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Scenario

When Giftedness Looks Like Behavioral Problems

My son is so bored in his regular classroom that he disrupts everything and the teacher wants him medicated but the gifted program has a two-year waiting list and I do not know how to help him.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Intellectual needs masquerading as behavioral issues create confusion about the child's true nature.

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Patan
Patan works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Gifted education and its discontents?”

Peri

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