We see with pleasure that the topic of giftedness is gaining traction in the Italian media. We are sharing with you three articles which have appeared last week on Italian media. The first one was published on Corriere della sera, one of the main Italian newspapers. It is written by Stefano Vicari, Director of Pediatric…

What is special about gifted children is not their IQ (which is, indeed, higher than average). It is fundamentally how they experience the world. Imagine that our senses and intellect capture stimuli through a fishnet. In gifted children, the mesh is far wider, allowing through much more of everything (information, sounds, emotions, nuances) with far…

“Gifted students will do fine on their own.” “Gifted programs are elitist.” These and other myths often prevent schools from appropriately educating advanced students. We are reporting a list, created by the National Association for Gifted Children with the most prevalent myths in gifted education, with rebutting evidence for educators, advocates, and families to use…

Did it ever happen to you that somebody asks you “so, what is giftedness?”. Not easy to explain. One of the difficulties comes from the fact that there isn’t a single, unambiguous definition, agreed by organisations or professionals, about this term. Currently, one of the most accepted definition for giftedness is having exceptional natural abilities…