Know your gifted child’s learning disabilities?

Many gifted and talented children are generally misunderstood as having learning disabilities or behavior abnormalities. This happens as there are many characteristics of gifted children, both social and emotional, that are mistaken as symptoms of specific learning disorders. It is similar for some gifted children to display a significant discrepancy between Verbal IQ and Performance IQ and having characteristics of a learning disability. Often gifted children have unusual learning styles and even though they are very intelligent, they may also have learning disorders.

Without intervention, self-esteem issues are almost certain in the life of a child who is both gifted and has a learning disability. If your gifted child also has a learning disability he or she will benefit from extra support and encouragement.