Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Identification, Testing & Assessment late blooming gifted, common or not?

Bostonian, unfortunately some "late bloomers" in organization have more going on than just bad habits. While D (now in high school) has tremendous verbal skills (and test scores), it has become pretty clear this year that she has some issues with executive functions that are not getting better over time. Your S may mature in this area during middle school, but not everyone does or can. Even gifted kids...

I wonder if the "late blooming" in her skills is evidence of some other 2E issue that is also showing up with the executive function issues. Maybe she is compensating with her verbal skills for a big gap on the non-verbal side or in some area that just doesn't show up in testing.