This article contains answers to commonly asked questions about dysgraphia. ...
This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by John Kroeker, in which he discusses a number of topics related to meditation. ...
This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Stephen Balzac, in which he discusses how many gifted children and adults experience a Cartesian Split: skilled and comfortable in intellectual pursuits, they find themselves awkward and frustrated when attempting physical activities such as sports or martial arts. ...
This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Dr. Tracy Cross, who discusses concepts involving gifted adolescents and depression. He also provides a number of resources for further information. ...
This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Dr. Dale Stuart to help parents understand their gifted child’s intense and difficult feelings, and offer guidance to help their children manage these difficult feelings. ...
This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Sharon Lind, who shows parents how to develop a "personal survival kit" with which they will begin to meet their own needs in an emotionally intense family and enable themselves to better meet the needs of others. ...
This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Dan Holt, who discusses ways to assist parents help their students gain a new perspective on life by teaching ways of seeing humor in the world and using that humor to cope with stress. ...
This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Dr. Robert A. Schultz. He covers a few of the topics discussed related to the Social/Emotional Needs of the Highly/Profoundly Gifted Individual, which can be one of the murkiest, yet most important areas associated with giftedness. ...
This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Edward Amend in which worry and stress as related to gifted children were discussed. The author explains that some worry is good and is a motivator, but that it is important to distinguish between a normal amount of worry and an amount that will cause problems for the child. ...
This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Edward Amend, who gives important, straight-to-the-point tips for easing, and sometimes avoiding, your child's worrisome episodes. Amend states that strengthening the child's ability to handle stress and frustration is a gradual process and naturally requires the child to experience frustration along the way. ...
When people undergo a great trauma or other unsettling event—they have lost a job or a loved one dies, for example—their understanding of themselves or of their place in the world often disintegrates, and they temporarily "fall apart," experiencing a type of depression referred to as existential depression. ...
This article discusses how gifted children's sensitivity to events happening in their society and surrounding can often be isolating and frightening. This article outlines steps such as talking with your children and encouraging philanthropic values in order to help normalizes these feelings. ...
This article offers an overview of what stress is; how a gifted student experiences stress (causes and results); and offers suggestions on managing stress. It also contains a checklist to assist a teacher or parent in identifying "burnout" in a gifted child. The suggestions for stress management include both those an outsider, such as a parent or teacher, might incorporate, as well as specific suggestions for the gifted child to employ. ...
Written by Tracy Cross, this article examines the unique social and emotional perspectives of gifted students. ...
BOOK REVIEW (Davidson Institute) - A review of Anxiety-Free Kids: An Interactive Guide for Parents and Children by Dr. Bonnie Zucker. ...
BOOK REVIEW (Davidson Institute) - This book review covers the content in both the adult and student editions of Coping for Capable Kids, by authors LeoNora M. Cohen, Ph.D. and Erica Frydenberg, Ph.D. The authors define giftedness and discuss its aspects at length. ...
BOOK REVIEW (Davidson Young Scholars) - This article contains three separate book reviews by three Davidson Young Scholars of Fighting Invisible Tigers: A Stress Management Guide for Teens. All three reviewers enjoyed the book and found helpful tips on dealing with stress. ...