn
alone with good self-instruction material.
Indigo Children and Homeschooling
By Sally Carless. Who are the Indigo children? How do you know if your child is one?
And if they are--or if you're not sure, but you know that their current schooling situation is not working for them--what do you do about it?
Is
It A Cheetah?
A cheetah metaphor can help us see the problem with achievement-oriented
thinking. By Stephanie S. Tolan.
Learning Abled
Kids
Are you homeschooling a bright child who happens to have a learning
disability? As you know, teaching and learning can be a significant
challenge for both you and your child.
Learning
Disabled and Gifted: A Homeschool Perspective
I explained to the school that Colleen was gifted and also had
a learning disability called dysgraphia. Their response? "Oh
no, it's against district policy to be both. You'll have to choose
one or the other." By Terrie Lynn Bittner.
Mis-Diagnosis
and Dual Diagnosis of Gifted Children
Many gifted and talented children (and adults) are being mis-diagnosed
by psychologists, psychiatrists, pediatricians, and other health
care professionals. By James T. Webb, Ph.D.
Nurturing Social-Emotional Development of Gifted Children
It is helpful to conceptualize needs of gifted children in terms of those that arise because of the interaction with the environmental setting (e.g., family, school, or cultural milieu) and those that arise internally because of the very characteristics of the gifted child.
TAG Families of the Gifted
and Talented
"Giftedness," when separated from the term "intellectual,"
becomes a slippery term subject to redefinition to suit the social
and political agendas of differing factions who seek to apply
the term to descriptions of those characteristics and behaviors
which they believe make a person valuable to society. Be sure
to check out their "Info" section.
To
Be Young, Gifted, & Stressed
Rita Richardson points out how stress appears as constant
striving for excellence, self-created high expectations, the
fear of being mediocre, and the need to prove one's giftedness.
From Family.com
The
Trouble with Being Gifted
Issues with esteem, giving, perfection, control, expectations,
impatience, and identity. By Rita Richardson.
Twice-Exceptional
and Attention Deficit Disordered
2e Newsletter asked Marlo Payne Rice to comment on hyperactivity
and other behavior issues that can be part of the "twice-exceptional
package."
