Davidson Gifted Blog
Tips for Parents: Positive Discipline for Gifted Children
This article is from a seminar hosted by Jane Nelson, who provides advice related to the positive discipline of gifted students. Author: Nelson, J. Organization: Davidson Institute Year: 2010 Participants were presented with four…
Tips for Students: Learning to Invent – How Math Invented a New Way to Control Pandemics
The following article shares highlights and insights from one of our Expert Series events, which are exclusive for Young Scholars and their parents. This talk introduced a surprisingly simple new method to control pandemics, using Game…
Friendship and the Gifted Child (and the Pandemic)
The following article shares highlights and insights from one of our Expert Series events, which are exclusive for Young Scholars and their parents. It can be hard not to worry about your gifted or 2e child’s…
Burnout in Gifted Children
Burnout in Gifted Children The term “burnout” has become increasingly commonplace in our daily lives – whether it is in reference to job burnout, care-taker burnout, and more recently, Covid-19 burnout. So, what is…
Radical Acceleration
This article is from a Young Scholar seminar hosted by Professor Miraca Gross, who delivers some informational tips on radical acceleration. Author: Gross, M. Organization: Davidson Institute for Talent Development Year: 2002 Radical acceleration…
Academic Acceleration for Students in 8th Grade and Younger
This article is from a Young Scholar seminar hosted by Ann Lupkowski-Shoplik. She answers a number of questions that often arise in regards to acceleration options for students in 8th grade and younger. Author:…
Mentoring for Gifted Middle and High Schoolers
Have you ever considered a mentorship for your profoundly gifted middle or high school student? It’s during this period that many students begin to out-pace available resources in their classrooms, desire more independence, and…
Keeping the Light in Their Eyes
This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Robin Schader. As subjective as it may seem, bright eyes are perhaps the most important indicator of learning – one that we may…
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