The landmark study on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) was conducted by Vincent Felitti, MD, and the team from Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, along with Robert Anda, MD, epidemiologist at the Centre for Disease Control in Atlanta.

One of the key cognitive abilities crucial for academic attainment is working memory.  This is the ability to briefly hold, maintain, or store information in mind while processing the same or other information. Auditory and visual information is retained in working memory for only a few seconds. For example in a typical adult only four to seven pieces of information can be maintained in working memory processing.

Gifted children, on occasion, can present with unique characteristics that can be put down to their giftedness. However, some gifted children are twice exceptional. Their unique behaviours and characteristics may be the presentation of another condition, such as a learning disability or Asperger's Syndrome.

Epigenetics: the interaction between genes and environment.

There is a burgeoning body of research around epigenetics. What exactly is this and how important is it in the development of your child?