Davidson Gifted Blog
IQ and Educational Needs
This one-pager includes a bell curve diagram that helps explain the profoundly gifted population, those who score in the third standard deviation or 99.9 percentile, on IQ and achievement tests. This factsheet also includes…
Types of Acceleration
This excerpt from A Nation Empowered lists 20 different types of acceleration. Publication: Excerpt from A Nation Empowered: Evidence Trumps the Excuses Holding Back America’s Brightest Students Publisher: University of Iowa College of Education Belin-Blank Center…
Tips for Parents: Advocacy and Working with Your Child’s School
This Tips for Parents article, authored by Ann Lupkowski-Shoplik, Ph.D., is from a seminar she hosted exclusively for Young Scholar parents. She provides numerous strategies on how to advocate for your gifted student in…
Follow the Fear: Anticipating Missteps in Learning to Write
This article provides information on overcoming the fear of writing. Author: Sciortino, P. Publications: 2e Newsletter Year: September/October 2014 It’s a rare opportunity when educators get to experience firsthand the same challenges their students…
Creating Effective Transcripts
This Tips for Parents article authored by Wes Beach is from a seminar he hosted for Young Scholar families. He discusses the college application process and how to create an effective transcript. What matters…
The DSM-5 and Asperger’s
This article discusses the effects of the latest edition of the Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and its effects on those with Asperger’s Syndrome. Author: 2e Newsletter Editorial Team Publications: 2e Newsletter Year: May/June…
Anxiety, Sensitivities and Social Struggles among Profoundly Gifted Kids
This Tips for Parents article is authored by Megan Foley Nicpon and is based on a seminar she hosted for Young Scholar families in which she discusses how the concepts of anxieties, sensitivities, and…
Executive Functioning – what is it, why we need it, and how we as parents can support our children’s development
This Tips for Parents article authored by Catherine Gruener is from a seminar she hosted for Young Scholar families. She provides tips for parents on identification as well as strategies for supporting executive functioning…
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