Gifted Children often have problems socializing with their age mates at school. In addition, if these children are not challenged in school, they may become underachievers or they may misbehave. Learning how to talk to your child's teacher and advocate for your child is critical to his or her success.
Can you imagine what Dr. Seuss might say if he had had a gifted child? Mary Beth Northrup could imagine it and wrote a poem in Dr. Seuss style that parents of gifted kids will surely identify with.
When summer winds down and school is about to start, parents of gifted children begin to wonder whether they should say anything to the teacher about their child's abilities or wait and see if the teacher recognizes the abilities on his or her own. What's the best approach?
The last thing most parents of gifted children think their kids will have problems with is homework. Unfortunately, homework problems are among the most common problems parents have to deal with. The main homework problem among gifted children is that they simply don’t do it. What causes these problems?
Not doing homework. Doing it but not turning it in.Doing it too quickly and making careless errors. These are just some of the problems gifted children have with homework. What can parents do about these problems?
Parents of gifted children are often surprised and dismayed when the children underachieve in school. Learning disabilities in gifted children can sometimes lead to underachievement, but quite often it is simply a lack of motivation. What can parents do to motivate their gifted children?
Parents of gifted children are often surprised and dismayed when their children underachieve in school. The key to helping an underachiever succeed is understanding the causes of underachievement.
There is perhaps no situation more frustrating for parents or teachers than living or working with children who do not perform as well academically as their potential indicates they can. These children are labeled as underachievers, yet few people agree on exactly what this term means.
All children, even gifted children, can encounter problems in school. When this happens, the child's success can be helped or hampered by the relationship between the child's teacher and parents. Learn how to discuss school issues with your child's teacher in ways that can help your child.
It is sometimes difficult for parents of gifted children to get their child's academic needs met. Keeping a portfolio of your child's work that illustrates his or her abilities can help.
The No Child Left Behind law was enacted to improve education in the United States. Too many children were not learning and would not be able to meet basic proficiency requirements. Many people believe NCLB is helping, but how does this law affect gifted children?
A common myth of gifted children is that they are eager and attentive students. The truth is that they are often inattentive and appear to be distracted.
One of the obstacles parents of gifted children encounter when trying to get more appropriate learning materials and instruction for their children in school is the argument that “everything evens out by third grade.” Is that true?
Gifted children are not always high achievers. In fact, underachievement among gifted children is a serious problem. But is an underachieving gifted child any less gifted than one who achieves? Stephanie Tolan answers this question in her article "Is It a Cheetah?"
This website is devoted to the underachievement of gifted children. Here you can find information on who these underachievers are, what they look like, and how you can help them.
This article provides guidelines for parent-teacher interviews, from preparing for the interview to conducting the interview to the interview follow up. Parent-teacher conferences are more likely to be productive if parents are prepared for the process.
Being the parent of a gifted underachiever can be extremely frustrating. This article offers some tips that can help parents help their underachiever.
Parents of gifted children are frequently accused of being "pushy." Linda Kreger Silverman tells us that we sometimes need to be and explains how!
Monique Lloyd provides ten tips for parents of gifted children to help them get an appropriate education for their children. Most of the tips will help parents prepare for meetings with the teacher, but all of the tips will help parents see that their children are well-educated, even if some of that education occurs at home.
It is not unusual for gifted children to exhibit problem behavior in school. Learn how gifted characteristics can lead to classroom problems.
This article is an easy to read overview of how the various characteristics of gifted children affect their educational programming needs.
