by Dan DeMarle | Dec 3, 2022 | Autism, Autism, Classroom, Gifted and Talented, Teaching, Twice Exceptional 2E
“No matter how bad my mental health got, I clung to the idea that I needed to be the smartest. If I couldn’t have friends, I would have a perfect GPA.” “I Grew Up Gifted and Autistic — and Suffered the Burnout of Twice...
by Dan DeMarle | Dec 23, 2021 | Classroom, Gifted and Talented, Parents/Guardians, Special Education, Teaching, Teaching
What can we learn from letting seventh graders take the SAT? In the 1960s, psychologist Julian Stanley realized that if you took the best-testing seventh graders from around the country and gave them standard college entry exams, those kids would score, on average,...
by Dan DeMarle | Nov 13, 2021 | Anxiety Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Emotional Disturbance, Gifted and Talented, Twice Exceptional 2E
With the new school year underway, some parents will have a harder time than others because of a little known, but very real phenomenon: their child is “twice exceptional.” These children have both the potential for high achievement (“gifted”) and a one or more...
by Dan DeMarle | Oct 30, 2021 | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Classroom, Gifted and Talented, Parents/Guardians
With the new school year underway, some parents will have a harder time than others because of a little known, but very real phenomenon: their child is “twice exceptional”. These children have both the potential for high achievement (“gifted”) and a one or more...
by Dan DeMarle | Apr 15, 2020 | Covid-19, Emotional Disturbance, Gifted and Talented, Learning Disability
“The Power of Different: The Link Between Disorder and Genius” by Gail Saltz, 2017 by Flatiron Books. From Goodreads “The Power of Different, psychiatrist and bestselling author Gail Saltz examines the latest scientific discoveries, profiles famous...
by Dan DeMarle | Apr 5, 2020 | Gifted and Talented, Gifted and Talented, Recommended Movies
Little Man Tate (1991). This engaging movie starring Jodie Foster, Diane Wiest tells the story of a gifted 7-year-old boy living with his single mother. The movie, although overly dramatic at times (it is a movie), is a good introduction to giftedness, and to how some...
