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Gifted

Highly and profoundly gifted children have unique learning needs. Join us as we explore some of those issues, without any judgment.

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Gifted Social Emotional 

Swimming to Survive

December 30, 2018December 30, 2018 alessa boredom, depression, grit, identity formation, sports, talent development

I have had a strange fascination with Michael Phelps for years. I’ll chalk it up to his being a Baltimore

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Gifted Personal Musings Social Emotional 

Labels and the Gifted Diagnosis

December 1, 2017December 1, 2017 alessa Davidson, diagnosis, misdiagnosis

Labels. We crave them because they affirm our identity and help us find peer groups where we can relate to

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Gifted Learning Disabilities 

Slow Processing Speed: When Is It a Problem

November 19, 2017April 9, 2020 alessa misdiagnosis, processing speed

It happened again last week. A mom called with a freshly printed test report that showed a 26-point discrepancy between

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College Gifted 

Those Crazy College Years

November 13, 2017November 13, 2017 alessa bipolar, depression, early college, misdiagnosis

With the overall national push for College and Career Readiness, more and more kids are starting college under the age

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Free Time Gifted Homeschool 

11 Favorite Books of Barack Obama to Share With Your Child

December 21, 2016December 20, 2018 alessa books, Obama, reading

  Love or hate his politics, you can’t deny that President Barack Obama adores children – almost as much as

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College Gifted Personal Musings 

He, Who Wishes He Could Name Himself

October 6, 2016October 6, 2016 alessa early college, identity formation, radical acceleration

I readily admit that I read paparazzi-style news about the child stars from the Harry Potter franchise. My kids pretty

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Gifted 

Let Go of Your Bitterness

August 24, 2016August 25, 2016 alessa Farrah Alexander, NAGC

Here we go, again, with the latest all-kids-are-gifted blog pieces – written, of course, by the self-identified expert mom whose

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Free Time Gifted Social Emotional 

Online Bullies: When Your Kid Trolls

August 1, 2016July 31, 2016 alessa cyberbullying, friendship, Hoagies Gifted, online, trolls

You’ve heard the Internet maxim: Don’t feed the trolls! Yet, some days, the temptation to trump trolls with facts and

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Gifted Teaching Tips 

Oh, The Humanity of Gifted Education

October 19, 2015September 16, 2018 alessa blog hop, differentiation, gifted, history, humanities

Some students just ooze their intellect. Watch these kiddos for a few minutes and you can usually peg their academic

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Pathologizing Lack of Achievement
Gifted Personal Musings 

Are We Pathologizing Lack Of Gifted Achievement?

October 17, 2015October 18, 2015 alessa talent development

Dr. Steven Pfeiffer recently wrote Lessons Learned from Working with Gifted and Creative Kids” for The Creativity Post. In his

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Sometimes life comes along and hijacks your best laid curricular plans. That can be a good thing.

Everyday learning happens - sometimes beginning with the most innocent question.

Follow your child's whimsy.
Ask good questions.
Go for a walk.
Listen.
Get Messy.
Laugh.
Explore.
Debate.

Above all else, have fun.

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