Permasalahan Deteksi dan Penanganan Anak Cerdas Istimewa Dengan Gangguan Perkembangan Bicara dan Bahasa Ekspresif (Gifted Visual-spatial Learner)
Abstrak: Gifted Visual-spatial
learners is one ofcategories of gifted children that has been overlooked and
under diagnosed. Linda Kreger Silverman (1995; 2002) defined Gifted Visual
spatial learner as those highly intelligence children (gifted) with special
developmental pattern and characteristics. Their strengths are the
visual-spatial ability and gestalt cognitive style. They learn better visually
than auditory. They learn all-at-once, and when they got the concept, the
learning is permanent. Gifted children with visual-spatial learning style often
have asynchronous developmental pattern and tend to have speech and language
expressive disorder, or more commonly known as a Specific Language Impairment
(SLI), or Pure Dysphasic Development. These unique developmental
characteristics often cause problems in social and emotional skills at school,
and the problems generally worsen without proper assistance and strategies of intervention.
They also often misdiagnosed under the label of high function autism, ADHD and
/ or learning disabilities. A collaborative diagnostic with a long term
continual observation and special approach is needed to help this population.
Penulis: Julia Maria van Tiel,
Pharos Nederland
Journal Code: jppsikologikepribadiandd090017
