Psychological Development of Highly-Profoundly Gifted Students: Empowering equity in identification
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- Опубліковано 10 січ 2022
- Co-Authors Vanessa R. Wood and Krystna Laycraft Summarize The (IGC), Research Center Literature Review "How Can We Better Understand, Identify, and Support Highly Gifted and Profoundly Gifted Students? A Literature Review of the Psychological Development of Highly-Profoundly Gifted Individuals and Overexcitabilities" Published by Annals of Cognitive Science, 2020.
Thank you for the thorough analysis of the work done by many to bring about an appreciation for giftedness, overexitabilities, and distinguishing the difference. At 68 I am just beginning to understand why I have lived a life so different from others. It is hard to break away from the accusations of conceit or self-adoration for thinking that I might be smarter than others. Your description explain much of my life challenges and abilities that set mii apart from the rest of society. No one spoke of this when I was young to speak of as I was brought up moving all my youths, changing schools 13 times with 17 moves by the time I graduated with honors from HS. I was beaten, attacked, ostracized, and never developed a group of lifelong friends as most were not comfortable around mii due to my complexity and inability to communicate on a personal level as I do not have any extreme need to be around society. Thanks for your work.
I moved around too, I always tried to fit in. Chronic underachiever. I had handful of stable friends, and never learned to relate to people. I learned to be alone most of my time with myself. I am highly sensitive, and most of what I feel and think rarely translates. Trying to fit in with people has taken a toll on me. I am 35 and I have to stop fitting in, because I don't really know how. I have no proof of being gifted, other than my inner experiences. Though I can instantly tell if someone is higher on IQ, as I seem to notice, but I think my giftedness is more about sensitivities. I think its better to be yourself, rather than trying to fit in. I still struggle to figure out who I am. I am fearful of people often, despite the fact I like people.
I see you’re an avid Nintendo Wii player and must refer to your mii characters enough that autocorrect defaults to mii instead of me. You have gotten to witness the growth almost all of electronic video games during your life. You’re person Kirsten Dirksen featured in one of her long form pieces on tiny homes. How have your efforts with the tiny home/recycled building materials homes based community worked out? It seemed to me that the majority of individuals interesting in tiny homes became such because they desired freedom and relative isolation. Building community is an uphill battle wherever and however you try.
Thank you for your amazing work, its interesting to hear about.
The more I listen to content pertaining to highly and profoundly gifted people , the more confused I become about my own situation. From a psychometric standpoint, I belong to the highly gifted category. My score on the Terman Concept Mastery Test (form T) - which I took under timed, supervised conditions - placed me comfortably above the 3rd standard deviation of the general population for I.Q. I belong to the Triple Nine Society. I have graduate degrees from Johns Hopkins (M.S./ITS) and Stanford (M.A. Political Theory). I have multiple, detailed memories from the age of one. Nevertheless, I did not skip grades. I have not in general felt alienated from other people. In fact, I make friends easily. I am also skeptical about the labels “over excitable” and “highly sensitive” as applied to me. I am not much given to crusades or flights of moral indignation. In key respects, I feel as if I do not belong to my natural “tribe.”
Hello, How can I get a copy of the slides? Thank you.
Hello Teresa, Please email vanessawood@giftedconsortium.org
compuslion to learn everything. that has worked against me so many times.
How has a compulsion to learn everything worked aganist you?
Ha, looking for equity in gifted while the same equity fighters shut down gifted programs due to representation.
is this project still active?
Yes, The International Gifted Consortium (IGC), Research Center for Highly-Profoundly Gifted is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization. Most recently, The IGC Research Team conducted The First International Study of 88 Highly-Profoundly Gifted Children and Overexcitabilities in Collaboration with The University of Antwerp, Beligum. Please stay tuned for the results GiftedConsortium.org