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Common Conflicts of Gifted Children, Gifted Adolescents and Gifted Adults

by admin | Feb 27, 2020 | Uncategorized

Superior abilities and sensitivities are frequently experienced as both powerful assets and annoying disabilities. Desires for friendship and intimacy conflict with needs for privacy. Leaps of creative insight can often seem less reliable that knowledge gained from...

Underachievement in Exceptionally Gifted Adolescents and Young Adults

by admin | Feb 27, 2020 | Uncategorized

originally published in the Journal of Secondary Gifted Education vol.17 #4 summer 2006 pp.199-210 A group of exceptionally gifted adolescents between the ages of 14 and 25 were each treated in individual psychotherapy over the course of a number of years. They were...

Gifted Individuals with Learning Disabilities (Twice Exceptionality): A Psychodynamic Approach

by admin | Feb 27, 2020 | Uncategorized

A psychodynamic approach is an alternative method for the assessment and treatment of learning disabilities and gifted/learning disability syndromes when educational and neuropsychological methods fall short. It is a comprehensive method that fills the gap left by...

Common Problems of Gifted Children, Gifted Adolescents and Gifted Adults

by admin | Nov 20, 2013 | Uncategorized

Underachievement Learning disabilities Reading disabilities: dyslexia Writing disabilities: dysgraphia Math disabilities: dyscalculia Perfectionism Procrastination Low motivation Existential depression Homework refusal School refusal If these problems persist they can...
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