Losing Our Minds: Gifted Children Left Behind

Losing Our Minds: Gifted Children Left Behind by Ruf, Deborah L.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780910707701.

Written for parents and teachers who work with gifted children, this book describes behaviors of children who are measured at the highest ranges of intelligence. The data indicate there are many more of these children than previously thought.Fascinating vignettes from 50 different families and their highly intelligent children are included. Testing, test scores, and interpretations of scores are explained in a new, eye-opening way. Parents and teachers will be able to compare a child’s behaviors and developmental milestones to those of children in the five Levels chapters, and thus estimate their child’s I.Q. The Levels have implications for educational planning.