SENG launches the Gifted Elders Initiative to study and support aging gifted individuals. The initiative seeks research on elder needs, promote awareness across cultures and settings, disseminate findings, advocate for differentiated services, and invite collaboration to preserve and nurture gifted seniors.
This article presents 28 compassionate suggestions for supporting gifted children’s social and emotional needs, including honoring individuality, teaching mindfulness, encouraging passions, providing mentors, fostering social connections, avoiding comparisons, and promoting self-care. The list offers practical ways parents, educators, and communities can nurture gifted youths’ wellbeing.
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.
This post explains how imaginative play supports children’s development—promoting creativity, problem solving, social skills and self-regulation. It outlines play phases across ages, cites research on attention, and urges parents and schools to preserve unstructured playtime rather than overemphasizing structured lessons, toys, or screen time.
This article explores spirituality in gifted children, outlining four expressions—quest, journey, interconnectedness, and transcendence—through case examples. It discusses characteristics such as sensitivity and abstract questioning and offers guidance for parents and educators to support spiritually gifted children’s emotional development and understanding.
This post suggests low-cost virtual museum trips for families, explaining how to create themed outings with itineraries, food, and decorations. It lists online museum resources across science, art, social science, and music, and encourages parents to explore virtual exhibits and activities with children.
Tribute to Annemarie Roeper highlighting her founding of The Roeper School and Roeper Review, her development of the Qualitative Assessment Method, extensive publications, immigration from Nazi Germany, and lasting influence. The author recalls Annemarie’s humor, dedication to children’s whole development, and enduring legacy.
El artículo explica que los niños superdotados desarrollan habilidades de forma asincrónica: su inteligencia y curiosidad pueden adelantarse a su madurez emocional y social. Esto genera sensibilidad, empatía y dificultades para relacionarse con pares, por lo que la comprensión de esa asincronía es clave para su educación.
