Davidson Gifted Blog
15 Year Review: Parenting Twice-Exceptional Children through Frustration to Success
Originally published 15 years ago, this article on parenting twice-exceptional children is still relevant today. The article covers the meaning of twice-exceptionality, how parents can empower their children, creating a safe home environment, nurturing…
Parenting Gifted Children: Challenges & Tips
Parenting any child comes with its highs and lows, but when parenting a gifted child, the highs might look like Mt. Everest and lows like the Mariana Trench! The joys of parenting gifted children…
Tips for Students: Messaging Extraterrestrials
The following article shares highlights and insights from one of our Expert Series events, which are exclusive for Young Scholars and their parents. Summary Thanks to the Kepler Telescope, we now know that there are many…
Tips for Parents: Gifted Children’s Friendships
This article is from a seminar hosted by Miraca Gross, who provides a must-read on how parents can help facilitate productive friendships for their gifted children and prevent them from becoming “loners.” Gross stresses…
Top Tips for Exploring Interests and Developing Talent in Gifted Kids
We here at the Davidson Institute have put together some resources to help gifted students explore their interests—whatever they may be. We know that sometimes age can seem like an obstacle in pursuing your…
Twice Exceptional: Definition, Characteristics & Identification
Twice-exceptional students (also known as 2e children or students) are among the most under-identified and underserved population in schools. The reason for this is two-fold: (1) the vast majority of school districts do not…
How can you determine if your baby/toddler is gifted?
We recently received the following message from a parent of a precocious baby: Q: I’m reaching out because I have a 7-month-old baby who, I believe, is gifted. From day one she was very…
Writing and the Profoundly Gifted Child
The following article shares highlights and insights from one of our Expert Series events, which are exclusive for Young Scholars and their parents. Our PG kids often amaze us with their precociousness, but we are often…
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