1. EMOTIONAL TRAITS OF GIFTED CHILDREN
Gate Program
Chantal cravens

2. One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar!
– Helen Keller

3. Most schools focus on Intellectual and Academic Giftedness and try to estimate potential in these areas using tests. (Tests are simply shorthand attempts to measure what we could observe, if we had enough time and the proper settings. We need to focus on behaviors as much as on test scores.)
(IQ) 55 70 85
100
115
130
145
160
Mean= 100
Standard Deviation= 15

4. level range 115 – 129 1:6 – 1:44 Prevalence Mildly gifted Flip side
of this is
Range of IQ
1 standard Deviation

5. Moderately gifted 130- 144 1:44 – 1:1,000 level range Two Standard
Prevalence
Moderately gifted
130-
144
1:44 –
1:1,000
Two
Standard
Deviations
Flip side
of this is IQ

6. level
range
Prevalence
Highly Gifted
145-
159
1:1,000 –
1:10,000

7. Asynchronicity
The more gifted you are, the more different you are from your age peers.
The less you feel you “fit in”.
130 IQ- minimum IQ to qualify for GATE program- one in 44 people.
Highly gifted: 144 IQ is 1 in 1,000 people

8. Level of Giftedness Ruf (2003)
Levels of Giftedness
Score Range
Descriptive Designation
Level One
Moderately Gifted /Gifted
Level Two
Highly Gifted
Level Three
Exceptionally Gifted
Level Four
141+
Exceptionally to Profoundly Gifted
Level Five

9. What happens to the rat that stops running the maze
What happens to the rat that stops running the maze? The doctors think it's dumb when it's just disappointed. – Mark Eitzel

10. Complex sentence structure
???
Complex sentence structure
vocabulary
Attention span
experiment
Multi-potentiality
curiosity
Intensity
Unusually large vocabularies
Complex sentence structures
Greater comprehension of language nuances
Longer attention span, persistence
Intensity of feelings and actions
Wide range of interests
Strong curiosity; limitless questions
Like to experiment; puts ideas or things together in unusual ways
interests
Language nuances

11. Potential Problems

12. Issues for students Boredom Underachievement Peer Issues
Feelings of Not Belonging
Anger
Power Struggles
Stress and Perfectionism
“8 Great Gripes of Gifted Kids” See handout

13. Usually a Plus, but not always
Misdiagnosis
Health and Behavioral Problems
Asthma 
Allergies 
Reactive Hypoglycemia (next slide)
Existential Depression
Expectations of Others
Judgment Lags behind Intellectual Abilities

14. Reactive hypoglycemia
Greedy brains
Mood swings
Eat every 3 hours
Foods with protein and carbohydrate mix
Dual Diagnosis and Misdiagnosis of Gifted Children, James Webb

15. …explains a lot, doesn’t it?
Interesting …
If you know a child’s IQ, you can predict the parent’s IQ within 10 points.
Chances are there is a gifted parent in the mix.
Chances are that one of you (or both) have OE’s too 
…explains a lot, doesn’t it?

16. Asynchronous development-
out of sync with their traits and peers
Intellectual ability-11
Physical Skills-9
Actual age- 8
Social maturity-7

17. John Hughes Highly gifted High School dropout
“I didn’t grow up gifted, at least not by name. I grew up being asked what was wrong with me.” Joseph Hughes, age 19

18. Great Books
Read Living With Intensity by Susan Daniels and Mike Piechowski
An estimated 15-20% of men, women and children have a highly sensitive nervous system, but few people know that this level of sensitivity is an inherited, biological trait. Help is on its Way by Jenna Forrest is a must read.

19. handout: http://www. sengifted

21. “You are not alone”- 6-4-12 post
Find others who share your interests and “get you”.
blog article
“You are not alone” post

24. How to Take Care of Yourself:
Learn to fail and to laugh
Get out and exercise & to relax
Learn to say NO
Prioritize your activities
Set reasonable goals
Give yourself enough time
Be flexible to alternative paths
Savor success
Graciously accept praise

25. Introvert Extravert Which are you? Which is your mate? People drain me
Private self and public self
I like to mentally rehearse what I say
I am the quiet observer
People energize me
What you see is what you get
I think out loud
I’m the one with my hand up. I need to participate.

26. Creativity

27. People Who Became Eminent
These children learned to think and express themselves clearly.
All had learned to be persistent in pursuing their own visions and goals.
Many had difficult childhoods (which may have been a spark)
Poverty
Broken homes
Physical handicaps
Parental dissatisfaction
Controlling or rejecting parents

28. Counseling Gifted Children and Adults
First, find someone who specializes or has an in-depth knowledge of the gifted.
A Parent’s Guide To Gifted Children by James Webb is a real gem!

29. Resources www.sengifted.org SENG
Resources and research from Australia