This is more a request for discussion than anything.
A friend of mine has a very bright child who I would consider G&T, he has some associated traits that would fit. She put me onto a website for children that are G&T for my child but I have come to the conclusion that my daughter is actually a very bright all-rounder and not G&T according to most definitions. The website was Potential Plus.
There seems to be a difference in that G&T children also have associated issues which my child doesn't have though she does tick most of the other boxes.
The website says:
The distinguishing feature shared by all HLP children is asynchronous development. Asynchronous development is the process whereby the intellect develops faster and further than other attributes such as social, emotional and physical development.
My child seems to be developing all of these at the same rate but just more in advance of other children. So her emotional development is ahead, she's very good socially, she's physically at the same ability as an average someone of her age would be except perhaps in fine motor skills where she is way, way ahead of both her peers and the child I mentioned earlier
So what I want to know is this, where is the line where bright all-rounder and G&T merge?
Is the categorising even useful?
Is my child not 'G&T' because she doesn't fit the criteria?
Would she miss out on the extra input these children are given at school even though she is as able as them and in some aspects more so?
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Enb76 · 05/02/2015 10:34
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