If you have young kids at home who have been getting themselves into trouble at school you will want to watch this story.
If your child finds it hard to focus or gets bored or frustrated easily, have you ever considered they may be a genius?
You hear words such as ADHD and autism being thrown around but perhaps your child is among the 5 percent of gifted children in New Zealand.
Many children are being misdiagnosed and it seems the New Zealand education system is struggling to identify and help these children and their parents.
They can be well ahead of their peers but they are still incredibly socially or emotionally immature so teachers see discrepancies and are viewed as a problem.
Deb Walkers is the chief executive New Zealand's Centre for Gifted Education and is concerned about the lack of a consolidated approach to spotting and planning for these intelligent children.
So what makes a child gifted and sets them apart from the rest?
Story went to find out.
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