List: Young Gifted Children | Curated by Deborah Ruf, PhD

Apr 16, 2024
30 stories
Young Gifted ChildrenArticles about how to manage finding the best schools and "fit" for your young gifted child. These stories will always include how to estimate "how gifted" your child is.
Deborah Ruf, PhD
Personality Type and Social Adjustment in Families with Children Over 170 IQ on the [old] SBLMSome specific personality type differences between parents and gifted children lead to predictable problems and issues.
Apr 16, 2024
Apr 16, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
If You Have a Reason to Assess a Young Child for Giftedness …Here are some good reasons and how to go about it.
Mar 23, 2024
Mar 23, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
What Is School Choice?… and what do I think of it?
Mar 1, 2024
Mar 1, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
What the Heck is Neurodiversity?… and how does it fit into the picture of giftedness?
Feb 26, 2024
Feb 26, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
Are Schools Set Up for Gifted Children? (Highly to Exceptionally Gifted, Level Three)Level Three (Highly to Exceptionally Gifted) children and their parents generally had considerable difficulty finding a good school fit.
Jan 30, 2024
Jan 30, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
Are Schools Set Up for Gifted Children? (Exceptionally to Profoundly Gifted, Level Four)No. Not generally, and virtually never for the Exceptionally and Profoundly Gifted.
Feb 2, 2024
Feb 2, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
How to Choose a School for Your Young Gifted ChildYou already know your child is ahead of agemates. How do you select the best school?
Feb 15, 2024
Feb 15, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
Boys in Primary Grade ClassroomsPart of the SCHOOL IS NOT REAL LIFE Series
Jan 1, 2023
Jan 1, 2023
Deborah Ruf, PhD
Are Schools Set Up for Gifted Children? (Profoundly Gifted, Level Five)No. Not generally, and virtually never for the Profoundly Gifted.
Feb 9, 2024
Feb 9, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
Development in Gifted Children: Different in Many WaysScatterplots to illustrate some of the ways!
Feb 7, 2024
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Feb 7, 2024
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Deborah Ruf, PhD
Do We Need to Know How Smart Someone Is?Evaluating and Assessing Giftedness Why?
Jan 2, 2024
Jan 2, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
What Do Schools Usually Do for Their Gifted Students?And gifted services vary by state and by district because few states have gifted requirements.
Jan 5, 2024
Jan 5, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
Are Schools Set Up for Gifted Children? (Moderately Gifted, Level One)No. Very little happens before High School.
Jan 10, 2024
Jan 10, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
Are Schools Set Up for Gifted Children? (Highly Gifted, Level Two)Level Two children and their parents had even more difficulty finding a good school fit. Level Two children and adults are highly gifted…
Jan 16, 2024
Jan 16, 2024
Deborah Ruf, PhD
What is “Good Fit” and Why Does It Matter?“Good fit” in the context of school and social life means that people feel as though they belong.
Dec 27, 2023
Dec 27, 2023
Deborah Ruf, PhD
What Sometimes Make IQ Scores Hard to Understand?or What Does This IQ Score Mean?
Sep 21, 2022
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Sep 21, 2022
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Deborah Ruf, PhD
Is Dysgraphia Common in Gifted Boys?A teacher told a mother to look into dysgraphia because her son’s handwriting and writing avoidance were a bad sign. Here’s what I told…
Oct 7, 2023
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Oct 7, 2023
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Deborah Ruf, PhD
What Can an IQ Test Score Tell You?Not as much as many people think.
Sep 6, 2022
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Sep 6, 2022
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Dr. Ruf Responds to a Gifted Underachievement QuestionHow a child who scored in the profoundly gifted range can underachieve in school.
Oct 11, 2023
Oct 11, 2023
Deborah Ruf, PhD
Giftedness is Relative… and Most Gifted People Don’t Even Know They’re Gifted!
Oct 18, 2023
Oct 18, 2023