Do you have a link regarding the controversy? I'm totally clueless about it.
This may refer to:
1) Visual-Spatial, as exemplified by several old posts...
here,
here, and
here.
Anecdotal evidence is based on observation and experience;
Empirical evidence is based on the results of scientific research.
2) Justin Chapman, as described in this
2002 article, and this
old discussion thread.
Dr. Linda Silverman is well-respected and has helped many gifted kids and their families.
Also, issues surrounding indigo children, recommending vision therapy, and using the SB L-M.
I, personally, find Dr. Silverman's take on giftedness and gifted children and their needs to be right on, but, it is not evident to me that she is well respected by experts in her own field. Her views on giftedness run counter to the eminence model that is fairly well entrenched these days, and at least from what I've seen (which is quite a bit--I've been working on a master's degree in gifted ed for the past two years), her work is rarely cited in the literature.
