Personal accounts
Personal accounts
Gifted Institute is our labour of love, and we work every day to become even better at helping all the individuals who come to us.
Our vision is for all children and youth to be understood and supported based on their personal experiences and distinct challenges.
Our purpose is to enhance understanding of gifted and twice-exceptional children and youth in school, administrative, and family settings.
We find that one of the most sought-after experiences for gifted children, youth, and adults is the feeling of being understood, seen, heard, and recognized. Fortunately, we often receive written feedback from the many people who visit the institute, and we are extremely grateful when we are allowed to share these responses with others.
It can indeed foster a sense of community and tranquility to read stories from others who have faced circumstances similar to your own.
On our website, we have collected many of the testimonials you have written. Thank you for sharing your experiences and thoughts with us - for everyone's benefit. In addition to the shorter testimonials, we have been collecting personal accounts for some time, where a gifted individual's story is told in greater detail, including both positive and negative aspects. These personal stories will be featured on our website in the near future. We hope these accounts will serve as a source of support and inspiration.
If you feel comfortable sharing your story, we would love to hear from you. The accounts will always be as anonymous as you wish, and we can assist with proofreading and review. Send us an email at [email protected] if you want to learn more.
About finding the right path
He was our first child. Sometimes the thought crossed our minds that maybe he was more gifted than the average. For example when he at the age of five started developing his own games, with fairly complex rules. Or when his contact person at the kindergarten told us, that for a school preparatory activity he solved the tasks in a very surprising way. He didn’t talk his way through to the results as he was asked. Instead, he decoded them from the book, or reasoned his way through them in other ways, which meant that he solved the problems much quicker than everyone else.
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The story of a boy
He asked many difficult questions about everything under the sun. We didn’t think too much of it, since he was always happy, and he was an only child, which meant we had all the time we needed for him, and he could get all his questions answered.
Most of the adults around us found him fun and enjoyed that he was so knowledgeable.
He was well-liked in kindergarten. The adults thought he was amazing. He didn’t have that much of a desire to play with the other kids or having playdates; his day at the kindergarten was enough.
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