The document discusses characteristics of gifted children. It describes giftedness as having high cognitive or intellectual ability and breaks down characteristics into 5 categories: cognitive, affective, physical, intuitive, and societal. Some key traits include advanced language and problem solving skills, sensitivity, heightened awareness, and a drive to solve social problems. The document also examines traits of gifted readers and adolescents as well as developmental aspects and overexcitabilities in gifted children.

1. Your Gifted Child
Amber Ritter
04/15/13
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2. What does it mean to be gifted?
Most commonly referred to as having
high
“cognitive ability” or “intellectual ability”
(p.10).
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3. Characteristics:
• Broken down into 5 different
categories:
– Cognitive
– Affective
– Physical
– Intuitive
– Societal
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4. Cognitive (thinking)
characteristics
• Well-developed memory
• Advanced comprehension
• High curiosity
• Diverse interests
• Great level of language development
• Verbal ability
• Understanding complex or abstract ideas
• Advanced problem solving skills

5. Affective (feeling) characteristics
• Sensitive to others
• Sense of humor
• Heightened self-awareness
• Feeling different
• Sense of justice
• Idealism
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6. Physical (sensation)
characteristics
• Heightened sensory awareness
• Low tolerance for lag between their
standards and athletic skills
• Unusual discrepancy between
physical and intellectual development
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7. Intuitive characteristics
• Creative
• Open to instinctual experiences
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8. Societal characteristics
• Involved in needs of society (truth,
justice, etc.)
• Strongly motivated by self-
actualization
• Leader
• Ability to solve societal
• problems
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9. Traits of Gifted Readers
• Advanced Language Skills
» Enjoys language with its simplicities &
complexities
» Uses wide-ranging vocabulary
» Uses descriptive terminology
• Advanced Processing
» Retain large amounts of information for retrieval
» Use analysis or synthesis
» Uses prior knowledge & experience in reading

10. Traits of Gifted Readers
Continued
• Read Early & Above Reading Level
» Start reading early
» May be self-taught
» Reading at a level of 2 grade levels above their
grade placement.
• Enjoy Reading
» Read avidly with enjoyment
» View books as a tool to enjoy life
» Read books that surround their interests
» Thirst for knowledge through books

11. Social-Emotional Traits
• Psychomotor Over excitability
• Sensual Over excitability
• Intellectual Over excitability
• Imaginational Over excitability
• Emotional Over excitability
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12. Psychomotor Over excitability
• A surplus of energy.
Ex: nail biting, impulsive behavior, tics,
etc.
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13. Sensual Over excitability
• Sensitive to sensory input, may use
sensory outlets to release tension.
Ex: Interest in sense-oriented stimuli.
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14. Intellectual Over excitability
• Intense focus on understanding,
intellectual achievement and the
pursuit of truth.
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15. Imaginational Over excitability
• Talent for fantasy, invention & imagery.
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16. Emotional Over excitability
• Characterized by intense feeling of
empathy, shyness or anxiety.
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17. Developmental Aspects of
Giftedness
Gifted
Adolescents
The Young
Gifted Child

18. The Young Gifted Child
• Parents viewed as important sources
information of children’s talents and
developments.
• Early language development
• Early reading
• Highly developed gross motor skills
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19. Gifted Adolescents
• Active reception of information from
the world
• Curiosity
• Desire to achieve
• Preference for leading
• Self-reflective
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20. Overview
• Being gifted is mostly referred to as
possessing “cognitive ability” or
“intellectual ability”.
• Gifted Characteristics can be broken
down into 5 different categories;
Cognitive, Affective, Physical, Intuitive
and Societal.
• Gifted children do not necessarily meet
all of these characteristics & may meet
some more than others.

21. Resources
Karnes, F.A. & Bean, S. M. (2009). Methods and
materials for teaching the gifted. Waco, TX:
Prufrock Press, Inc.