› they may have a high activity level with little need for sleep (ditto for ADD (ADHD)!) › they have low tolerance for tasks that seem irrelevant (ditto for ADD (ADHD)!) › gifted children often daydream and pay little attention with not interested (ditto for ADD (ADHD)!) Sometimes, ADD (ADHD)-like traits are intensified! For example, read Web’s (1993) description of gifted children.
What happens when inattentive type ADD (ADHD) is combined with giftedness? The child described above presents a very different picture from the stereotyped child with ADD (ADHD) who is impulsive, over-active, with a short attention span and little inclination to follow the rules. Do you send your child upstairs for something only to find that they have completely forgotten their mission and are sidetracked by something else?.Do you find that you need to repeat multi-step directions because your child hasn’t registered all of the steps?.Is he or she very likely to misplace personal items - jackets, keys, wallets, etc.?.Is your child a dawdler who has great difficulty getting up on time in the morning, and getting ready for school once he or she is out of bed?.Does your child hyper-focus to the extent that he or she doesn’t hear you when you call?.Is your child an “absent-minded professor”?.Is your child a night owl who seems to get a “second wind” later in the evening?.Does your child struggle with procrastination, typically beginning homework when it’s nearly time for bed?.Does your child have a poor sense of time?.Then consider the following questions about your gifted child What about grandparents? Aunts and uncles?.Is either parent very bright, but didn’t go as far in school as would be expected?.Do either of the parents show signs of ADD (ADHD) – albeit undiagnosed - for example, problems with organization, planning, time management, forgetfulness, and difficulty with paperwork?.Do any siblings show more obvious signs of ADD (ADHD)?.Do others in the family show signs of ADD (ADHD)?.
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