Category: Relationships

While gifted children are generally as well adjusted, if not better adjusted, than their same age peers, their intellectual precocity, sensitivity and intensity can result in some social and emotional difficulties in regular school settings, particularly for the creative and underachieving (Kroesbergen, Van Hooijdonk, Van Viersen, Middel-Lalleman & Reijnders, 2015). Research indicates that social acceptance … Continue reading Gifted children, friendship and the need for ability grouping