What is a neuropsychological evaluation? A neuropsychological evaluation assesses how your brain functions. While neuropsychological evaluations can be used in other areas, they’re often used in education to assess children for emotional, social, cognitive, and behavioral functioning. These evaluations typically consist of diagnostic tests and interviews with the child, their parents, and (sometimes) their teachers. …
A few weeks ago, I wrote about a child in “Not ADD, Not ADHD, Just Bored.” Let’s call him H. H is one of my favorite people in the world. He’s full of love and energy that makes my heart melt. He greets me with giant bear hugs that almost knock me off my feet, and …
Each one of my students holds a special place in my heart – ten years, thousands of students and parents – it’s been a long journey towards understanding in an effort to provide the resources that these children need so desperately. Yet, it’s been those profoundly gifted students who present with social and communicative inadequacies …
Autism –vs- Giftedness: A Neurobiological Perspective Read More »
It’s almost immediately identifiable – the moment a child is put on neurostimulants or, as I like to call them, neurological restraints. Their eyes glaze over, the sparkle in their eyes that once gave them passion now muted. Their response and engagement with their surroundings is now sluggish. It’s as if all their color has …
ADD, ADHD, Neuro-stimulants, and the Gifted Brain Read More »
Thump….Thump….Thump…Thump.Thump.Thump. I can hear my heart pounding. I can HEAR it. Can anyone else hear it? The world around me starts to blur. My thoughts are screaming in my head, but they’re breaking up. A single thought repeats itself incessantly. A million more pile on. Some are only snippets. Some are entire narratives. I’m having …
(Child A) He’s screaming, and we don’t know why. Pick him up; he screams. Put him down; he screams. It never seems to end. He’s not old enough to talk, but we know he’s not okay. He’s not happy. He’s not hungry or tired, but something is wrong. He can’t talk yet. He can’t tell …
Twice Exceptional: Gifted with Sensory Sensitivities Read More »
Palms sweating, heart racing, hands shaking. My thoughts are colliding against one another. I feel like the energizer bunny without his happy spunk. I haven’t taken a good breath in a long while, but I won’t notice this for several hours. I must look as if I’m going crazy. I feel like I’m going crazy. …
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