Davidson Gifted Blog
Tools for Practicing Joy and Building Your Emotional Vocabulary
Expanding a child’s emotional vocabulary has been a long-recommended practice in the gifted and twice-exceptional community. These children often experience asynchronous development which may mean feeling intense emotions at a young age with very…
Characteristics of intellectually advanced young people
This brief list offers some common characteristics of highly intelligent young people. Please keep in mind that this list is not comprehensive in that each young person has individual traits and interests. Profoundly gifted…
Frequently Asked Questions: Profoundly Gifted Students & Gifted Education
These questions and answers have been compiled over the past decade during which the the Davidson Institute has worked to fulfill its mission to recognize, nurture and support profoundly intelligent young people and to…
PERMA-V Framework
The following article shares highlights and insights from one of our Expert Series events, which are exclusive for Young Scholars and their parents. Life can get crazy sometimes. It could be due to busy…
Disproving Myths About Gifted Students
In this Q&A with Robert A. Schultz, Ph.D., he shares the myths about gifted students that he hears most often. This is a portion of an interview that originally appeared in a Davidson Educators Guild Newsletter. What myths do you…
Tips for Low Stress Holidays for Gifted Families
This year may be quieter than previous holidays as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect families across the country. This may mean that trip to the in-laws’ house is canceled this year, and it…
Helping Your Gifted Child Adjust to Middle School
This article outlines tips for parents of gifted students regarding the transition from elementary school into middle school. Author: Pierson Yecke, C. Publications: Digest of Gifted Research Publisher: Duke University Talent Identification Program Volume: Vol. 7, No. 3…
Avoiding, Reversing & Handling Underachievement in Gifted Students
Today we are revisiting a number of Davidson Gifted “Tips for Parents” articles related to that all-too-common phenomenon in the gifted world – underachievement. Doing Poorly on Purpose: Underachievement and the Quest for Dignity…
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