Intro to Giftedness

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  1. Introduction to Giftedness
    1. Who Are You?
      1. Your Learning Style
    2. Who Are We?
    3. Overview
      1. What do we mean by Gifted?
        1. Definitions
          1. Federal
          2. Dictionary
          3. Columbus Group
          4. Other
        2. Percentages
          1. An Introduction to IQ
          2. The Bell Curve
          3. Standard Deviations
          4. The Bump
        3. Distinctions
          1. Highly and Profoundly Gifted
          2. Gifted vs. Talented vs. Creative
          3. Bright
          4. Strengths vs. Gifts
          5. Prodigy and Genius vs. Gifted
      2. Conceptions of Giftedness
        1. Renzulli's Triad Model
        2. Gardner's Multiple Intelligences
        3. Dabrowski's Overexcitabilities
        4. Guilford's Structure of Intellect
        5. Other Notable Theorists and Their Thoughts
      3. What do we know and how do we know it?
        1. Nature vs. Nurture (the genetics question)
          1. Twins
          2. Parents and Siblings
          3. Prima Facie evidence
        2. Differences
          1. Learning Styles - Part 1
          2. Learning Disabilities - Part 1
        3. Health Issues
          1. Terman's Evidence
            1. General Conclusions
            2. Exceptions
          2. Eyes
          3. Allergies
          4. Depression
          5. Other forms of Mental Illness
      4. Common Myths and Rebuttals to Them
        1. Early Rise, Early Rot
        2. The Mad Scientist
        3. The Absent-minded Professor
        4. The Emotionless Robot
        5. Programs are Elitist
        6. Programs Create Arrogance
        7. They'll lose their childhoods
        8. Peers
    4. Raising a Gifted Child
      1. What Makes Raising a Gifted Child Different?
        1. How different is it?
          1. Comparisons are odious
          2. Mental Retardation vs. Giftedness
          3. Moderates and Extremes
      2. Signs at the beginning - Birth to 1 Year
      3. Pre-school Years
        1. Picking a Pre-school
        2. Babysitters
        3. Time for Yourselves
      4. To School or Not to School
        1. The Arguments for Home Schooling
        2. The Arguments against Home Schooling
        3. What is Right for You and Your Child?
      5. Assume You have Chosen to School
        1. What School Have You Chosen?

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        2. When to Enter School?
          1. Early Entrance
            1. Reasons to
            2. Reasons not to
            3. Stories you'll hear
            4. What the research says
          2. 'On Time'
          3. Delayed Entrance
      6. Assume you have chosen to Home School
        1. Legal Issues
          1. Where you live matters - by state and/or by town
          2. Jumping through hoops
        2. Different Approaches
        3. Curriculum Selection
        4. Socialization
        5. Resources
      7. Learning Styles - Part 2
        1. Theories
          1. Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
          2. 4MAT System
          3. Auditory-Sequential vs. Visual Spatial
          4. Locus of Thought
        2. Practice
          1. Linear vs. Non-linear
          2. Not all Non-linear people are the same
          3. Doing what works
      8. Learning Disabilities - Part 2
        1. Compensation and Adaptation
        2. Dyslexia
        3. ADD/ADHD
        4. Auditory Issues
    5. Teaching a Gifted Child
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