Helping Gifted Children Soar: A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachers FROM THE PUBLISHER
This user-friendly guidebook educates parents and teachers about important gifted issues such as working together, evaluating classroom programs, forming parent support groups, choosing appropriate curriculum, meeting social and emotional needs, surviving the ups and downs, and much more!
The important and useful advice provided make this book and ideal resource both for those just starting out in the gifted field as well as those who are already seasoned veterans.
Winner of the 2001 Glyph Award from the Arizona Book Publishing
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Duke Gifted Letter
...the book is peppered with suggestions and practical ideas.
B Wright
"A wonderful resource for parents and teachers."
Library Journal
"Giftedness isn't always pretty," write Strip, a gifted-education specialist, and Hirsch, president of an Ohio-based business communications company. "Sometimes it's confusing and downright messy." In clear, enthusiastic writing, the authors describe different manifestations of giftedness as well as options for curricular and educational advancement. They explain that while gifted youth have added brainpower, they are particularly susceptible to perfectionism, depression, and low self-esteem. "Asynchronous development," in which the intellect matures in advance of emotional, physical, and social skills, often wreaks havoc on these children. To counter these problems, the authors encourage clear and open partnering among students, parents, and teachers on educational issues. When these groups act as "teammates in dealing with children's academic, emotional and social needs," it is easier for gifted children to operate at their highest capacity. This solid, practical book includes a strong reference section. A scholarly and comprehensive examination of giftedness can be found in Ellen Winner's Gifted Children: Myths and Realities (LJ 5/15/96). Recommended for large public libraries and also academic libraries with teaching programs.--Douglas C. Lord, Hartford P.L., CT Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
Internet Book Watch
Helping Gifted Children Soar is highly recommended reading for parents and teachers as it explains the difference between "smart" and "gifted"; what the term "gifted" precisely means; and the difference between "gifted" and "talented". Carol Strip and Gretchen Hirsch survey the problems associated with being "gifted"; the types of programs that exist in the public school system for the gifted and talented; how children are selected for special programs in schools; and how a parent can be certain that their school is offering the right thing for their child. With special programs for gifted children being mandated by most states, Helping Gifted Children Soar is an invaluable, informative guide, resource, and reference.
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