What’s Wrong With Me? – Thea’s Story
What do you do when your child feels that being different – being bright – is wrong? For the parents of Thea*, now aged 9, it [...]
How to Survive a High Learning Potential Christmas
We recently received a message from a parent who is worried about Christmas for her six-year-old son. "I am dreading this Christmas. My 6-year-old son, *Oliver, [...]
Maddy’s Story – “I Want to Be Normal!”
Maddy* was a happy, confident toddler with a fantastic imagination. She was curious about everything and afraid of nothing. When [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Tips to Support Your Anxious Child
Many children have worries or anxieties. For children with high learning potential, common characteristics, such as overexcitabilities or asynchronous development, can magnify emotional issues. How can [...]
Back to School Anxiety – Helping Your Child to Cope After Lockdown
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that parents in possession of a high learning potential child, with a good deal of intensity and facing the post-Covid [...]
Going Back to School After Lockdown – Handling Anxiety by Cheryl Kennedy
Going back to school after such a long time away, especially in these strange times, is something that a lot of parents and children have been [...]
5 Ways to Offset Climate Angst
From ‘Party Bags’ to Psychology Climate change concerns are now being brought into the daily lives of young children. With demonstrations actively seeking the involvement of [...]