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We Need Support Too! Self Organization Strategies Specially designed to the gifted and talented community

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Self Organization Strategies, especially designed for the Gifted and Talented Community

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  • 1. Self Organization Strategies
    Specially designed to the gifted and talented community
    We Need Support Too!

2. Overview
Why stress?
When?
What support they need?
Self Help Tips
Self Organization Strategies 1.0October 1st 2010
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3. Research
IQ
Efficient Connection
Rapid Learner
Passionate
Innovative
Intense
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Bright students
Ever stressed?
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4. Personality Characteristics ()
Insightfulness ()
Need to understand ()
Need for mental stimulation (`)
Perfectionism ()
Need for precision / logic ()
Excellent sense of humor ()
Sensitivity/empathy ( )
Intensity ()
Perseverance()
Acute self-awareness ()
Nonconformity()
Questioning of rules/authority ( )
Tendency toward introversion ()
5. Intellectual Characteristics ()
Exceptional reasoning ability ()
Intellectual curiosity ()
Rapid learning rate ( )
Facility with abstraction ()
Complex thought processes ()
Vivid imagination ()
Early moral concern ()
Passion for learning ()
Powers of concentration ( )
Analytical thinking ()
Divergent thinking / creativity ( )
Keen sense of justice ()
Capacity for reflection ()
6. Stressed?
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Yes!
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Most people just dont notice
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8. What made them stressed?
Most students with Superior Intelligence (i.e. Full Scale IQ 120 or plus on some normative IQ tests), are keen on rapid learning and understanding concepts.
When it comes to output performance,wed know that
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Understanding Execution
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9. Support When?
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Somebrightstudentsexperiencethechallenges of informationoverload.Extraeffortisneededto get organized for earning qualityoutcomes.
Learn to Organize
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10. Support When?
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Preferably
Maybe
No
When writing essay, report, presentation project, there may be challenges of ideas overload.For more efficient mental traffic, it is beneficial to receive some
Support to Output
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11. What Support?
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Effective Output
Executive Functions
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12. Executive
Functions
Organizing,
prioritizing
& activating
to work
Focusing,
sustaining
focus
& shifting
focus to tasks
Regulating
alertness,
sustaining
effort &
processing
speed
Managing
frustration &
modulating
emotions
Utilizing
working
memory &
accessing
recall
Monitoring
&
self-regulating
action
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Activation
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Focus
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Effort
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Emotion
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Memory
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Action
Executive Functions Refer to
Brown T.E. Manual for Attention Deficit Deficit Disorder Scales for Children and Adolescents (2001)
13. 9 Self Help Tips
Ask for ASSISTANCE (Talk with someone)
Stress Rating of your output barriers
Plan backward (from deadline)
Give up perfect standards not getting you great marks this time
Name the tasks to someone to cheer you up
Sequence the tasks and report to that the cheering person
Manageable Segment (e.g. 15 min) then expand it slowly
Time check a few times a day
Celebratewhen its done
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14. Summary

  • Bright Student Stressed Out Too

15. Yes, they Need Support 16. When What How 17. Self Help TipsSelf Organization Strategies 1.0October 1st 2010
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20. True Stories
Learn more from some true life stories ?
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21. Parents or Caregivers- Contact us if the output stress goes too costly (anger, conflicts, repeated failures etc etc)16
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