Category Archives: Acquaintances, Friends, and Peers
Tips for parents: introverts
September 14, 2011
Tips for Parents: Introverts by Sharon Lind Reprinted with permission from the Davidson Institute of Talent Development Sharon Lind, a private consultant for affective, gifted, and parent education, led an informational seminar for parents of profoundly intelligent children on the topic of introverts. The following list of tips were compiled from that discussion. Characteristics of [...]
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Promoting positive social development
Promoting Positive Social Development by Linda Kreger Silverman From the Gifted Development Center. Reprinted with permission. It has been apparent ever since gifted children were first studied that they tend to select friends who are theirmental age rather than their chronological age (Gross, 1989; Hollingworth, 1931; Mann, 1957; O’Shea, 1960; N. Robinson & Noble, 1991; Terman, [...]
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Teasing and gifted children
Teasing and Gifted Children by Patricia A. Schuler First published in the SENG Newsletter, 2002 “Shut up!” “Stop humiliating me!” “Stop it before I destroy you!” I had been observing a second grade classroom when I was jolted by these screams. Remembering these desperate words still causes chills to race up my spine. What could [...]
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“Play Partner” or “Sure Shelter”: What gifted children look for in friendship
“Play Partner” or “Sure Shelter”: What gifted children look for in friendship Author: Miraca U. M. Gross Citation: From The SENG Newsletter. 2002 May 2(2) “When gifted children are asked what they most desire, the answer is often ‘a friend’. The children’s experience of school is completely colored by the presence or absence of relationships [...]
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Factors in the social adjustment and social acceptability of extremely gifted children
Factors in the Social Adjustment and Social Acceptability of Extremely Gifted Children Author Miraca U. M. Gross Citation From Talent Development. 1994 2. Reproduced with permission from Great Potential Press. This presentation proposes that, as practitioners and researchers in gifted education, we differ significantly from our counterparts in other areas of special education, such as [...]
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Introversion: The Often Forgotten Factor Impacting the Gifted
Introversion: The Often Forgotten Factor Impacting the Gifted Authors: Jill D. Burruss and Lisa Kaenzig Citation: From the Virginia Association for the Gifted Newsletter. 1999 Fall 21(1). Reprinted with permission. You know at least one or perhaps are one: the child who immediately, when he comes home from school, escapes to the privacy of his [...]
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Introversion
September 13, 2011
Introversion Author: Sharon Lind Citation: From The SENG Update, July 2004 My overriding passion is to encourage people to cherish, celebrate, raise awareness about, and discuss individual differences. It is OK to be different, to feel differently. One group of people, gifted introverts, is not only misunderstood and overlooked, but the people in it are also often [...]
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Encouraging Emotional Intelligence
Encouraging Emotional Intelligence Author: Steven I. Pfeiffer Citation; From The SENG Update, October 2006 We know that in the U.S. today, the prevalence of mental health problems among children and youth — including those who are gifted — is alarmingly high. Some authorities estimate as many as one in five students has significant psychological problems such [...]
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Raising a Well-Adjusted Gifted Child: The Value of Promoting Social Intelligence
Raising a Well-Adjusted Gifted Child: The Value of Promoting Social Intelligence Author: Steven Pfeiffer Citation: From The SENG Update, July 2007 In my private practice, I frequently get requests from parents desperate for advice on how to help their gifted son or daughter learn to get along better with others. Many otherwise extraordinarily bright and talented young [...]
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Thoughts on Friendships
Thoughts on Friendship by Wenda Sheard First published February 2008 As a parent and gifted advocate for over twenty years, I’ve heard hundreds of stories about gifted children and their friendships. Teachers worry about children who play alone at recess; parents want their children invited to birthday parties. Everyone knows that friendships are an important [...]
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