I have been treating gifted kids for years. At first, I didn’t know it. I thought they were quick learners, and I knew I needed to adapt my treatment strategies to get the best results, but I never added it all up.
And then I did. So I wrote a handout pack for therapists and teachers (I wrote an ebook for parents too. More on that below)
They were gifted, but too young to be tested in almost all situations. Mostly twice exceptional kids, they had issues that I needed to address as an OT. But sometimes they were simply struggling with their giftedness and weren’t interested in learning how to write neatly or behave well in preschool. Get them alone, explain what to do and why it would work for them, and off they would go.
Gifted kids are routinely misdiagnosed, given extra work instead of advanced work, and criticized for their outspoken and intensely inquisitive nature. They are high-energy kids who can frustrate teachers and parents while amazing them with their abilities. Teachers and therapists needed more.
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Are you the parent of a younger gifted child? Or a young child that has distinct signs of giftedness?
I wrote an ebook for YOU!
The Young Gifted Child: A Quick Reference Guide for Parents is filled with practical information (I am The Practical OT, after all!!) but none of the theories and charts that long academic books include. I could have written one, but I know parents. They want answers. They don’t want a history of the evaluation of the young gifted child.
So I wrote something you can read in the pick up line. Or while in a waiting room.
Something that gives you ideas and strategies that you can use today. Real help.
Where can you buy a copy? Where else? on Amazon!!
