The intellectually gifted are as different from the average thinker as are the severely cognitively impaired, and both groups need significant support to achieve everything they’re capable of achieving. Yet the intellectually gifted are often expected to take care of themselves without having been shown how to do so. Because the intellectually gifted acquire information quickly, they typically need assistance in learning what to do with information. I can help.
- Being independent: the intellectually gifted can benefit from guidance on how to manage their own explorations in a world that is not designed for them.
- Being creative: the intellectually gifted can benefit from guidance on how to link different ideas, how to express ideas for their own and others’ understanding, how to move beyond their own first instincts, etc.
- Being contributors: the intellectually gifted can benefit from guidance on how to develop their ideas into projects that can push the domains of their interests forward into new areas of inquiry.
- Being themselves: there are a lot of expectations and judgments aimed at the intellectually gifted, most of which are not relevant to or for the intellectually gifted. They can benefit from guidance on assessing what others bring to them vs what they can bring to others, and making responsible decisions for and about their lives.
Tutoring with Dr. Marla 