Parent Wellbeing – A Resource Round-up to Reassure and Relax
Some days, raising a child with high learning potential can feel like it’s drowning you under a huge wave of demands. The quirky needs, complex questions [...]
Do You Hate Losing?
How To Be OK When You Aren’t In First Place At School Or At Home Do you really hate it when you don’t win at games, [...]
Setting ‘Copycat Kids’ the Right Example! How to be a Role Model and Coach Constructive Reactions
What happens when your team loses? The rain falls? Or you can’t find your glasses or keys? Do you shout and throw your hands in the [...]
Thumbs Up to Failure by Prof. Rhys C. Jones
Sooner or later you will fail at something in your life, it’s going to happen! It’s very likely that you have already failed at something. And [...]
It Has Nothing To Do With Sensory! by Mariza Ferreira
So Why Else Would A Child Act Out In Class? In this occasional series by Paediatric Occupational Therapist Mariza Ferreira, we consider some of the sensory, [...]
Bullying and Children with High Learning Potential by CBT Therapist, Tony Freeman
In 15 years of treating gifted children (also known as children with high learning potential / high ability / more able), I have seen the unique [...]
Worrying Times – A Resource Round-Up for Real-World Anxieties
In these worrying and unpredictable times, many of our children and young people are, sadly, struggling to cope. The years usually set aside for pre-school socialising, [...]
Too Busy, Too Bright, Too Loud… I Just Can’t Concentrate! by Mariza Ferreira
How to Help THIS Child in the Classroom In this occasional series by Paediatric Occupational Therapist Mariza Ferreira, we consider some of the sensory, motor [...]
Don’t Touch Me! How to Help THAT Child who Struggles with Touch Sensitivity in the Classroom by Mariza Ferreira
In this occasional series by Paediatric Occupational Therapist Mariza Ferreira, we consider some of the sensory, motor coordination and emotional regulatory issues which could be affecting [...]
Managing the Momentous Meltdowns of Children with High Learning Potential
From the Archive This article originally appeared in the Autumn 2013 print edition of Focus on Potential You are in the supermarket doing your weekly [...]