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u/ghostofpennwast · 2 pointsr/Gifted

I would also use your resources. Idk if your kid may be ADHD or just a normal little boy, but feel free to talk to your pediatric physician and see what he thinks or maybe do the testing stuff for adhd. I know there is a lot of overdiagnosis of adhd among young boys who are just growing up.



Also, he may be frustrated in school with the slow pace, which might be why he is acting out. I know accelerationlskipping a grade isn't always a solution, but if he is significantly above grade level, it might be the answer for him. IRRESPECTIVE of if you advance him a grade or not, you need to push his brain and expose him to more stuff than a "normal" kid. Doing fun at home science projects, going to the library, reading, doing "singapore math", reading this book together(https://www.amazon.com/What-Third-Grader-Needs-Revised/dp/0385336268), reading things like the hobbit for his bedtime stories.

Gifted kids should/deserve to be intellectually stimulated just like more average kids, but you have to put a little more effort in.

Also, idk about your district, but getting a full battery IQ test is useful for a few reasons. It may provide sort of evidence justifying his advancement a grade level, and it also might be helpful to you as a parent to see how smart he is roughly.

If he has an IQ of 130 vs 145 or 160, those things can all mean big differences on how much attention and how much acceleration would be appropriate. Also, a psychologist/your family physician will be helpful as well, but hoagies is great too, and has a lot more parents than reddit.

u/IntrospectThyself · 1 pointr/Gifted

Some examples of flowcharts I have would be the interconnected factors which make up my vocational challenges. Another is the pattern I noticed I go through regarding my social needs (I titled it "the gifted shame-coping loop" and another, most recent, "the gifted mirroring-discernment loop"). Another flowchart I have is a map of my values and how they relate to each other. Sometimes I get discouraged because I can't quite make a visual of the pattern I recognize but want to. I mostly started making these flowcharts because it was much more efficient in communicating my challenges to new therapists or people who care to understand me.


I am wondering if glass boards are any good? Like this one, for example: https://www.amazon.com/Audio-Visual-Direct-Frosted-Glass-Dry-Erase/dp/B004QWAOQ8/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2HG2280JLKCA9&keywords=glass+boards+for+wall&qid=1565414678&s=gateway&sprefix=glass+board%2Caps%2C193&sr=8-4

u/Zauberspruch · 3 pointsr/Gifted

A couple of thoughts:

  1. Quit telling her that she's doing a good job. Tell her instead "you're working hard at that." For a gifted toddler, their vision of what they want will never ever be as good as they can create. You want her to learn that it's about the process, not the product. You really want to avoid praising her for being "smart" (and having others do the same) when she starts school. Read Carol Dweck's work on growth mindset: https://www.mindsetworks.com/parents/default\
  2. Figure out YOUR boundaries and then when you set them, be firm. Smart kids who can win arguments with you as toddlers NEED clear boundaries that you enforce no matter how hard they tantrum. Like typical 2-5 year olds, they're trying to figure out how the world works. If it works differently on different days or differently if they tantrum vs. not, then they are very unsettled and the unknown makes the world a scary place. I recommend Mary Sheedy Kurcinka's book: Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles. Stanley Greenspan's The Challenging Child also helped me a lot.
    1. If dad says no story until something is tidied away and she says "mum can read the book," then your reply is "You need to tidy that away before anyone reads to you." Let the ensuing tantrum happen (see below).
    2. For the light example, I'd say "you're right, that one doesn't hurt. What's the difference? Can you always tell the difference? That's why we have to be careful." Not everyone bit of her "defiance" is true defiance. She's trying to figure out the boundaries of her world. She's two and so she's still very very literal. (When my son was two, I told him that all cars had exhaust pipes. He had to check each car we saw for the next week.)
  3. Give up trying to avoid distress. Instead focus on helping her cope with her distress. I, too, have a super bright, emotionally intense daughter who's now beyond early childhood. She feels deeply, she's easily frustrated, and she has experienced more negative emotions than many other children. I don't want her to feel less, because that's part of who she is. She feels passionately about social justice and is now finally in a position to begin to work with organizations to effect this change.
  4. Teach your daughter (a) that negative emotions can be withstood and (b) they are not the end of the world. You have to figure out what helps her when she's in distress. For one of my kids, I needed to back off and leave him alone because ANYTHING I did overstimulated him. When he calmed down on his own, we could cuddle and talk. For another, I need to be there to help her calm down (even now as a teen). I would lay down with her on the bed and hum very softly while she sobbed. For helping kids recognize emotions and deal with them, I recommend Dan Siegel's work: The Whole Brain Child and How to Talk So Kids Will Listen by Faber and Mazlish.
u/dmightx · 1 pointr/Gifted

If I could go back in time and give myself something is the knowledge that Gifted people can be very different from the norm. Each person has different needs for a healthy life and it can be a challenge to those people who are not aware of those needs.

I think getting to know yourself at a young age and what Giftedness means could help you live a healthy life sooner rather than later.

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Check out for resources and articles:

http://sengifted.org/resources/resource-library/

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You can also find books like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Intensity-Gifted-Students-Explosive-ebook/dp/B008XKBHRO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542935039&sr=8-1&keywords=emotional+intensity+in+gifted+students

u/cheeseinmyveins · 1 pointr/Gifted

Also, I read in another comment that you said your kiddo is emotionally intense. Here’s a book I read as I was trying to figure out how to help my child. I highly recommend it!!

Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students: Helping Kids Cope with Explosive Feelings (2nd ed.) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1618214578/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_u3.YAbFCV5TGX

u/demongoddess86 · 2 pointsr/Gifted

My son had a lot of emotional excitability at that age. He just entered 4th grade and is doing much better. My thought is it's probably the asynchronous development of the brain. Have you read Emotional Intensity in Gifted Student? Helped us ALOT!

Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students: Helping Kids Cope with Explosive Feelings https://www.amazon.com/dp/1618214578/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_FqGzDbXWF1V6R

u/mybelle_michelle · 3 pointsr/Gifted

One of the most suggested books about giftedness is 5 Levels of Gifted by Deborah Ruf.

Anything by James Webb or James Delisle should be good too.

NAGC is a good resource.

u/LuckyRook · 1 pointr/Gifted

I know this is late but I just found this sub. I would highly recommend this book. Get to know these strategies now, because from what you describe she will face many challenges with peers and teachers. https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Intensity-Gifted-Students-Explosive-ebook/dp/B008XKBHRO