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| problems with gifted child | 11/21/2009 | Ettina |
Q: I have a six year old whom I believe to be gifted. At 8 months he could not even crawl or stand and ...
A: Actually, it is possible to outgrow SPD features. Typically, the child will continue to have sensory ...
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| Assessing Giftedness in our son | 11/20/2009 | Ettina |
Q: Like others I've seen post, my wife and I are strongly suspecting our son is gifted in some ...
A: OK, I'll answer your questions one by one. 1) Yes, your son is clearly gifted. The fact that he ...
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| Grandson's behavior | 11/19/2009 | Ettina |
Q: I will try to keep this brief, but feel it's important to give you some background history on my ...
A: Firstly, it's really hard to figure out exactly where to draw the line between a mildly autistic kid ...
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| problems with gifted child | 11/18/2009 | Ettina |
Q: I have a six year old whom I believe to be gifted. At 8 months he could not even crawl or stand and ...
A: The 97th percentile would be about 130 IQ. That sounds fairly accurate to me for the most part, ...
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| Is my daughter gifted? | 11/17/2009 | Ettina |
Q: My now 4 year loves to draw.Her hand and eye coordination has always been ahead of her peers.She ...
A: My guess is that it's probably due to being a visuospatial learner. Basically, visuospatial learners ...
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| Is my daughter gifted? | 11/16/2009 | Ettina |
Q: My now 4 year loves to draw.Her hand and eye coordination has always been ahead of her peers.She ...
A: Yes, your daughter is gifted in art. According to ...
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| What's my son's problem? | 11/9/2009 | Ettina |
Q: I have an 8 year old son who doesn't like to go to school. i have read some articles on the site and ...
A: The cause of learning disabilities and executive dysfunction remain unknown in all but a small ...
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| 2 year old asks questions | 11/8/2009 | Ettina |
Q: My granddaugter is 2 years 4 months although born at 30 weeks and 13oo grams. She has always kept ...
A: Are you sure her emotional regulation is behind? To me, she sounds like she's probably like a ...
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| Gifted Child trouble with open ended work | 11/4/2009 | Ettina |
Q: My son is in 1st grade and in the school's gifted program. He does really well with subjects such ...
A: One of the big differences between open-ended tasks and more concrete tasks is how much feedback the ...
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| What's my son's problem? | 11/4/2009 | Ettina |
Q: I have an 8 year old son who doesn't like to go to school. i have read some articles on the site and ...
A: OK, yeah, he's probably not a hyposensitive kid. Slow processing sounds like a better explanation. ...
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| Is my 19 month old gifted?What do I do next? | 11/3/2009 | Ettina |
Q: Our 19.5 month old son never ceases to surprise us with how fast he learns things.He is very very ...
A: Yes, your son is gifted. By the way, walking at 13 months and not feeding himself at 19 months is ...
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| What's my son's problem? | 10/31/2009 | Ettina |
Q: I have an 8 year old son who doesn't like to go to school. i have read some articles on the site and ...
A: Firstly, your son is pretty clearly a gifted child. However, it's possible that he has some sort of ...
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| IQ test | 10/31/2009 | Ettina |
Q: Can you please tell me that my 3.5 years old daughter can be categorized as gifted child. She ...
A: I'm pretty sure your daughter is in fact gifted. As for IQ testing, typically around 5-6 years old ...
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| Is my child gifted? | 10/27/2009 | Ettina |
Q: My daughter is five years old now. She was a very alert baby. We had difficult time making her sleep ...
A: She sounds like she probably is gifted, but accompanied with some sort of developmental difference ...
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| re testing with RIAS | 10/26/2009 | Ettina |
Q: My daughter was given the RIAS test and I did not agree with the score that the psychologist came up ...
A: If the same test is done twice in a short time period, there is a tendency for scores to increase ...
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| re testing with RIAS | 10/25/2009 | Ettina |
Q: My daughter was given the RIAS test and I did not agree with the score that the psychologist came up ...
A: Generally, unless there's evidence of an actual change in ability (eg brain injury, subjective ...
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| Is my child genius? | 10/22/2009 | Ettina |
Q: I would like to ask your opinion about my child. I have always said that I am not a genius, so there ...
A: He certainly does sound like a gifted child. For example, most 2 year olds speak in what is referred ...
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| differences with children | 10/20/2009 | Ettina |
Q: Please, why it is important to encourage children to express their likes and dislikes? and why is it ...
A: Expressing likes & dislikes is important for several reasons. Firstly, it's a major component of ...
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| Gifted toddler???? | 10/20/2009 | Ettina |
Q: There are a few things going on in my head at the moment, I am hoping you can help me make better ...
A: The best way to reduce anxiety is to expose the child to manageable levels of anxiety. The key word ...
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| Gifted toddler???? | 10/19/2009 | Ettina |
Q: There are a few things going on in my head at the moment, I am hoping you can help me make better ...
A: Well, basically, there are three possible ways your daughter's differences could be explained, given ...
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| I would like to know. | 10/17/2009 | Ettina |
Q: I am a person who was tested in 3rd grade for mental retardation, because I simply refused to read ...
A: You're clearly highly intelligent and very creative, and it sounds like you're also quite ...
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| Night waking and gifted children | 10/15/2009 | Ettina |
Q: My 11 son was identified at age 7 as gifted, we live in a rural community in eastern Ontario where ...
A: That kind of behavior is related to sleep deprivation in many kids, but probably not in your son's ...
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| Difficult Choices | 10/15/2009 | Ettina |
Q: My 10 yaer old "gifted" son has a problem selecting a project if he has to choose from a unlimited ...
A: Could be. Or it could be tendency to get overloaded by too many choices. One thing you could do with ...
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| Nephew | 10/10/2009 | Ettina |
Q: I have a 4 1/2 year old Nephew who is very behind developmentally. Lets start things off from the ...
A: I think he has hyperlexia. This is a form of autism in which the child has early reading combined ...
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| My son | 10/10/2009 | Ettina |
Q: My son Dylan has been having some major behavior issues. He really always has but it seems to get ...
A: You can request that the school order a neuropsychological assessment - basically a psychologist ...
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| Is my daughter gifted?? | 10/7/2009 | Ettina |
Q: I am wondering if my daughter is gifted and what should I do to keep her busy and learning. At home ...
A: It's not really clear yet if she's gifted, but she's clearly a smart little girl. Since gifted kids ...
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| Gifted V Aspergers | 10/6/2009 | Ettina |
Q: I am writing to you with regard to my son, who has just turned 5. He attends a school in Wales in ...
A: Firstly, your son is quite clearly a gifted child. Even if he has some disability as well as being ...
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| Sensitive baby; follow up. | 9/29/2009 | Ettina |
Q: I'm happy to report to you that Brianna (i asked you about her 2weeks ago 'sensitive baby') is now ...
A: Based on this update, I revise my earlier statement to say that giftedness is the most likely ...
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| Gifted? | 9/26/2009 | Ettina |
Q: I am curious if my daughter is gifted and what I should do to keep up with her. She started ...
A: Your daughter is pretty clearly gifted. As for how to give her enough stimulation, you don't need to ...
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| Sleep Waking | 9/26/2009 | Manju Rakshit |
Q: After almost 5 years of sleepless nights, it has dawned on me that it might actually my son's brain ...
A: Your question was not asked to me but I found it in the question pool and I think I'll be able to ...
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| gifted question, and sibling... | 9/24/2009 | Ettina |
Q: My daughter's pre-k teacher approached me about getting her tested for gifted. My daughter reads ...
A: In the vast majority of cases, siblings are within 10-20 IQ points of each other, which means if one ...
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| Is my 3 year old gifted? | 9/17/2009 | Ettina |
Q: i would like to knwo if she is gifted... 1 she can already write all her alphabets (Capital) 2. she ...
A: Your daughter is so cute! She looks a lot like the daughter of a friend of mine. And in reply to ...
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| Is my 3 yr old gifted?? | 9/12/2009 | Carol Bainbridge |
Q: My daughter is 3 yrs and 3 mths old, she does a lot of things that surprises me and seems to be well ...
A: Sorry for the delay in answering. I was having some serious computer issues. Anyway, your questions ...
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| Senstive baby | 9/11/2009 | Ettina |
Q: Our daughter Brianna turned one year 5 days ago. To me she seems to be well within appropriate ...
A: If the labour took a long time, she could have gotten oxygen deprivation, which can cause brain ...
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| Is my toddler gifted? | 9/11/2009 | Carol Bainbridge |
Q: I've had this suspicion now for quite some time that I have an unique little boy in my hands. I ...
A: It certainly sounds to me like your son is gifted. Pretty much everything you listed point to ...
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| Is my son really that gifted? | 9/10/2009 | Carol Bainbridge |
Q: I had my son tested by a Registered Psychologist who works with children at the hospital. He also ...
A: I have to tell you that I'm not an expert at interpreting test results. That said, I can tell you ...
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| 3 year old puzzle genius | 9/10/2009 | Ettina |
Q: My three year old grandson, has not learned to speak, except for a few words. His behavior and ...
A: Ear infections could explain his language delays, since they basically mean that he's been ...
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| What to do with a highly advanced toddler with new baby on the way | 9/9/2009 | Carol Bainbridge |
Q: My 20 month old is displaying some gifted characteristics for his age. He learned his ABC's at age ...
A: What you're asking is a little beyond my expertise since I'm not a child psychologist or ...
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| 3 year old puzzle genius | 9/9/2009 | Ettina |
Q: My three year old grandson, has not learned to speak, except for a few words. His behavior and ...
A: Yes, your grandson does sound like an autistic child. As for his puzzle skills and whether they ...
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| xavier | 9/8/2009 | Carol Bainbridge |
Q: My son (Xavier) who is 2 1/2 has demonstrated a great memory. We play a memory game using picture ...
A: It is really impossible to say whether your son is gifted or not based solely on his ability with a ...
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