Selected Writings by Deborah L. Ruf, Ph. D.

Selected Education-Related Publications

Now Available! Losing Our Minds: Gifted Children Left Behind.  Deborah's new book, published by Great Potential Press, combines four years of data gathering from 50 families with nearly 30 years of research and experience in the field of giftedness, individual differences, and high intelligence. The book is aimed primarily at parents and vividly describes the upper 10 to 15 percent of the intellectual continuum in human beings from birth to adulthood as manifested in their behaviors, thoughts, accomplishments, and test scores. She introduces the concept of Levels of Giftedness and makes it very clear how many factors contribute to a person's intellectual levels and achievement.

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How Smart is My Child? 2007

Tips for Parents: How Level of Giftedness, Gender, and Personality Affect School Behavior and Learning 2007, Davidson Institute for Talent Development,

Mensa Research Journal  Vol. 38, No. 3, Fall 2007, Homeschooling for the Gifted, Dr. Ruf, guest editor

Educational Options Newsletter  Read our monthly update for parents and professionals

"Preschool Behaviors in Gifted Children," 2006

"What You Need to Know About Individualizing for Gifted in Your Schools," presentation to Educators for Gifted and Talented, 2000-2006

"Ruf Estimates of Levels of Giftedness," Gifted On-Line Conferences, October 2004

"Independence and Relationship Issues in Intellectually Gifted Adolescents," Mensa Bulletin, British Mensa Magazine, 2003

"Assessment Service Bulletin on High Ability Assessment for the Stanford-Binet Five Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition" Riverside Publishing, 2003  (this is a Adobe pdf document, click to download free Adobe Reader)

"Over-Identification of ADD/ADHD in the Gifted," NAGC, Guidance & Counseling Division Newsletter, 2001

"Unevenly Gifted," NAGC, Guidance & Counseling Division Newsletter, 2001

"Social & Emotional Issues: What Gifted Adults Say About Their Childhoods," NAGC, Conceptual Foundations Newsletter, 2000

"EQ & the IQ Connection," Wallace Symposium presentation, May, 2000

“If You're So Smart, Why Do You Need Counseling?” Advanced Development Journal, January 2000

"The Do's and Don'ts for Raising Gifted Kids," article to accompany speech, 1999

"Environmental, Familial, and Personal Factors That Affect the Self-Actualization of Highly Gifted Adults: Case Studies,” the first three chapters of Dr. Ruf's Ph.D. dissertation, completed December 1998.  Full dissertation available... Order bound copy $35 or Order PDF file copy $15

“One Profoundly Gifted Kid's Story,” Highly Gifted Children (Spring, 1996)

“Social & Emotional Needs of the Gifted (Adults and Children),” MCGT News (January/February 1995)

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