Is your child bright and intense? Do you wonder how someone so smart lacks common sense or is doing so poorly at school? Do you need help with meeting your child’s social, emotional or intellectual needs?
Some Common Characteristics of Gifted and/or Twice Exceptional People include:
- Intense feelings
- Fears/anxiety/guilt
- Argumentativeness; Strong sense of justice
- Perfectionistic/ need for precision/says “actually” often
- Not motivated by extrinsic rewards
- Highly sensitive
- Complex vocabulary; love of word play
- Asynchronous development
- Prefer adult company or intellectual peers