For more information on extra credit assignments check with Professor Santil. Current opportunities are listed below:
http://www.euronews.com/ Being gifted has long been equated to being intelligent and having a high IQ. However, many scholars believe that students can also be gifted in the sense of having increased emotional or social intelligence. Being gifted can be a double-edged sword: smart students can get bored and frustrated if their classmates and teachers fail to engage with their special abilities.
60 Minutes
What we learned about raising gifted children from the parents of "Boy Wonder" Jack Andraka
The Misdiagnosis of Gifted Children
SENG - Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted
More information can be found at the SENG Misdiagnosis Initiative: http://www.sengifted.org/programs/sen...
In an informative and captivating DVD, SENG highlights the plight of children who are misdiagnosed with disorders such as ADHD or Asperger's Syndrome. Misdiagnosis of gifted children is a widespread problem, but still largely unknown to healthcare professionals, educators, and parents. To protect our children from inappropriate diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment, and to promote their social and intellectual development, we must educate people about the potential for misinterpreting characteristics of giftedness as symptoms of pathology.
