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Social & Emotional Issues: What Gifted Adults Say About Their Childhoods
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Deborah Ruf
Deborah Ruf, Ph.D., the founder of TalentIgniter, is an international authority in gifted assessment, test interpretation, and guidance for the gifted. Having been a parent, teacher and administrator in elementary through graduate education, she writes and speaks about school issues and social and emotional adjustment of gifted children. She is co-author of the book Successfully Parenting the Gifted Child and author of Losing Our Minds: Gifted Children Left Behind. See the Ruf Estimates of Levels of Gifted Online Assessment on her site.  
By Deborah Ruf
Published on 10/15/2006
 
Because I believe that giftedness is an inborn trait, I also believe the qualities of giftedness are present throughout people's lives, even if they are underachievers or hide their abilities.