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A highly gifted child's intensity and divergent thinking may inhibit social interaction with age peers causing educators to suspect Asperger's Syndrome.

Early entrance programs differ from other college experiences available to younger gifted teens. This program for highly gifted students accepts kids as young as eleven.

Mary Baldwin's PEG program is one of only three in the U.S. offering radical acceleration to highly gifted girls ready to start college three or more years early.

Through radical acceleration, Robinson Center TS EEP meets the needs of profoundly gifted students not served by traditional lock-step education models.

Lorenzo Ghiberti and Giorgio Vasari were Renaissance artists and historiographers of art whose historical writings laid basis for Art History as an academic discipline.

The British Medical Research Council and American Journal of Public Health have connected IQ and alcoholism, suggesting gifted kids are at risk for later alcohol abuse.

Grade acceleration is a viable option for gifted children performing above grade level in all subject areas, but is often resisted by school administration and teachers.

Simon's Rock College of Bard provides early college entrance to gifted teens wanting to skip high school and start college.

Gifted non-readers require differentiated instruction that combines higher level thinking skills with language rich activities that appeal to a variety of learning styles

A review of Jenny Uglow's excellent biography of the extraordinary characters that made up the Lunar Society of Birmingham.

Differentiation, subject acceleration and grade skipping are alternatives for advanced students who require more challenging classroom activities.

Gifted preschoolers typically have uncharacteristic interests and abilities well before elementary school begins.

This year, for the 32nd time, the University of Northern Colorado offers the Summer Enrichment Program for gifted, talented and creative children.

The brainchild of producers Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady (Two and a Half Men, Dharma and Greg), Big Bang Theory follows two scientist roommates and their inner circle. 9/10

From the 16th century to the 20th century it was quite respectable to hold racist opinions that horrify all decent people today.

The identification of intellectually gifted children poses a challenge to educators who often disagree on how best to define and then serve this special needs population.

The Iowa Acceleration Scale explores a gifted and talented child's academic, social and emotional development to determine if skipping grades is currently beneficial.

Transitioning into 6th grade can be sailing into rough seas for some gifted kids. The top dogs of elementary school are moving to a bigger porch.

Elise Roberts is a London child who appears to have startling memory abilities and strong processing skills, but highly gifted toddlers are still just toddlers.

IQ testing to identify intellectually gifted students allows for appropriate placement of GT children who require an advanced and differentiated curriculum.

The crystal skull legends have long been a source of mystery. The most famous of these originates from the Mayans and the part they play in the doomsday prophecy of 2012.

Open to gifted kids ages 6 to 11 worldwide, the IGUANA distance learning program serves gifted students in a collaborative online learning community.