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Making Time Work for You: Two Tips for Families Struggling with Schedules Amid the Pandemic

Rethinking Balance We live in a society that places a high value on work. It is not just a necessity to put food on the table, but it…

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Gifted High School Course Options

In order to satisfy their intellectual needs, many gifted students must take courses beyond the typical high school offerings. Honors classes, Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), and…

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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…

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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…

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Gifted 101: Our Favorite Gifted Parenting Books

In the information age, even basic research on a topic can be overwhelming. With a topic as broad as gifted parenting, the results can get even more difficult…

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Keeping Up in the Digital Classroom

One of the ongoing challenges families are facing this school year is how to keep track of and stay on top of class assignments. Classes may be switching…

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Virtual Advocacy

How to Advocate For Your Child Virtually Many of us are learning firsthand how different remote learning is from face-to-face learning. It affects content delivery, socialization, and the…

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Planning without a Plan

What helps you plan without a plan? Saying “YES!” Since March, it seems that many of us have been existing in a negative space. This space has been…

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Searching for Gifted Utopia

What would the perfect school look like to you? Do you picture a public school with resourceful teachers and administrators? Do you picture a private school with rigorous…

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Elementary Years for the Gifted: Patterns, Strategies, Encouraging Growth

Outside of the profoundly gifted (PG) world, it seems like everyone assumes that elementary school is the “easy” time. Most students are in school full time, so there…

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Understanding, Diagnosing, and Coping with Slow Processing Speed

In this article, Steven M. Butnik takes a look at a number of options regarding slow processing speed. Author: Butnik, S. Publisher: 2e Newsletter Year: May/June 2013 It’s not unusual for…

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Mathematically Gifted Students: How Can We Meet Their Needs?

This article discusses the identification of the characteristics of the gifted math student, how school districts comply with the child’s needs, and how teachers can learn the importance…

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