It’s been a while since I last did a blog post.  This one has been playing on my mind for some time, particularly after speaking to my occupational therapy colleagues who work in mental health during the OTNZ-WNA conference (that was nearly a year ago – where has the t...

Recently I completed a post graduate paper on Sensory Processing for Diverse Populations. Being the sucker I am, I decided to focus on gifted children. Let me tell you, there really is a lack of coordinated scientific research regarding helping gifted children to under...

How many times, as the parent or educator of a gifted child have you heard the old gem “All children are gifted”? It’s something parents and educators of gifted children hear too often. But what if I told you that gifted children are actually neurologically different?...

The other week I had the opportunity to present a forum for parents and teachers of gifted and twice exceptional children through the Otago Association for Gifted Children. The title was ‘Gifted Overexcitabilities – Friend or Foe’. In this, I explained the five Overexc...

Following on from my guest blogger’s post, here is his mum’s perspective. A big thank you to her for being so candid.

What is it like to be mum to a 2e child?

It’s daunting; obstacles seem to keep popping up right when everything seems to be going smoothly. Both ends of...

What is executive functioning? It’s our mission control, our conductor, our super-programmer. It’s what keeps us ticking in a way that not only keeps us alive and comfortable, but lets us know when we are crossing a line socially, ethically and morally. It helps us be...

This post is by a guest blogger; an eight year old boy who presented his perspective on the needs of gifted and twice exceptional children for a workshop run by Massey University. His wisdom was something that we felt should be shared, so over to the ratbag:

This week I...