WHY ARE SO MANY GIFTED CHILDREN ALSO HIGHLY SENSITIVE?

What are the typical signs of sensitivity? What are the benefits and the challenges of being sensitive?

Click here for this interesting article that will answer these questions.

"Highly sensitive people have a number of very sought-after traits, including soaring creativity, intense focus, careful conscientiousness, empathetic kindness, and the ability to understand the world around them very deeply."

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10 Facts You May Not Know About Gifted Children But Should

"The following is a list of facts, traits and issues many would not recognize as a part of giftedness in children. Why such a list? It’s time to banish the many widely-held inaccurate perceptions of the gifted child. The pervasive but misguided idea of the gifted child—the child who excels in school, is well-behaved, is a natural leader and is emotionally mature—is the elephant in the room and that elephant needs to leave.

We need the facts to prevail so that gifted children can have, as all children should, the education and support they need to grow up to be happy and thriving adults."

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8 Reasons You Should Label Children as Gifted

This article is an interesing read. How do you feel about this issue?

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Why You Still Don’t Believe That You’re Gifted

An interesting read, especially for some of the parents of our gifted students. Are you also gifted?

"People tell you that you’re super smart. They’re baffled by how much you know and how you know it. You can ace a test without studying. You can talk with just about anyone about just about anything. You’re always thinking, analyzing, imagining and empathizing.

But you’re sure that you’re not gifted.

How is that possible?" Click here for some ideas.

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Scientists studied 5,000 gifted children for 45 years. This is what they learned about success.

"No matter how teachers and parents challenge kids to further develop these abilities, 45 years' worth of data suggests it's imperative that they do. The future of the world could depend on it."

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/09/scientists-studied-5-000-gifted-children-for-45-years-this-is-what-they-learned-about-success/

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Emotional intensity in gifted children

This article by Lesley Sword explores and explains emotional intensity in gifted individuals. A number of traits of emotionally intensity are described. Strategies for parents are suggested to help their emotionally intense gifted children to accept themselves as they are.

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2e Twice Exceptional - The Movie

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People with high IQs really DO see the world differently: Researchers find they process sensory information differently

People with high IQs really DO see the world differently: Researchers find they process sensory information differently

Experts found that a high IQ brain was better able to block out larger or more irrelevant images when focussing on a small moving object But surprisingly, when tested with larger objects, people with a high IQ were slower to see what was right in front of them Scientists say this explains why some brains are more efficient than others People with high IQ scores aren't just more intelligent - they also process sensory information differently, according to new study.

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What Are Dabrowski's Five Overexcitabilities in Gifted Children?

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Why Gifted Children Have Social and Emotional Behavior Problems

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Is It A Cheetah?

Is It a Cheetah?

By Stephanie S. Tolan © 1996 Stephanie S. Tolan It's a tough time to raise, teach or be a highly gifted child. As the term "gifted" and the unusual intellectual capacity to which that term refers become more and more politically incorrect, the educational establishment changes terminology and focus.

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9 Things the World Must Understand About Gifted Children

9 Things the World Must Understand About Gifted Children

Envy, competitiveness, lack of compassion and resentfulness are emotions others may feel towards gifted children because they are intellectually advanced. And our gifted children seem to be very much affected by these negative emotions cast on them from others- from both adults and children. Why?

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