gifted education

This week, Rebecca welcomes Dr. Alex Ryan, one of our wonderful intervention teachers, to discuss Supporting Your Gifted Learner. Together, they explore the answers to questions including, Is your child gifted? If so, what does that mean for your homeschool? Does a child have to be gifted in all subjects to qualify? What if a child struggles in some areas and excels in others? Listen in as Dr. Ryan helps you identify whether or not your children are gifted and shares some ways you can feed their busy minds.

Show Notes

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Michael Clay Thompson

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Beast Academy

William and Mary

John Hopskins Gifted Family Page

Critical Thinking Co

Tin Man Press - this is a resource that Dr. Alex loves, but sadly has gone out of print. A Google search may turn up used copies.

Email Dr. Alex here

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Megan Cannella: LinkedIn

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Manisha: LinkedIn | X | Instagram | Facebook

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Davidson Institute | Email: mailto:outreach@davidsongifted.org

Young Scholars Program

Executive Functioning and Gifted Children - Davidson Institute

Understanding, Diagnosing, and Coping with Slow Processing Speed - Davidson Institute

Online Math Program Comparison - Davidson Institute

National Association for Gifted Children

Sparking Independent Learning with Strewing | Modulo

🧮 The Best PreK-12th Grade Math Curriculum of 2023

Ross Green

The Gifted Kids' Survival Guide: For Ages 10 & Under - Judy Galbraith M.A.

The Gifted Teen Survival Guide: Smart, Sharp, and Ready for (Almost) Anything  - Judy Galbraith M.A.

Laziness Does Not Exist - Devon Price Ph.D.

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Time Codes:

[00:00:00] Manisha Snoyer introduces guest Megan Cannella. The duo discusses the topic of catering to gifted and profoundly gifted children.

[00:04:15] Manisha and Megan delve into the much-debated difference between giftedness and profound giftedness.

[00:08:11] Providing an in-depth analysis of the brain development in neurodivergent students, Megan sheds light on the 'second sponge phase.'

[00:13:20] Megan shares practical resources and strategies designed to aid families in scaffolding and organization.

[00:16:43] Manisha questions the often-overlooked aspect of communication challenges for gifted children. 

[00:19:20]  Aimed at overcoming the children's moments of uncertainty or brain freeze, Megan introduces an empowering questioning technique.

[00:22:20] Stigma surrounding 'giftedness' gets tackled as both Manisha and Megan dive deep into the meaning and societal perspectives on the term.

[00:26:36] Manisha emphasizes the indispensable value of understanding how your child processes information over merely labeling them as 'gifted.'

[00:30:40] Megan examines the unique emotional needs of gifted students, an eye-opener for many parents.

[00:38:03] Providing a pro tip on finding lower-cost testing and resources, Megan suggests inquiring at local colleges or universities.

[00:46:01] Manisha and Megan open a thoughtful dialogue on the fear of failure in gifted children, encouraging a shift towards a growth mindset.

[00:49:05] Megan suggests a family activity where everyone tries something new they're not good at, making for an endearing and educational moment.

[00:54:05]  Rounding out the child's overall development, Megan emphasizes the under-discussed need for physical activities in gifted children’s routines.

[01:03:20] Megan shares the self-awareness tool HALT (Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired), a practical approach for parents to gauge their emotional state.

[01:08:40] Manisha and Megan explore the potential of AI in creating educational content for advanced learners.


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In Part 2 of  'The Opportunity Gap: Who are the Gifted Students?' Brian Butler explains the 5 shifts to making gifted education "the floor of every classroom". What does that really mean? How can any school make these shifts? Listen to find out!

In this episode, the first of a two part feature, we talk with education consultant and author Brian Butler about the idea of giftedness in education. Traditionally gifted students are viewed as more intelligent, and set apart from the rest. But is it more about abilities and intelligence, or the opportunities students are given, that determines this distinction? How can educators shift their mindset to view all students as gifted? Listen as Brian provides valuable insights into these and other questions.

Emily Mofield, author of "Vertical Differentiation for Gifted Advanced and High-Potential Students" shares 3 instructional strategies that can be used to "bump up" the rigor and the challenge within educational activities. Dr. Mofield is an Assistant Professor of Education at Lipscomb University where she co-leads the graduate program in Gifted & Advanced Academics and teaches in the doctoral program. Previously in her career, Dr. Mofield has served as a middle-school teacher and a district leader in Gifted Education.

SHOW NOTES:

Dr. Emily Mofield's Book: Vertical Differentiation for Gifted Advanced and High-Potential Students (2022) Available for purchase at Routledge Press and Amazon.com

Resources Mentioned:

• Project Zero’s mission is to understand and nurture human potentials –such as learning, thinking, ethics, intelligence and creativity –in all human beings. Our research examines the nature of such potentials, the contexts and conditions in which they develop, and the practices that support their flourishment.

• “See, Think, Wonder” A routine for exploring works of art and other interesting things.

• “Five Why’s” strategy Getting to the Root of a Problem Quickly

• Essential Questions Questions that any thoughtful, intellectually-alive person ponders and should keep pondering.

• Hattie’s framework of “surface, deep, and transfer learning” Frey, N., Fisher, D., & Hattie, J. (2017). Surface, Deep, and Transfer? Considering the Role of Content Literacy Instructional Strategies. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 60(5), 567–575.
• Webb’s Depth of Knowledge Categorizing tasks according to the complexity of thought they require is one way for teachers to create a rich learning environment.

Quotes:

“Gifted education is about providing rigor and challenge, but also authentic, meaningful, joyful learning experiences so that they stay excited about learning and so that they can reach their potential.” —Dr. Emily Mofield

“I believe there are more gifted children than we are identifying. A gifted child is not just someone with an IQ of 140. There are high-potential students in every school, and perhaps their giftedness isn't pulled out yet. When high-quality curriculum and robust instruction is provided, it reveals talent. Until a student has an opportunity to show creativity, we're not going to see it.” —Dr. Emily Mofield

“Creative thinking is not about buying glitter from the dollar tree and throwing it on the poster. Creativity is where students have to apply insightful connections or improve something or come up with a new idea. These strategies provide a structure that makes sure that whatever the students are producing is truly rigorous.” —Dr. Emily Mofield

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• Producer & Host: Karen Marklein
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Shannon and Mary chat with Nancy Young, the creator of the Ladder of Reading & Writing,  about differentiated instruction for readers at different levels.      [Note: Our podcast has explicit permission from Nancy Young to use her Ladder infographic image and information with our audience.]  In this episode we discuss the equitable need for differentiation, in order to "offer children what they need based on where they are."   Strategies, examples, and activities are shared for teachers to modify their literacy instruction based on the unique needs of their readers.

Episode Resources:

1. Nancy Young's website
2. Nancy's blog post about her updates to the Ladder
3. The Updated Ladder of Reading and Writing (in pdf form)
4. Nancy Young's Structured Literacy Primer
5. Ladder of Reading and Writing: Terms Defined
6. Permission request to use the Ladder of Reading and Writing
7. Resources from Nancy Young about the Ladder of Reading and Writing
8. Our episode from Season 4 about the Ladder's updates
9. Recording of Nancy Young's presentation about Differentiation 
10. Carol Connors' Differentiation research
11. Schoolwide Enrichment Model of Reading
12.  Curriculum Compacting
13. Secret Code Actions resource
14. Secret Code Actions free downloads
15. Vickie Gibson's Classroom Management resource

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Ben Koch am an entrepreneur, educator, coach, healer, and mindfulness expert with 20 years of meditation experience. As co-founder and CEO of an education company based in Dallas, he has sought for ways to merge his role in the educational revolution with his passion for self-development, healing modalities, and practices that help one find and align with their deeper life purpose (IKIGAI).

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Gifted adults usually have gifted kids
• The label “gifted” doesn’t matter as much, it’s the characteristics and the unique needs which are important
• A lot of gifted kids slip through the cracks of being identified in childhood
• Gifted children and adults feel and process differently
• Indicators of being gifted (but not exclusively):
  • Feeling a little bit out of whack with mainstream thinking
  • Not feeling comfortable in traditional scripted conversations
  • Feeling like you have to hold back your authentic self in fear to provoke or how out of place it might feel
  • Fear of your thoughts, intuitions and deep emotional sensitivities
  • Giftedness in one word: Intensity! Emotional, intellectual and/or spiritual intensity
• There is a cultural meme that giftedness equals academic achievement
• Traditional IQ tests measure 2 types of intelligences: verbal and quantitative intelligence
• Ambivert is the term used to describe someone who is sometimes introverted, sometimes extroverted depending on the situation
• Gifted kids, as well as gifted adults, need intellectual / idea peers because of their asynchronous development
• Asynchronicity is a sign of giftedness
• Gifted knows gifted: There is a sense of acceptance, of acknowledgment and a feeling of belonging and “being home” as we can mirror each other
• Profoundly gifted kids have extremely unique needs
• The importance for gifted people is to find and live a life of purpose! 
• IKIGAI means “reason for being”
• Finding your IKIGAI takes inner work and is a lifelong process
• Create a purpose statement and list your why, what and how
• Meditation and mindfulness is a powerful tool for the gifted
• Gifted people can see the wrongs, the hypocrisy in the world, the injustices and can get overwhelmed by it
• The psychological, neurological and physiological benefit of mindfulness practise has been documented by scientific research
• It is important for gifted adult to have self compassion and self empathy

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

NuMinds: website,  facebook Podcast

Ben's Links and personal website

Book Living with Intensity by Susan Daniels and Michael M. Piechowski

Book The Artist’s Way by

Would you like to work with me 1:1 as your gifted and 2e coach? Please send me an email at hello@giftedunleashe.com or find more information about my coaching offer on my website giftedunleashe.com/coaching

https://www.giftedunleashed.com

Femke Hovinga knows which challenges hyper giftedness can entail. Despite a hefty portion of potential, she underperformed for years and developed fear of failure. Femke obtained her diploma by hanging and strangling, after which she followed courses in journalism and business administration. Challenges became opportunities. She trained as a talent coach and from there she specialised in 145+ IQ. At Talentissimo she guides children, parents and schools. She also gives lectures. In addition, Femke is engaged in developing an IQ test for gifted children with SCALIQ. She also works with gifted adults at InterIQ, a recruitment and coaching company for gifted talent. 

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Gifted children might be underachieving in school
• Gifted children experience asynchronicity 
• Gifted children struggle to deal with challenges & failures and sometimes need to learn how to study
• In Dutch the 145+ IQ group is called “Hyper Gifted”
• 1:1000 is in the category of 145+, a very small group and difficult to find research data on this group
• 145+ are more sensitive and they do not have a lot of developmental peers
• People need to mirror with other people in order to develop ourselves and to learn what is normal. People in the 145+ category do not have a lot of people to mirror with.
• There are big T traumas and little T traumas. If you are so different from the normal population you probably have a lot of those little T experiences.
• 145+ humans need to be seen! And in order to be seen they must be recognised
• Traditional IQ test are not made for gifted children
• Autistic children have lower IQ scores on traditional IQ tests than non-autistic children. With the new IQ test from SCALIQ this does not seems to bethe case anymore
• No time preassure on the SCALIQ IQ test and detect the full potential of dyslexic, dyscalculia or color blind children
• The SCALIQ IQ test is like testing the motor of a car to it’s full potential, not just how fast the car is going on the road (traditional IQ testing)
• Gifted people can have CVs which make them look a bit crazy
• The NAGC estimates that 25 % of children who fall into the gifted range do not finish their education!
• In the Netherlands it's estimates that 33 % of gifted people do not work in a place where they can show their potential
• If we want to solve the big issues of today’s world, such as climate change, Covid-19, world peace, we need to include the brightest talents of our societies 
• Companies sometimes see giftedness as a disability
• Be that person you needed as a kid!
• If you are struggling, please know that there are people like you. Please reach out because finding your peers is important for being happy and finding fulfilment

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Talentissimo website | facebook

InterIQ 

SCALIQ 145+ IQ tests 

Book

Would you like to work with me 1:1 as your gifted and 2e coach? Please send me an email at hello@giftedunleashe.com or find more information about my coaching offer on my website giftedunleashe.com/coaching

https://www.giftedunleashed.com

Sophia Elliott is the founder and podcast host of Our Gifted Kids. She has had a career full of turns and new learnings but found her passion and calling advocation for gifted children and their education. She is a supporter and curator of information for parents of gifted children. She is the mother of three gifted kids and shares her journey and lets other parents of gifted children know that they are not alone. Her podcast and community is just getting started! 

TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:

• There is a need for gifted information and podcasts
• It’s hard to find all the people connected working in the field of giftedness such as teachers, parents, experts, academics, psychologists
• Parenting gifted children is not as easy as the term makes it seem. It’s actually quite challenging.
• Your child is usually all you know so it is sometimes hard to recognise giftedness
• Most parents of gifted children have to advocate and fight for their children to get the educational environment they need
• The higher op on the gifted scale the more specialised education is required because of the asynchronicity
• Gifted people can be amazingly flexible generalists which we don’t seem to  value as much as specialists
• We want to teach our gifted kids to know themselves but how can we do that if we don’t know ourselves?
• We need to give children the vocabulary. They already know that they are different. They need to know why and how and therefore, need the vocabulary
• We need to have a conversation of what it means for kids & adults to be gifted because the experience of the world is different
• Gifted kids are not “easier” or lucky and will not “breeze” through school
• Knowing your giftedness will change the way you see yourself and your experience of the world. It will make sense for the better.
• Gifted children and adults need to learn how to fail at things! If you don’t want to fail as adults it makes it harder to take risks
• You as a parent of a gifted kid has the permission to be THAT parent to have the conversation with schools about your kids need. You have permission to stand up for your child and advocate for it.
• It’s not a reward! It is a gifted child’s right to learn at a pace and stage that they need to learn at!
• Ask the schools if they have gifted students and what they do for them to learn more about the school’s understanding of gifted education
• As a parent you need to be brave and not be afraid to ask the questions and keep looking until you find the right support and school. But it is hard
• Sometimes school miss use the term gifted as high achievers. This is not the same.
• Kids are a gift but not all kids are gifted! 
• Familiarise yourself with the education system for teachers. In Australia only the Master’s program for teachers covers the topic of gifted education. Teachers do not learn about giftedness in undergrad.
• The taboo is so strong and it is NOT ok! This sends the wrong message to the gifted kids telling them THEY are not ok!

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Our Gifted Kids website | facebook &

Would you like to work with me 1:1 as your gifted and 2e coach? Please send me an email at hello@giftedunleashe.com or find more information about my coaching offer on my website giftedunleashe.com/coaching

https://www.giftedunleashed.com