Why do I feel different?

Saturday, April 3, 2004

Dr. Deborah Ruf: Deborah L. Ruf, Ph.D., from the Minneapolis/St. Paul area of Minnesota, works professionally as a specialist in gifted assessment and individualized interpretations and guidance for gifted children and adults. Dr. Ruf is the author of numerous articles and papers on school issues and the social and emotional adjustment of gifted children, particularly children at the highest levels of giftedness. In 2003, Dr. Ruf accepted a 2-year volunteer appointment with American Mensa as the National Gifted Children Program Coordinator and is working to coordinate the efforts of numerous gifted advocacy groups while making Mensa a more welcoming organization to young people. The parent of three highly to profoundly gifted young adults, Dr. Ruf has taught, supervised, and administered in elementary through graduate school education.; For additional information about Dr. Ruf, please visit her Web Site: WWW.EducationalOptions.Com (external Site).

Explain the intellectual continuum (using overheads).
Explain where intelligence comes from, and that it is a lifetime experience.
Explain how schools are set up and what their main goal is.
Explain how our emotions and interests are affected by our intellectual level.
Discuss how we may feel odd in some situations and fine in others.
Form small mixed-age groups to talk about mixed-ability classroom experiences.
Remix small groups and discuss feelings of loneliness and ways to deal with them.
Distribute list of Web Sites with more information.

Latest revision: 31 March 2004

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