Gifted Child Identification

• Characteristics of Giftedness - A review of gifted literature by Linda Kreger Silverman.
• Mind-Works - Provides information on identifying and working with giftedness, dual exceptionality, learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, and different learning styles. Boston Metro-west area.
• Bright Child/Gifted Learner - A chart showing the basic differences between a bright child and a gifted learner- a useful tool when discussing the definition of gifted.
• Characteristics and Behaviors of the Gifted - Identification, learning characteristics, and creative characteristics of the gifted.
• Mis-Diagnosis and Dual Diagnosis of Gifted Children - Many of our brightest and most creative minds are not only going unrecognized, but they also are often given diagnoses that indicate pathology. Includes a list of the common Mis-Diagnoses of gifted youth.
• Misdiagnosis of the Gifted - Gifted individuals face many challenges. One of them may be in getting correctly identified by psychotherapists and others as gifted.
• Howard Gardner's Seven Types of Intelligence - Psychologist Howard Gardner identified seven distinct types of intelligence. They are listed with respect to gifted or talented children.
• The Plural of Leaf is Tree - Michael K. Meyerhoff writes about the different types of intelligences of two girls and wonders how schools can restructure themselves to value the curious learner, instead of just valuing the learner who can parrot back information.
• TKI - Gifted and Talented Students - Summary of the section Identification of Gifted and Talented Students from the Ministry of Education handbook Gifted and talented students: Meeting their needs in New Zealand schools.
• World Class Arena - UK government initiative, designed to identify and assess students gifted at mathematics and problem solving. Resources include World Class Tests and classroom materials.