When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers: How to Meet Their Social and Emotional Needs

by Judy Galbraith, Jim Delisle

Overview

Gifted kids are so much more than test scores and grades. Still, it’s sometimes difficult to see past the potential to the child who may be anxious, lonely, confused, or unsure of what the future might bring. This book, now fully revised with updated information and new survey quotes, offers practical suggestions for addressing the social and emotional needs of gifted students. The authors present ways to advocate for gifted education; help gifted underachievers, perfectionists, and twice-exceptional students; and provide all gifted kids with a safe, supportive learning environment. Complete with engaging stories, strategies, activities, and resources, this book is for anyone committed to helping gifted students thrive. Includes online digital content.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781631980145
Publisher:	Free Spirit Publishing, Inc.
Publication date:	04/29/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	7 MB
Age Range:	5 - 14 Years

About the Author

Judy Galbraith, M.A., has a master’s degree in guidance and counseling of the gifted. She has worked with and taught gifted children and teens, their parents, and their teachers for more than 30 years. In 1983, she started Free Spirit Publishing, which specializes in Self-Help for Kids® and Self-Help for Teens® books and other learning resources. She is the author of numerous books, including The Survival Guide for Gifted Kids and The Gifted Teen Survival Guide. Judy lives in Minneapolis.
 
Jim Delisle, Ph.D., has taught gifted children and those who work on their behalf for over three decades as a professor of education at Kent State University and a gifted education teacher in the Twinsburg, Ohio, Public Schools. Jim has written 16 books on various topics related to children and education, and his frequent consulting with schools has allowed him to visit each of the 50 states as well as nations as diverse as England, China, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. Jim and his wife Deb live in South Carolina and Washington, D.C.

Editorial Reviews

“Galbraith and Delisle successfully bridge the gap between research and practice to make a positive, practical difference for gifted young people. They bring key theories and findings to life by sharing strategic interventions designed to increase mutual understanding and trust between gifted young people and the adults who interact with them. This text is a thorough, thoughtful, and utterly essential collection of information and actions that will benefit gifted kids and the adults in their lives.”—Colleen Harsin, director of the Davidson Academy of Nevada

“Jim and Judy are on target! This book really does help students, parents, educators, and friends of gifted people understand that being gifted is truly a blessing, not a burden. The teacher-friendly strategies and activities make it easy to implement affective education with minimal preparation. Gifted students will benefit from reading the heart-warming stories and amazing quotes that will serve to guide them as they strive to understand themselves and their place in the world around them.”—Patti Rendon, gifted and talented coordinator in Edinburg, Texas
 

“This book belongs in the canon of gifted literature. Every teacher, parent, or mental health professional working with the gifted should have a well-worn, dog-eared copy on his or her desk. In Gifted Land, there are very few answers and many, many questions. When Gifted Kids Don’t Have All the Answers allows us to live the questions without feeling bad about not having all of the answers. It is clearly written by people who possess both strategic and tactical vision of how to navigate Gifted Land, and its readability, practical advice, and unique voice make it a must own. Five stars and two thumbs up.”—Lisa Van Gemert, youth and education ambassador, Mensa Foundation
 

“An excellent resource for advocates—both teachers and parents—offering practical and insightful strategies on how to answer information seekers and critics alike about gifted children and their education . . . Professionals will appreciate its common sense responses to challenging topics such as the importance of how defining giftedness influences education policy; how charges of elitism mask the will to provide services to gifted students; understanding underachievement as a failure of the system; what it means to be twice-exceptional; and why gifted education should be an integral part of educational programming.”—Lisa Conrad, founder and blogger at Gifted Parenting Support, and moderator of Twitter’s Global Gifted & Talented Chat (#gtchat

2015 Legacy Book Award in the Educator Category

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