Advice & Advocacy for Parents of Gifted Children
Judy Platt, Consultant
M.A. Educational Psychology
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
William ButlerYeats
“Imagine you had a child who was two standard deviations below the norm with a 70 IQ. Federal law requires programming, funding, everything for their education. We are dealing with the same degree of discrepancy when we're dealing with the gifted, yet there are no resources and no support.”
Dr. Linda Silverman, NECGT 2003
Gifted children think outside of the box and often have trouble fitting inside! If you think you have gifted child, you are probably right. All parents think their child is special, but not all think they are gifted any more than all think their child has learning disabilities. And, as you have discovered, raising a gifted child is not easy. You are dealing with an unusual type of child, a type often misunderstood by others, including family, friends and unfortunately, even educators. But you are not alone!
I can help you...