Gifted Characteristics
Articles of Interest
ACT and SAT News
- Who Needs Paper? Many Students Embrace the All-Digital SAT by Shawn Hubler, Robert Chiarito and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
- The SAT exam is now fully digital by Katie Lobosco
Advocacy
- Self-Advocacy by the National Association of Gifted Children
- Advocating for Gifted Services by the National Association of Gifted Children
- Classroom Advocacy by the National Association of Gifted Children
Anxiety
- What is Mindfulness? by Mindful staff
- To be Young and Anxiety Free by Andrea Petersen (Wall Street Journal subscription required)
- How to Stop Feeling Anxious Right Now by Locke Hughes
- To Handle Increased Stress, Build Your Resilience by Ama Marston and Stephanie Marston
- The Anxiety Myth: Five Lies We Believe About Anxiety by Dan Peters
- Why Are More American Teenagers Than Ever Suffering from Severe Anxiety? by Benoit Denizet-Lewis
- 10 Steps for Parents and Kids to Tame the Worry Monster by Dan Peters
- 7 Ways to Calm Your Worried Mind and Reduce Anxiety by Susan Biali Haas
- Finding Clues in the Fearful Brain by Joseph Ledoux
- Empowering Kids in an Anxious World by Cory Turner
- Podcast on Facing Fears by The Daily
- Understanding the Link Between Empathy and Anxiety in Gifted Children by Tali Shenfield
- How Exercise May Tame Our Anxiety by Gretchen Reynolds
- With Anxiety on the Rise, Some Children Try ‘Exposure Therapy’ by Virginia Hughes
- The Anatomy of a Panic Attack by Dani Blum
- How to Practice Progressive Muscle Relaxation by Dana Santas
Asynchrony
- Asynchrony and X-Men by Ian Byrd
- Directly Teach Non-Academic Skills by Ian Byrd
College
- Treat a College Visit Like You’re Vacationing, Not Like You’re Cramming for Finals by Jay Mathews
- High School Grades Could Be Worth $100,000. Time to Tell Your Child? by Ron Lieber
- How to Write and Format a College Essay by Paige Allen
- Why Parents Can’t Quit the Elite College Arms Race by Jessica Grose
Considering Careers
- Reading, Writing, Arithmetic–and Lately, Coding by Matt Richtel
Creativity
- Nurturing Creativity by the National Association of Gifted Children
- The Arts by the National Association of Gifted Children
Depression
- Why Gifted Children Suffer from Existential Depression by Carol Bainbridge
Executive Functioning
- Does a Lack of Executive Functioning Explain Why Some Kids Fall Way Behind in School? by Jill Barshay
- Don’t!: The Secret of Self-Control by Jonah Lehrer
- Guiding Students to Improve Executive Functioning Skills by Anne M. Fein
Giftedness
- Serving the Whole Gifted Child by the National Association of Gifted Children
- Talking With Your Child About Giftedness by the National Association of Gifted Children
- Gifted 101 by the National Association of Gifted Children
- Early Childhood by the National Association of Gifted Children
Giftedness in the Classroom
- Enrichment by the National Association of Gifted Children
- Nurturing Gifted African American Children by the National Association of Gifted Children
- Acceleration by the National Association of Gifted Children
Growth Mindset
- How Praise Became a Consolation Prize by Christine Gross-Loh
- Fixed vs. Growth: The Two Basic Mindsets That Shape Our Lives by Maria Popova
- Why Mindset Matters by Marina Krakovsky
Habits for Successful Lives
- It’s Time to Learn How to Microdose Anticipation by Markham Heid
- Change Your Story, Change Your Life by Stephanie Tolan
- Grit: It’s What Separates the Best From the Merely Good by E. Packard
- Mentally Strong People: The 13 Things They Avoid by Amy Morin
- Grit Through Sports by Starr Sackstein
- Coping 101 – Building Persistence and Resilience in Gifted Children By Dr. Dan Peters
- How to Help Kids Manage Sleep, Schoolwork, and Screens by Deborah Farmer Kris
- Less Sleep Associated with Risky Behavior in Teens, Study Says by Naomi Thomas
- Park the Helicopter, Parents: Here’s How (and Why) to Teach Kids to be Self-Advocates by Adrienne Wichard-Edds
- How to Save Yourself from “Task Paralysis” by Dana G. Smith
- What the Surgeon General’s Advisory Says About Social Media for Kids by Teddy Amenabar
- Let Kids Get Bored. It’s Good for Them by Catherine Pearson
Intelligence and Parenting
- How to Explain “Giftedness” to Your Child by Gail Post, Ph.D.
- Giving Good Praise to Girls: What Messages Stick by Katrina Schwartz
- How Not to Talk to Your Kids by Po Bronson
- Is it a Cheetah? by Stephanie Tolan
- The Trouble with Bright Kids by Heidi Grant Halvorson
- You Know Your Child is Gifted When. . . . by Judy Galbraith
- Your Class Clown May Be Gifted by Susan Morrow
- 15 Tips to Help Gifted Children Thrive in School by Lisa van Gemert
Overexcitabilities and Misdiagnosis
- Overexcitability and the Gifted by Sharon Lind
- 5 Unexpected Intensities in Gifted Children by Ian Byrd
- How to Talk to Children About Overexcitabilities by Lucinda Leo
- Pathologizing Normal Gifted Behavior: What It Is and Why It Is a Problem by Carol Bainbridge
- Emotional Overexcitability of Gifted Children by Carol Bainbridge
- How to Talk to Children About Overexcitabililties
Perfectionism
- How Perfectionists Can Get Out of Their Own Way by Alice Boyes
- Helping Gifted Kids Cope with Perfectionism by Michael Pyryt
- The Perils of Perfectionism by Lisa Van Gemert
- Ira Glass on Perfectionism by Ian Byrd
- Teach Girls Bravery, not Perfectionism by Reshma Saujani
Resilience
- Coping 101: Building Persistence and Resilience in Gifted Children by Dan Peters
- The Secret to Raising a Resilient Kid by Erik Vance
Social Emotional Concerns
- Dabrowski’s 5 Overexcitibilities in Gifted Children by Carol Bainbridge
- The Problem of Pain by Stephanie Tolan
- Small poppies: Highly Gifted Children in the Early Years by M.U. M. Gross
- Dabrowski’s Overexcitabilities: A Layman’s Explanation by Stephanie Tolan
- A Gifted Person’s Guide to Therapy by Gail Post
- Gifted and Bullied by Dan Peters
- Dabrowski’s Theory and Existential Depression in Gifted Children and Adults by James Webb
- How to Talk to Children About Overexcitabililties
- The Gift of Emotional Overexcitabilities by Regina Hellinger
- The Science Behind Your Child’s Tantrums by Ashley Abramson
- Perfectionism by the National Association of Gifted Children
- Grandparenting and Intergenerational Connections by the National Association of Gifted Children
- Making Friends by the National Association of Gifted Children
- Asynchronous Development by the National Association of Gifted Children
- Cyberbullying and Gifted Children by the National Association of Gifted Children
- Finding a Mental Health Professional by the National Association of Gifted Children
- Managing Grief & Anxiety During COVID-19 by the National Association of Gifted Children
- Bullying by the National Association of Gifted Children
Storytelling
- How to Tell a Great Bedtime Story by Paul L. Underwood
Twice Exceptional
- A natural fix for A.D.H.D. by Richard A. Friedman
- Twice-Exceptional Students: An endangered Species? by Barbara Gilman, Dan Peters, Mike Postma, & Kathi Kearney
- Reflections, New Insights, Confessions, and Inspiration on Dyslexia and Talent By Dr. Dan Peters
- Critical Issues in the Identification of Gifted Students with Co-Existing Disabilities: The Twice-Exceptional, by Dr. Dan Peters.
Underachievement
- Meeting the Needs of Gifted Underachievers–Individually! by J. Smutney
- This video is from our Parent Forum in December 2015. Liz Ebers-Truesdale discusses underachievement. Set the PowerPoint to presentation mode, and turn the volume up.
