| Copyright 2006 Julie Shepherd Knapp |
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| The Homeschool Diner's Guide to Homeschooling Special Situations Gifted Homeschooling by Julie Shepherd Knapp Is Your Child Gifted? Here are some lists of gifted characteristics in children What is Gifted? -- article by the National Association for Gifted Children summarizes current definitions of the term gifted Characteristics of Gifted -- by Dr. Linda Silverman, author and director of the Gifted Development Center lists the characteristics of giftedness that parents frequently identify in their children Observable Characteristics of Gifted Children -- a list by Annemarie Roeper, author, educational consultant, and founder of The Roeper School for Gifted Children in Michigan Ruf Estimates of Levels of Giftedness (LOG) by Deborah Ruf - a nice qualitative look at giftedness, based on gifted behavior noted by parents from babyhood thru childhood. Great for use with children too young for formal testing or to get a feel for a child's level when formal testing isn't currently an option. Preschool Behaviors of Gifted Children by Deborah L. Ruf, Ph.D. Characteristics of Young Gifted Children -- from the Queensland Association for Gifted and Talented Children Young Gifted Children -- from the Gifted Canada website, a checklist from by the Gifted Children's Association of British Columbia Myths of Giftedness -- from the Association of Educators of Gifted, Talented, and Creative Children in BC Profiles of the gifted and talented by G. Betts and M. Neihart (1988)-- and interesting categorization of gifted students based on how they respond to an under-challenging school environment A Response to the "All Children are Gifted" Comment by Carol Bainbridge All Children Are Gifted: Editor's Reflections by Michael C. Thompson, Editor of Our Gifted Children magazine and creator of MCT Language Arts curriculum for gifted kids |