WHO ARE GIFTED AND TALENTED CHILDREN?
Gifted or talented children are children who are cognitively ahead of their age group. Being ahead cognitively also enables them to complete physical development ahead of time. Gifted children walk early, talk early, and have early language development compared to their peers. This early cognitive development also affects physical and psychological development. But it does not mean that every child will have the same development. Therefore, while the so-called superior child is cognitively ahead of his peers, he can be psychologically or physically in his own age group.
Superior children are children who ask a lot of questions, are curious, open to learning, and love to explore. Their imagination is very developed, they can be surprisingly idealistic and talk to you like an adult.
Gifted children are also described as "naughty, restless, distracted and hyperactive" by their teachers at school because they have a very fast cognitive processing speed. It cannot be noticed by being tagged with expressions. Therefore, this leads to hindering the potential of children.
Just as early diagnosis is important for diseases, it is very important to recognize them for the lives of children.
There are a number of tests used to recognize gifted children. These tests are applied according to the calculated chronological age of the child.
It is a clinical measurement performed to obtain information about the cognitive skills of children between the ages of 6 years 0 months and 16 years 11 months. It is a tool.
This test takes approximately 1-1.5 hours, depending on the child.
This test has 4 sub-domains: Verbal Comprehension, Perceptual Reasoning, Working Memory and Processing Speed. By adding up all sub-domains of the test, the child's entire scale intelligence score is obtained. But the most important part of the test is not giving the intelligence score. It gives information about which areas the child is good at, which areas he/she is weak or needs support.
**So what does this test measure?
The ability to comprehend the concept we call intelligence, the ability to think abstractly, the ability to reason, the adaptation of mental functions. We can call it the ability to use it to provide It aims to provide a special education to children with an intelligence level of k and to discover individuals with a high intelligence level as well as those with a low intelligence level and to make a special education plan for these individuals.
***What will happen after the test is done?
You have had the test and learned about the child's potential. The next process should be to guide the child to areas where his potential is high, and the aim of the parents should be to support the child in other areas where he is weak. Associations established for gifted children carry out activities and activities. Bilsem, a state institution, has activities for specially talented children. Since these processes are generally carried out by the school, information on this subject can be obtained from the school counselor. Some state and private organizations have Children's Universities projects, and these institutions include various activities, educational and educational programs that children can take, and these can be benefited from.
You can also direct the child by observing the areas in which he is talented. For example, if a child is interested in space, you can feed your child by buying magazines and books related to this subject. For example, if a child is interested in animals, you can help him strengthen his interest and gain more knowledge in this field by reading magazines and taking trips to zoos. Children love learning, they are curious, and the more we encourage and motivate them, the more satisfied they become. Children who experience this satisfaction also become happy.
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