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All AboutSocial & Emotional Needs

When we pay attention to academics, but not to our students' social emotional needs, we're missing half of the picture.

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Gifted Learners’ Social Emotional Needs

While gifted students look perfect on paper, their teachers know that in the classroom they are not all the academic angels and stellar scholars that people assume they are. Successful teachers of the gifted require a special understanding of their students' social and emotional needs.

What Does “Smart” Even Mean?

We praise kids for being "smart", but what do we actually mean by it? What are we actually praising? It's a surprisingly tricky word to figure out.

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Long Term Success

Intensities

Impostor Syndrome

Being "Smart"

Calvin and Hobbes

Morality

Other Social & Emotional Needs Articles

How is “High Achiever” different from “Gifted”?

Why the distinction between “high-achiever” and “gifted” was important to me personally and professionally.

Why I Quit Scouts

As a kid, I got all the way to the top of Cub Scouts, but I never became a Boy Scout. I quit before I made the jump. Here’s why.

The Resiliency Tournament

I got to work with several groups of students (of many ages) and I tried out this task: building a tournament to decide who was the most resilient historical figure or fictional character? Kids came up with some amazing ideas.

Mentoring Those Who Have Surpassed Us

This quick clip of Steve Kerr coaching Steph Curry gives us insights into how we can mentor our most advanced students.

Three Images To Explain Giftedness

Three images I’m using to do a better job explaining giftedness to parents of gifted kids.

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