{"id":1117,"date":"2020-10-04T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/box5443.temp.domains\/~htsgkamy\/\/?page_id=1117"},"modified":"2023-12-29T01:42:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T01:42:32","slug":"defining-giftedness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/defining-giftedness\/","title":{"rendered":"Defining Giftedness"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1117\" class=\"elementor elementor-1117\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-222e317d elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"222e317d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6dce9cbc\" data-id=\"6dce9cbc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e7b754 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e7b754\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Defining Giftedness<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b74051c\" data-id=\"2b74051c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c8e7161 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c8e7161\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/girl-reading-oxidyf90if3dw2x61x0g4z3n0kta2nyz5q98bdekdk.jpg\" title=\"girl-reading\" alt=\"girl-reading\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d0c0bce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4d0c0bce\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ccf0b08\" data-id=\"2ccf0b08\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f6fd685 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f6fd685\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cognitive complexity, emotional sensitivity, heightened imagination, and magnified sensations combine to create a different quality of experiencing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Michael Piechowski<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-360f175 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"360f175\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6153d9f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6153d9f3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b686801\" data-id=\"6b686801\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18c85047 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"18c85047\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How We Define Giftedness at Tessellations<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f92375e elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"f92375e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"vimeo Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/898461996?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=1&amp;portrait=1&amp;byline=1&amp;h=c0385e4110#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2491e4f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2491e4f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Giftedness has often been confused with high achievement, with success being the primary identifier of a gifted child.<br \/><br \/>At Tessellations, we define giftedness as an innate intellectual capacity characterized by emotional sensitivity and intensity that affects every aspect of a student\u2019s life. It is a unique inner experience, a different way of engaging with the world. We embrace the term \u201cgifted\u201d and align with the Columbus Group Definition (1991):<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86f7a75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86f7a75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Giftedness is &#8216;asynchronous development&#8217; in which advanced cognitive abilities and heightened intensity combine to create inner experiences and awareness that are qualitatively different from the norm. This asynchrony increases with higher intellectual capacity. The uniqueness of the gifted renders them particularly vulnerable and requires modifications in parenting, teaching, and counseling in order for them to develop optimally.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86d34f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86d34f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tessellations was founded on the belief that children of high intellectual and creative potential are well served in a program that is challenging, engaging, and responsive to their innate love of learning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-668f5463 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"668f5463\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Complexity<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fe01256 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fe01256\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gifted children are inquisitive and seek to understand the world around them at greater depths than the typical child their age. They are drawn to activities that require abstract and complex thought. They tend to retain information in richer detail and use that information to make meaningful connections between topics. They can be both highly focused and easily distracted.<br \/><br \/>Gifted children are not intrinsically motivated by good grades; they are more passionate about the acquisition of knowledge than performing rote tasks. The gifted child is wonderfully complex\u2014and we understand and celebrate that complexity at Tessellations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79b0ccb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79b0ccb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Asynchronous Development<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec912e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec912e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGifted children don\u2019t develop in a linear, synchronous way. They often develop asynchronously or \u201cout of sync,\u201d both internally and in relation to their peers. Their rate of cognitive development can be more accelerated than their physical, social, and emotional development. For instance, a child may be able intellectually to understand abstract concepts but unable to deal with those concepts emotionally. Families often speak of their gifted child embodying many ages at once, going from an \u201cold soul\u201d to an emotional 3-year-old in a matter of minutes.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defining Giftedness Cognitive complexity, emotional sensitivity, heightened imagination, and magnified sensations combine to create a different quality of experiencing. &#8211; Michael Piechowski How We Define Giftedness at Tessellations https:\/\/vimeo.com\/898461996\/c0385e4110?share=copy Giftedness has often been confused with high achievement, with success being the primary identifier of a gifted child. At Tessellations, we define giftedness as an innate &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"\/defining-giftedness\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Defining Giftedness<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Rina","author_link":"\/author\/rina\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Defining Giftedness Cognitive complexity, emotional sensitivity, heightened imagination, and magnified sensations combine to create a different quality of experiencing. &#8211; Michael Piechowski How We Define Giftedness at Tessellations https:\/\/vimeo.com\/898461996\/c0385e4110?share=copy Giftedness has often been confused with high achievement, with success being the primary identifier of a gifted child. At Tessellations, we define giftedness as an innate&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1117"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1117"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8841,"href":"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1117\/revisions\/8841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}