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Category: Adult Giftedness
Adult Giftedness
Dr. Karen Arnstein

Pine Trees Never Doubt the Authenticity of Their Piney-ness

A professor reflects on a year of feeling disconnected despite career successes, finding renewed purpose through the gifted education community. After an epiphany she prioritizes meaningful work over obligations, embraces authenticity, and values community support as essential for gifted learners and professionals alike.

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Dr. Karen Arnstein October 13, 2022
Adult Giftedness
seng_derek

Going Places: A Landscape of Intensities

The author describes being “gifted” as a landscape of intense states — going supernova, going to war, and going to live with the elves — exploring how to manage intense creativity, righteous activism, and necessary withdrawal for reflection and renewal.

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seng_derek February 15, 2022
Adult Giftedness
Dr. Sylvia Bagley

Directors’ Corner

Dr. Sylvia Bagley describes her path into gifted education as a parent, scholar, and SENG Education Chair. She discusses twice-exceptionality, inequities in identification and services, the importance of culturally responsive practices and local norms, and invites collaboration to expand equitable, research-based support for gifted learners.

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Dr. Sylvia Bagley January 13, 2022
Adult Giftedness
Julia Rutkovsky, LMSW.

Understanding the Intersection of Queerness and Twice-Exceptionality

This post examines how queerness intersects with twice-exceptionality, highlighting higher rates of LGBTQ+ identification among gifted and neurodiverse people, and the overlap with autism and ADHD. It urges clinicians, educators, and parents to validate identities, discuss gender and sexuality appropriately, and offer unconditional acceptance and support.

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Julia Rutkovsky, LMSW. November 17, 2021
Adult Giftedness
Ellen D. Fiedler & Noks Nauta

Bore-out: A Challenge for Unchallenged Gifted (young) Adults.

Gifted individuals are vulnerable to bore-out — chronic understimulation leading to exhaustion, depression and disengagement. The article contrasts burnout and bore-out, reviews measurement and research, presents case studies across life stages, and offers practical recommendations for gifted people and supervisors to recognize and prevent boredom.

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Ellen D. Fiedler & Noks Nauta March 17, 2020
Adult Giftedness
Evelyn King Metcalf

Director’s Corner: Oxygen

A teacher reflects on the need for self-care and presence amid parenting and classroom demands. She returns to meditation and the ‘oxygen mask’ metaphor, quotes Kahlil Gibran on children’s independence, and urges listening to the present as a bridge to connection.

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Evelyn King Metcalf March 27, 2015
Adult Giftedness
Carolyn Kottmeyer

Blog Review 2014 Wrap-Up

This post reviews several blogs about giftedness, highlighting topics such as empathy, multi-potentiality, social connection, homeschooling, emotional support, and twice-exceptional challenges. It summarizes each blog’s focus, offers links for readers, and invites suggestions of other giftedness blogs by emailing editor@sengifted.org.

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Carolyn Kottmeyer December 17, 2014
Adult Giftedness
Deborah Simon

A Personal Investment

The author encourages busy homeschooling parents to invest in their own education for pleasure, mastery, and credibility. She outlines deciding to enroll, choosing a program, prioritizing time, accepting failure during initiation, and immersing oneself to enjoy learning, advocacy, and personal and professional growth.

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Deborah Simon December 17, 2014
Adult Giftedness
Joy Navan

Gifted Comes of Age

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.

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Joy Navan November 20, 2014