Sensory overexcitability can result in an increased awareness in all five senses including sight, sound, touch, smell and taste. Gifted children (and adults) who experience this may want more hugs, or they may not like certain physical touch.
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Gifted people with imaginational overexcitability can have extremely vivid imaginations! They can live in so many different places in their minds! They may have imaginary friends as children and may experience vivid dreams throughout their lives.
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Gifted people with intellectual overexcitability is very common in gifted children. It also carries over to gifted adults. Gifted people with this overexcitability have a deep need to learn.
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Gifted people with emotional sensitivity may experience emotions intensely. They may feel emotions more deeply than others, and this can affect all emotions including anxiety, sadness, and happiness.
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Psychomotor overexcitability is the need for constant movement and the need to expend intense physical energy. Gifted children with this overexcitability might appear impulsive, move frequently, have difficulty sleeping.
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Polish psychiatrist Kazimierz Dabrowski identified five overexcitabilities that are common in gifted children under his Theory of Positive Disintegration including psychomotor, sensual, emotional, intellectual, and imaginational.
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Gifted adults, like gifted children, often live life with intensity. Don't miss our new blog by guest writer Caroline Flocari, as she shares reflections on her own journey to self-acceptance.
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Gifted adults, like gifted children, may have overexcitabilities. Gifted adults often experience intensity. They may be seen as "too intense" by others at times. Any gifted adults out there? How do you manage your intensity?
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According to the National Association for Gifted Children, acceleration is when students move through the curriculum at rates faster than typical.
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According to the National Association for Gifted Children, these can be provided in a number of ways including special classes, magnet schools, afterschool, weekend, summer, AP classes, IB programs, distance learning, and others!
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According to the National Association for Gifted Children, curriculum compacting allows for differentiation of material for gifted students.
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Thanks to @insidethegiftedclassroom for our new blog on how to support gifted students to pursue their passions in the classroom! This is a great read for any teacher (or parent)!
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According to the National Association for Gifted Children, grouping students with similar abilities is a research-based method for supporting gifted students. You can read more about grouping on the NAGC site: https://t.co/147aNcv5X4
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Am I gifted? If you have a gifted child and have wondered whether you might also be gifted, don't miss our newest blog by Duygu Cakal (@duygu.cakal.454)!
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Teaching gifted students is an adventure! Check out our newest blog from guest writer Christina Barber where she shares a book that helps guide gifted students' nascent existential thinking! Thanks to @cb_reads_reviews for this blog!
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