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Does Being Smart Mean You Don’t Have Any Social Skills?
It's about being around others who are like you often enough. No easy task in typical school settings!
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Deborah Ruf
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Opening the Schoolhouse Door for Patrons
Support your public schools even if you don't have children there.
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Deborah Ruf

October 2024

Resilience, Parenting, Siblings, and Gifted Adult Outcomes
Gifted children can turn into insecure, anxious and depressed gifted adults when sibling and other family interactions in childhood make them doubt…
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Deborah Ruf
Gifted and Humble: How Does That Work?
Most intellectually gifted adults don’t think of themselves as gifted. Smart enough maybe, but not so special as to be gifted.
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Deborah Ruf
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Do We Need to Know How Smart Someone Is?
Evaluating and Assessing Giftedness
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Deborah Ruf
Is Being Gifted a Ticket to Success?
Gifted Children Grown Up: 18 years later …
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Deborah Ruf
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Supporting and Understanding Levels of Giftedness in Homeschooled Children
A podcast interview of Deborah Ruf by Colleen Kessler
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Deborah Ruf
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What is “Good Fit” and Why Does It Matter?
It's about feeling you belong here.
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Deborah Ruf
Why It's Hard to Find the “Right School” for Your Gifted Child
Most pre-school and elementary schools aren't ready for your gifted child's needs.
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Deborah Ruf
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What Else Makes IQ Scores Hard to Count On? Part 2
How do you know what this IQ score means?
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Deborah Ruf
A Little More Background on Ability Testing: Part 1
To Help You Better Understand Your Own Test Results (Maybe)
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Deborah Ruf
What Can an IQ Test Score Tell You?
Not as much as many people think.
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Deborah Ruf
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