Author: Joanne Rand Whitmore
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780866565400
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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This exciting book challenges old assumptions and offers promising new insights into the nature and special needs of gifted children in the early years. Leaders in gifted education blend their professional experiences with the latest research and theories to provide parents and teachers with the practical information they need in order to recognized and nurture the development of gifted children from birth to age eight. Clearly and concisely written, this book is invaluable as a resource for enhancing parenting and teaching skills and developing new programs and services. Read Intellectual Giftedness in Young Children and: Discover proven methods of recognizing intellectual giftedness in young children, including the handicapped, the economically disadvantages, and the culturally different Learn to select or develop effective preschool and K-3 educational programs that provide for the special educational needs of gifted students Gain a more accurate understanding of the nature of giftedness, including specific vulnerabilities present in early childhood Enhance your understanding of the pscyhological conflict experienced by gifted children that can foster academic underachievement and "problem behavior" in school
Author: Joan Franklin Smutny
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 9780345368300
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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An estimated 500,000 potentially gifted children are born each year. Since most schools don't begin to test for giftedness until about the age of eight, it is left to parents to recognize and nurture their children's special talents and abilities in the early critical years. This intelligent, insightful, and useful volume is a complete guide to identifying gifted children and helping them develop to the fullest. Packed with sound advice drawn from both the latest research and examples from real families, Your Gifted Child covers all the major issues that arise for gifted children and their parents, from birth to age seven. The authors have combined their years of experience studying gifted children, raising their own, and conducting workshops for families. In Your Gifted Child, they share their knowledge on how to recognize the early signs of giftedness, stimulate curiosity and creativity, choose the right books and science projects, foster sound social and moral development, evaluate preschool and primary school programs, develop language skills, and much more. Encouraging a gifted child is not the same as pumping a "superbaby" full of facts. Rather, it is a way of bringing an extraordinary inborn potential to its full flowering without pressure or intrusiveness. Parents of gifted children and professionals who work with them will find Your Gifted Child the indispensable volume on the subject.
Author: John T. Pardeck
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429889453
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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First published in 1990. This study on special educational needs explores the identification of the gifted, research on gifted children and programmes, programming for young gifted children, and the socio-psychological implications of giftedness. This title will be of great interest to student teachers, teachers of special educational needs, and parents.
Author: Ignacio González-Burgos
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781536130515
Category : Gifted persons
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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General estimations propose that 3-5% of the child population worldwide shows different degrees of giftedness for performing of outstanding talents. Giftedness is thought to represent an advantage for social adaptation due to the higher intellectual capabilities over average people. However, several studies show that eminent adults are significantly less than gifted children, suggesting that a great number of talented children are lost. On the other hand, gifted children often show several psychosocial abnormalities such as social isolation (which likely leads to eventual depressive disorders), aggressive behavior (commonly related to incomprehension by close relatives), bullying and a varying degrees of academic performance among other stressors related with scholarly life. Giftedness is frequently confused with some psychopathological alterations; the subsequent medication is a clinical action with unpredictable consequences that may affect the outstanding talents and general mental health of gifted children. These and other biopsychosocial factors make gifted children (and adults) a vulnerable social group. Thus, based on the relatively scarce scientific literature related to giftedness, the content of this book aims to integrate the factors of some of the neurobiological, psychological, social, and educational aspects related to giftedness into common knowledge, and it may also be useful for professionals dedicated to the scientific study and clinical or educational attention of gifted children.
Author: Miraca U. M. Gross
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415314916
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Miraca Gross' award-winning 20 year long study of 60 young people of IQ 160+ continues in this revised and updated new edition.
Author: James Alvino
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345410270
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 407
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LEARN TO MEET THE NEEDS OF YOUR GIFTED CHILD Though academic abilities have always been important in determining whether your child is gifted, talent in the visual or performing arts, leadership qualities, and intellectual curiosity are just as vital. But unless we as parents help nurture those talents, our gifted children can become bored, socially aggressive, or, ironically, underachievers in the classroom. Here is a practical, informative, and authoritative primer for raising and educating our gifted children from pre-school to adolescence. Beginning with sensible strategies to determine whether—and in which areas—your child is gifted, this book takes parents through selecting an appropriate day-care center, a school, and a home reference library. It helps us figure out where our role stops and the school’s role begins, as well as detailing ways to keep our children’s creativity alive and how to cope with sibling rivalry and our own doubts and fears. Also included are a recommended reading list, a special section on the roles of the computer and television in your gifted child’s life, and much more.
Author: Barbara Schave Klein
Publisher: Amacom Books
ISBN: 9780814429914
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Raising an extremely bright child - quick, curious, sensitive, and introspective - is a daunting challenge. Parents need insight into their own motivations (as well as those of their children), and the courage and ability to make tough decisions about their child's development. "Raising Gifted Kids" will help parents understand and cope with the obstacles they face in raising a gifted child, and help them make the best choices for their son's or daughter's growth and happiness.
Author: Steven I. Pfeiffer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387743995
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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In one comprehensive resource, this superb handbook covers everything you need to know about the subject. It brings together leading experts from the fields of psychology and education, combining theory and applied empirical research on such crucial topics as conceptualization, types of intelligence, developmental considerations, and ethical and legal concerns. Particular attention is given to social and family contexts, and evidence-based strategies and interventions offer solid guidelines on assessment, curriculum design, and encouraging and nurturing talent – from preschool through adolescence.
Author: Leta Stetter Hollingworth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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The subject that is treated in this volume has engaged a large part of the attention, not only of psychologists and educationists but also of laymen. It is argued that if nature really endows some children intellectually much more generously than she does others--and the data presented in this volume will convince any fair-minded person that this is the case--the fact is of importance to those who are interested in social advancement as well as to those teachers and parents who are striving to do the best they can for each individual committed to their care. A large amount of scientific material is included in this book; but it is presented in a straightforward, clear, interesting manner; and it may be predicted that this volume will be read easily and with complete comprehension by parents, teachers, and laymen as well as by students of human development and of education. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved).
Author: World Council for Gifted and Talented Children
Publisher: New York : Trillium Press
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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