Daily Archives: October 12, 2015

Misdiagnosis of the Gifted

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It’s well-known among researchers of the gifted, talented and creative that these individuals exhibit greater intensity and increased levels of emotional, imaginational, intellectual, sensual and psycho-motor excitability and that this is a normal pattern of development.  These characteristics, however, are frequently perceived by psychotherapists and others as evidence of a mental disturbance….ADHD and ADD are a few of the diagnostic labels mistakenly used… When working with the gifted, […]

Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte, previously Director of National Intelligence

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We are having some success in clarifying what the NIE  (U.S. National Intelligence Estimate on Iran) actually means. What it does mean is that we have information that at some time back in 2003, Iran stopped its activity in the area of designing a warhead. That’s what they stopped doing. But building a nuclear weapon involves three distinct activities.  One is to acquire the fissile material, and as […]

LOST AT SCHOOL

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The premise of this book is that kids with behavioral challenges lack important thinking skills, an idea supported by research in the neurosciences over the past thirty years on kids who are aggressive and have difficulty getting along with people and those diagnosed with ADHD, mood and anxiety disorders, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, autism spectrum disorders, and language-processing disorders. The thinking skills involved aren’t in the traditional […]

Deforestation and Drought

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By JIM ROBBINS   OCT. 9, 2015 Photo A tractor on a wheat plantation that used to be virgin Amazon rain forest in Brazil. Credit Nacho Doce/Reuters LIKE California, much of Brazil is gripped by one of the worst droughts in its history. Huge reservoirs are bone dry and water has been rationed in São Paulo, a megacity of 20 million people; in Rio; and in many other places. […]