Today's post has been sparked by the Iowa Talented and Gifted Conference. I was given the opportunity to attend on October 17th and 18th, and I came back to the classroom with many new ideas for our students. Clarke has been amazing in letting me engage in these opportunities, in hopes that we can do more and more for our TAG students.
The one overreaching idea, that blanketed the conference, was that of the emotional well being of our identified students. Giftedness is not an always an arrow that pinpoints one portion of a student's life. Instead, it can have affect on the whole self - all parts of their world. While the intellectual realm is often the focus, the excitablilities are also very important to keep in mind. This is an article that talks more in depth about the 5 excitablities in gifted children.
While a majority of my job is dealing the the intellectual portion of these gifted kids, I hope that I can also be a source for them to reach out to when the TAG label may be confusing to them. It is important to help the emotionally gifted know their true self; not what they do, who they talk to, where they came from, but who they truly are in their core.
Here are some websites that may help guide you if you want more information on the subject of emotional well being:
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