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Is Acceleration in Gifted Education Right for Your Child?

For many gifted students, the classroom experience can feel like time spent spinning their wheels. If you’ve heard the words “Why do I have to learn this again?” or watched your child check out…

Gifted Education and Support

Working with Your Gifted Child’s School: Part 4 – Boredom, Rights, 2e, and When Advocacy Gets Hard

Part of the Davidson Institute series, “Working With Your Gifted Child’s School” Part 1 – Is It Okay to Advocate? (Myths vs. Reality) Part 2 – First Conversations That Actually Work Part 3 –…

Gifted Education and Support

Working with Your Gifted Child’s School: Part 3 – From One Teacher to Your Full Support Team

Part of the Davidson Institute series, “Working With Your Gifted Child’s School” Part 1 – Is It Okay to Advocate? (Myths vs. Reality) Part 2 – First Conversations That Actually Work Part 3 –…

Gifted Education and Support

Working with Your Gifted Child’s School: Part 2 – First Conversations That Actually Work

Part of the Davidson Institute series, “Working With Your Gifted Child’s School” Part 1 – Is It Okay to Advocate? (Myths vs. Reality) Part 2 – First Conversations That Actually Work Part 3 –…

Gifted Education and Support

Working With Your Gifted Child’s School: Part 1 – Is It Okay to Advocate? (Myths vs. Reality)

Part of the Davidson Institute series, “Working With Your Gifted Child’s School” Part 1 – Is It Okay to Advocate? (Myths vs. Reality) Part 2 – First Conversations That Actually Work Part 3 –…

Gifted Education and Support

Alleviating Perfectionism in High-Achieving Teens and Young Adults

This blog posted originally appeared on the MSW Education website and is reprinted with permission. Sarah rewrote her college application essay eleven times. By the seventh draft, her English teacher said it was excellent.…

Gifted Education and Support

Are We Preparing Kids for a World That No Longer Exists?

By: Annie Sousa, LGPC As both a psychotherapist and a parent of twice-exceptional children, I see the same pattern from two directions. My clients arrive in adulthood carrying the scars of an education system…

Gifted Education and Support

The Anxiety of Raising Gifted Children: Why Optimizing Their Full Potential Can Break Them (and Us)

This article examines how the pressure to help gifted children reach their “full potential” can unintentionally lead to anxiety, perfectionism, and a fragile sense of self for both kids and parents. Drawing on a…

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