Beyond Gifted | Emmaly Perks, M.Ed. 🧠
Helping gifted and 2e people find belonging and meaning—from school to career and beyond.
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Missed Diagnosis, Misdiagnosis and Twice-Exceptionality (opens the original)
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This week I asked , an HR professional and former D1 athlete turned entrepreneur and brand strategist, to join me to talk about twice-exceptionality (2E), diagnostic labels, and what happens when gifted and neurodivergent folks grow up.We cover everything from why gifted adults struggle at work to the intersectional nature of diagnostic labels, to resources and offerings where you can get support if you’re gifted, 2E, or neurodivergent. If you’re like me and prefer reading a transcript instead o
A Step-By-Step Guide to Successful Homeschooling (opens the original)
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✨ Starting October 15th, we're kicking off our last gifted caregivers group of 2026. Each week, you’ll hop on a private Zoom call to talk about the highs and lows of raising gifted kids, meet others who get it, and problem-solve while laughing a good bit. If this sounds like your kind of thing, register here. ✨Last week, I shared the first of a two-part series on homeschooling gifted and twice-exceptional (2E) kids. In part one, I covered the research on homeschooling: why traditional schools of
Is Homeschooling the Better Choice? (opens the original)
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It’s back-to-school time in the U.S., and with it, all the ambivalence many gifted and neurodivergent families feel about school. While many bright children love school and the cognitive challenges it brings, for some, school is a constant source of stress. If you’re in the position where your child’s school environment isn’t working for them—whether because the curriculum is too slow, their teacher doesn’t understand them, they’re having trouble socially, or they’re constantly in the principal’
Gifted People Need To Be Bad at Something (opens the original)
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✨ Starting October 15th, we're kicking off our last gifted caregivers group of 2026. Each week, you’ll hop on a private Zoom call to talk about the highs and lows of raising gifted kids, meet others who get it, and problem-solve while laughing a good bit. If this sounds like your kind of thing, register here. ✨ One of my teacher friends jokes that field day—often called play day or sports day outside the U.S.—is the absolute worst day of the scho
What Dolly Parton’s Death Reveals About Giftedness (opens the original)
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When I learned that country music legend Dolly Parton died of cancer yesterday at 80, I immediately thought of the summers I spent as a child traveling to my grandparents’ farm in Kentucky. Because their farm was in a rural part of the state, we’d fly into Nashville first, then drive across state lines through the lush greenery and winding back roads of Appalachia.Parton’s influence in the region was unmistakable, from the massive billboards next to the highways plastered with her visage, to the
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