Comment by actfrench

I also don’t love the term gifted - kind of makes me a bit sick to my stomach - I hope the language changes - but over time I’ve found it to be a highly useful framework to identify a certain category of children whose nervous system is on high alert and brain is processing information much faster than they can articulate, often bored, depressed and even underperforming in traditional school environments. The Davidson Institute has a lot of content about these kinds of children, the different ways it manifests and how to support them. Gifted is not always the blessing it implies and we’d do well to learn more about it. Like you, I’d love some new language around it though.