Highly Gifted Students in Their School Years — Part 4 of 5

Level Two Longitudinal Study Results for two more Highly Gifted Youngsters

In case you didn’t read — or don’t quite remember — the Parts 1–3 of the Level Two highly gifted youngsters in the longitudinal study, I’ll repeat the background. Also, you might find a case study that really reminds you of someone in your own life or family and want to share just this post with them!

This group of 12 subjects are essentially at the same Level of Giftedness, Highly Gifted, Level Two. In some cases it is because of lack of access to the higher tiered institutions; this can be due to lack of money, a background that doesn’t know how to guide the gifted youngster to the right fit where true peers are, or a person who has already been so psychologically hurt or damaged they don’t have the resilience or wherewithal to chart their own course anyway. Many people think an expert should be tell them what the right path is. It is almost always more complicated than that.

Background about my connection to the subjects and their families

I worked directly with most of the families and individuals in this study. I administered and interpreted intelligence and achievement tests to most of the subjects…