Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Parenting and Advocacy "GS kids" instead of Gifted kids

I do not want to hijack another thread about gifted kids as CHIPS.

When we say Gifted, most of the time we are referring to individuals with high IQ. And many parents with non gifted kids scoffed at the term and they say that all the kids are gifts from god and some are gifted in other ways than academically.

So, I thought may be we could change to Genius Spectrum kids or "GS kids" instead of gifted kids. It sounds a lot like ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) but I wouldn't put D in there because Genius Spectrum is not a disorder although some may have 2E.

The classification remains the same as moderate, high, exceptional and profound according to their IQ scores. Or we may add mild and 2E.

I guess it will solve the issue with being too general in term but it still sounds elitist. Oh, well

Thanks for this new thread!
The chips thread had run its course.

I appreciate a spectrum approach. Some may say it presents more easily understood (and more palatable) wording for the scale of gifted-highly-expectionaly-profoundly .

On the other hand, some may find the word "Genius" to be as controversial as "gifted", if not more so.

As the second (or third...) exceptionality does not lower the IQ score*, these individuals would automatically be included according to their IQ.

* When Full Scale IQ (FSIQ) is believed to be impacted by a low working memory and/or slow processing, a General Ability Index (GAI) is calculated.

I used to work in the field of gifted ed--and there were so many debates about this topic. I kind of think the best way to handle it is to attached a noun. Gifted learner. Or adverb. Maybe cognitively gifted?

Nobody seems to mind when we refer to people as a gifted artist, gifted musician, or gifted athlete...so it seems to me that it just needs a modifier of some sort.

I actually don't like the term myself, because the implications are a little icky. I never refer to my own children as gifted, except in the company of other parents with gifted kids, or in the educational setting.

Having said that--genius is even worse. IMO

I agree, I think a modifier makes the word gifted more palatable.