WHO IS GIFTED?
GIFTED ADULTS
Gifted children don't stop being gifted when they grow up, they become gifted adults.
Gifted children most often have gifted parents, many of whom only recognise their own giftedness when they start investigating the possibility in their child.
More information and resources will be posted here in due course. In the meantime you might like to start with the following:
The Gifted Ex-child Stephanie Tolan
Gifted Development Centre Adult Gifted Index
Inner Conflict as a Path to Higher Development an article by Betty Maxwell and Linda Silverman which considers the Mid Life Crisis in terms of Dabrowski's Theory
Gifted For Life
'Gifted for Life is dedicated to helping gifted adults find the freedom, skill and motivation to live, love and lead with passion, and make an evolutionary impact on the world' (from their Face Book page)
Growing Old Gifted
If You're So Smart, Why do you need Counseling? Deb Ruf
Gifted Adults Di Rhody
Synthesis on Giftedness in Women Linda Silverman
I'm Not Gifted, I'm Just Busy: Unrecognised Giftedness in Women Linda Silverman
Gifted Adult Discussion Groups Online facilitated discussion groups for gifted adults. Run by Lesley Sword, Gifted and Creative Services Australia
See Jane Win
GIFTED ADULTS
Gifted children don't stop being gifted when they grow up, they become gifted adults.
Gifted children most often have gifted parents, many of whom only recognise their own giftedness when they start investigating the possibility in their child.
More information and resources will be posted here in due course. In the meantime you might like to start with the following:
The Gifted Ex-child Stephanie Tolan
Gifted Development Centre Adult Gifted Index
Inner Conflict as a Path to Higher Development an article by Betty Maxwell and Linda Silverman which considers the Mid Life Crisis in terms of Dabrowski's Theory
Gifted For Life
'Gifted for Life is dedicated to helping gifted adults find the freedom, skill and motivation to live, love and lead with passion, and make an evolutionary impact on the world' (from their Face Book page)
Growing Old Gifted
If You're So Smart, Why do you need Counseling? Deb Ruf
Gifted Adults Di Rhody
Synthesis on Giftedness in Women Linda Silverman
I'm Not Gifted, I'm Just Busy: Unrecognised Giftedness in Women Linda Silverman
Gifted Adult Discussion Groups Online facilitated discussion groups for gifted adults. Run by Lesley Sword, Gifted and Creative Services Australia
See Jane Win
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