More is known about the characteristics and needs of gifted students with learning disabilities today than in the past, as more educators understand that children with high potential can simultaneously struggle with academic tasks at school. However, many of these students are not identified as requiring services, and if they are, it is for only 1 exceptionality. This absence of knowledge about...

It is common that intellectually gifted children--that is, children with an IQ ≥ 130--are referred to paediatric or child neuropsychiatry clinics for socio-emotional problems and/or school underachievement or maladjustment. These clinically-referred children with intellectual giftedness are thought to typically display internalizing problems (i.e., self-focused problems reflecting overcontrol o...

Erin Grubbs is a master’s student in the Clinical Psychology Program, Missouri State University, Springfield. Gifted children often display sensitivities to their environment that vary from those of the general population. Data were gathered on 6to 11-year-old gifted children attending a public elementary school gifted program. Parents completed Dunn’s (1999) Sensory Profile questionnaire regar...

Research studies that address questions pertaining to significant differences between gifted boys and girls range from teachers‘ stereotypes that influence identification and nominations for advanced programs (Barber & Torney-Purta, 2008) to an examination of external and internal factors contributing to eventual achievement (Reis, 2002). Do differences in achievement among gifted boys and girl...

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of family therapy program based on attachment and emotion on anxiety disorder and behavior of gifted adolescents. Methodology: The research method was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with two experimental groups. From the statistical population of students studying in gifted schools in Tehran, 40 people were random...

This study aimed to investigate two aspects of sustained attention in intellectually gifted children: first, the differences to intellectually average children; second, the differences between receiving standard education and enrichment education. Study 1 compared sustained attention between 24 intellectually gifted and 26 intellectually average children. The results showed that intellectually ...