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The "David's Jump": on the first positive change in the treatment of gifted children
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Abstract In spite of the difficulty in predicting the time any treatment is to take, working with gifted children and their parents includes -in many cases- a substantial improvement in a comparatively short time in at least one aspect of the child's life. As this phenomenon has not been named in the psychol... view more
In spite of the difficulty in predicting the time any treatment is to take, working with gifted children and their parents includes -in many cases- a substantial improvement in a comparatively short time in at least one aspect of the child's life. As this phenomenon has not been named in the psychological literature, it will be called: "David's Jump". This article presents 5 cases of such "jumps", all in children 5-8 years old, all happened within 8-10 weeks from the beginning of the treatment as reported by the parents or by the children themselves. The potential causes of the success reached are to be discussed; some of them might also be relevant to non-gifted children.... view less
Keywords
child; talent; adolescent psychology
Classification
Sociology of the Youth, Sociology of Childhood
Developmental Psychology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 209-220
Journal
International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (2015) 47
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.47.209
ISSN
2300-2697
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed