100 Words of Wisdom: Joy Navan
This reflection explores the emotional life of gifted adults: feeling different, experiencing intense empathy and sensitivity, and encountering strong reactions to beauty and suffering. It describes sleepless concern for the world, the effort to cultivate personal balance, and the intense energy gifted people bring to caring and creativity.
Overcoming Underrepresentation in Gifted Programs, Part II: Assessment and Accommodation
This second-part column outlines assessment and accommodation strategies to reduce underrepresentation of culturally, linguistically, ethnically and socioeconomically diverse learners in gifted programs. It recommends multiple, nonbiased assessment methods, culturally responsive curriculum, clear communication, family engagement, and equitable interventions to improve identification and access.
The Top 10 Resolutions I Wish Gifted Kids Would Make
An educator suggests ten resolutions for gifted children to foster strengths, creativity, curiosity, and resilience. Recommendations include valuing strengths, advocating for oneself, creating, reading broadly, seeking new experiences, embracing failure, pursuing interests, nurturing kindness, making time to play, and remembering that school isn’t everything.