Giftedness

Lori Canlas returned the message left by this worker to check if there is safety concern with regard to Imram. Lori Canlas is a social worker-psychologist who works for York Region Psychological Services. She has engaged with Imran since October, 2015. According to Lori, there is no safety concern with regard to Imran. She described him as well-educated, responsible and capable; although, on some occasions, he displays episodes of anxiety and erratic behavior. Lori observed that his anxiety and…

into adulthood,” (Rimm, Siegle & Davis, 2018, p.25). Consequently, Ryleigh’s physically gifted characteristics, such as her intelligence, will follow her into adulthood. Emotionally and psychologically, Ryleigh continues to display evidence of giftedness. Emotionally, Ryleigh was usually very happy. However, if Ryleigh became upset, usually over an injustice, her emotions would become extreme. She would cry and become angry for long periods of time. This is…

What determines Will’s personality – nature or nurture? I believe that nurture (environment) determines Will’s personality after all. In the film, it never talked about his true parents; instead the portrayal of his childhood events resolves the riddle why he carried such personality. Moreover, Freud emphasized that heredity is not enough to structure the personality because developing personality requires environmental effects and takes time to travel along from infancy to elder years with…

How does the main character (or main characters) exemplify someone with gifted abilities? In the movie “The Great Debaters”, the main character demonstrates the abilities of a gifted person in several ways. The college professor, as his title suggests, nearly ideal example of leadership of a gifted person. Professor Tolson brings together a black debate team at Wiley College to compete against the best in the country. To assemble a group of students for a common goal, it requires leadership…

In Graham’s Schooling America, a historical account of the development of school practices throughout history is presented. In the 1920’s, Lewis Terman created an intelligence test and eventually this test was administered on a wide scale (Graham, 2005, p. 72). This tool was used to identify gifted children who might benefit from additional services, and also to provide resources to those who did measure up to standards. After an analysis of scores, Terman recognized that race correlated with…

so many reasons for a person – especially teenagers – decide to kill him/herself. First, giftedness is one of reasons. Giftedness means consistent high performance in a socially valued activity, high ability in reasoning and judgment, or certain percentage of any group is considered gifted/talented (Jennifer Riedl Cross); its behavior especially happens on adolescence. Shneidman said “the evidence of giftedness among people who commit or attempt suicide is difficult to document in the research…

Many children and adults have sat for hours with a book in hand, only to later realize that they had not retained any of the information that they read. The ability to comprehend text is an integral skill in communication, in school, and in the day to day life. Merriam-Webster defines comprehension as “the capacity for understanding fully” , “knowledge gained by comprehending”, or “the act or action of grasping with the intellect (Merriam-Webster). However, some would say that the definition of…

Yet, the final argument is even more compelling; by genetically enhancing their children’s genes in order to control their genetic endowments, society is to be held responsible for the destruction of the appreciation of the giftedness of human life. To begin, by genetically engineering children, the excessive pride and arrogance of society is exposed. Many would argue that the origination of designer children, began in humanity’s strong desire control the uncontrollable. For…

need for gifted education services or for gifted education specialists, but rather redefines the roles of educators in the plan for serving gifted and talented students. Collaboration calls for joint responsibility for identifying indicators of giftedness and responding to those unique characteristics through more comprehensive and individualized programming options. Collaboration builds a community of understanding educators who create learning environments that are more challenging and…

It is usually teachers that notice signs of giftedness and recommend the student for testing, although parents can request testing as well. As the National Association for Gifted Children puts it, “Gifted individuals are those who demonstrate outstanding levels of aptitude... or competence... in one…