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Helping Gifted Children Soar: A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachers, 2nd Edition

by Carol Strip Whitney, Ph.D., with Gretchen Hirsch

This user-friendly guidebook educates parents and teachers about important issues facing gifted children and the adults who guide them, such as selecting appropriate schools, expanding and differentiating the curriculum for gifted learners, and supporting children who experience stress, depression, perfectionism, friendship issues, and more. The information and useful advice contained in this book make it an ideal resource for those just starting to learn about gifted children, as well as seasoned veterans. Topics include:

Is my child gifted or just smart?
Characteristics of gifted children
How schools identify gifted children
Types of gifted programs
Learning options and the ideal classroom
How parents and teachers can work together

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Nurturing Brilliance: Discovering and Developing Your Child’s Gifts

by Janine Walker Caffrey, Ed.D.

Gifted children are diamonds in the rough—small gems that, when polished appropriately, can sparkle and shine with luminous splendor. Without proper nurturance, however, their sparks of brilliance may never ignite.

Dr. Caffrey describes what parents can do to nurture the talents of children who demonstrate evidence of various types of giftedness. She includes concrete recommendations for getting appropriate educational adjustments from your child’s school, as well as how to help your child develop communication and motor skills, deal with friendship and parent-child relationship issues, learn the best way to become financially responsible, and choose the right college. This book is packed with tips for parents, ending with profiles of eminent (and not-so-eminent) adults who display their brilliance in healthy and satisfying ways—and who sometimes change the world in doing so.

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10 Things Not To Say

Ten Things NOT to Say to Your Gifted Child: One Family’s Perspective

by Nancy N. Heilbronner, Ph.D.

This book offers a different perspective on parenting gifted children: what not to do. Most books for parents of gifted youngsters focus on what adults should be doing, but not many hone in on how inadvertently we push our children to be more “normal,” or more “reasonable,” or even, sometimes, more exceptional. The author takes common mistakes that parents make (mistakes that even she admits to making with her own children) and discusses why these are harmful to gifted children, and she offers better, healthier approaches that will help gifted children become comfortable with who they are and strive to be all that they are capable of being.

As a bonus, one of the author’s three now-adult children has written a postscript to each chapter, discussing what it was like to be a gifted child dealing with the particular issue at hand. This additional insight is an enlightening and invaluable part of understanding gifted children.

Bright, Talented, and Black: A Guide for Families of African American Gifted Learners

by Joy Lawson Davis, Ed.D.

African American gifted children are twice-minorities, and as such, they face unique obstacles and challenges. Dr. Joy Davis offers practical advice based on her personal experience as both a parent and a gifted education professional. She discusses the hurdles of discrimination and low expectations for Black students, as well as the challenges of issues common among gifted children, such as underachievement, intensity, and idealism. She also examines such topics as the importance of family, educational options for advanced learners, and peer relationships, among many others—and all through the lens of Black learners, who are sometimes shunned by peers for “acting white” when they strive to do well. This book is a valuable resource for African American parents, as well as educators who work with these bright, talented children.

Guiding Advanced Readers in Middle School

by Teresa Smith Masiello, Ed.D.

Middle school students who are advanced readers need differentiation in their literature. In this book, the author describes practical ways to use books that will challenge and interest bright middle schoolers, along with relevant questions and activities to stimulate discussion and excitement about reading.

Lesson plans and activities to accompany four different trade book titles are provided. Once teachers use the activities, they will know how to adapt them for other titles. Activities include learning centers, literature discussion groups, tiered activities, reading buddies, journals, learning centers, literature circles, vocabulary studies, graphic organizers, role play, and much more! Teaching and assessment forms are all reproducible! This approach will help students develop their vocabulary and critical thinking while maintaining excitement for reading.