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Sensory Processing Disorder Gift Guide

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Today I’m sharing the best gifts for sensory kids. I hope that this sensory processing disorder gift guide will help your family learn to manage and improve those important skills! Do you have a child who struggles with what I call sensory STUFF? What is sensory stuff? Well, it’s a catch-all term that I use…

Asynchronous Development and The Gifted Child

by Cait Curley 111 Comments

When Leo was 3-years-old, he was obsessed with dinosaurs. Obsessed. We had dinosaur books everywhere, he drew pictures of dinosaurs, he wrote books about dinosaurs. We read [easyazon_link identifier=”0545694809″ locale=”US” tag=”mylitpop-20″]Dinosaurumpus[/easyazon_link]! so many times that I still have it memorized. Our copy is worn and tattered, well-loved. One night, when I went to tuck Leo in for…

Gifted Overexcitabilities: OEs IRL

by Cait Curley 34 Comments

Let’s chat gifted overexcitabilities (OEs) … in real life. If you hang around in gifted circles for any length of time, you’ll start to hear a lot of talk about overexcitabilities. I thought it might be fun to do a post on overexcitabilities, and what they look like in real life- my little poppies-style! Gifted…

Falter-Filled Days

by Cait Curley 6 Comments

Falter-Filled Days I’ve been having some falter-filled days of late, folks. The other day, it was one thing after another after another following a night of too little [and frequently interrupted] sleep. It was one of those days when you think the incessant bickering will send you straight over the edge. One of those days…

When Your Child is a Perfectionist

by Cait Curley 30 Comments

Do you remember this post that I wrote about our son’s perfectionism getting in his way? Leo is a perfectionist and, such, he is afraid of failure to the point of complete immobilization. He will assess a new situation, determine his risk for failure, and refuse to participate if he doesn’t think he can immediately do it well….

Understanding Asynchronous Development {Check me out over at RLL}

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Understanding Asynchronous Development There are so many definitions of giftedness floating around out there, but my favorite one is this definition from the Columbus Group: Giftedness is asynchronous development in which advanced cognitive abilities and heightened intensity combine to create inner experiences and awareness that are qualitatively different from the norm. This asynchrony increases with…

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