Swimming to Survive
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
Highly and profoundly gifted children have unique learning needs. Join us as we explore some of those issues, without any judgment.
Labels and the Gifted Diagnosis
Labels. We crave them because they affirm our identity and help us find peer groups where we can relate to
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Slow Processing Speed: When Is It a Problem
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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Those Crazy College Years
With the overall national push for College and Career Readiness, more and more kids are starting college under the age
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11 Favorite Books of Barack Obama to Share With Your Child
Love or hate his politics, you can’t deny that President Barack Obama adores children – almost as much as
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He, Who Wishes He Could Name Himself
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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Let Go of Your Bitterness
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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Online Bullies: When Your Kid 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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Oh, The Humanity of Gifted Education
Some students just ooze their intellect. Watch these kiddos for a few minutes and you can usually peg their academic
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Are We Pathologizing Lack Of Gifted Achievement?
Dr. Steven Pfeiffer recently wrote Lessons Learned from Working with Gifted and Creative Kids” for The Creativity Post. In his
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