Diagnosis: Gifted

Tags: Tags: 2e, counseling, diagnosis, gifted adult

Dec 5, 2018 | News

 A version of this article first appeared in the January 2012 edition of The Therapist, a publication of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. It is co-authored with Corin Barsily Goodwin, Executive Director of GHF: Gifted Homeschoolers Forum....

Special Needs Parents: Don’t Stop Looking!

Tags: Tags: 2e, assessment, parenting, special needs

Sep 25, 2018 | Publications

    We’ve all heard the adage, relative to finding our lost car keys or glasses: “It’s always in the last place you look!” Well, in the case of car keys or glasses, that’s because when we find them, we’re done. It’s “the...

Feeling Seen: A review of The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel van der Kolk

Tags: Tags: 2e, gifted adult, parenting, self-care, trauma

Aug 13, 2018 | Publications

This post is part of a GHF Blog Hop — check out all the other great reviews! I am aware of the controversy surrounding Dr. van der Kolk’s recent separation from the Trauma Center which he co-founded. While it is an important issue, I would like this post...

Why a Platypus?

Tags: Tags: 2e, parenting

Jun 20, 2018 | News

When the new website launched, several people asked why the platypus was part of the Gifted Matters logo….Here’s the story of why the platypus is our mascot: Within the gifted community, there have been a couple of writers who have used animal metaphors to...

Scaffolding — The Yoga Props of Parenting

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Oct 1, 2014 | News

Yoga props. You know, the blocks, rolled blankets and fabric belts that some practitioners of yoga use to support themselves? Someone asked me the other day what “scaffolding” is, and the best analogy I can give is “yoga props”. Yoga props are...