Do Gifted & Able Learners Have Concerns Beyond Need for Academic Challenge?
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
DO GIFTED & ABLE LEARNERS HAVE CONCERNS BEYOND NEED FOR ACADEMIC CHALLENGE?
Yes, gifted and highly able students must deal with unique social and emotional issues that other children may not experience. These issues include:
- Cognitive and emotional development which may be uneven
- Confusion about the meaning of giftedness
- Feeling "different," alienated, isolated
- Feelings of inadequacy
- Heightened sensitivity and intensity of feelings
- Heightened expectations from self and others
- Moral issues and universal concerns
- Perfectionism and stress management
- Underachievement, drop-out, suicide