Some of My Best Friends are Books

Some of My Best Friends are Books

Author: Judith Wynn Halsted

Publisher: Great Potential Press, Inc.

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 0910707960

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Recommends books for gifted readers that provide insights and coping skills for issues they may face from preschool through high school, featuring more than three hundred titles with brief summaries, organized by reading levels; and includes an index arranged by theme.


Guiding the Gifted Child

Guiding the Gifted Child

Author: James T. Webb

Publisher: Gifted Unlimited

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13:

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This book seeks to increase the awareness by parents, teachers, and clinicians of the often overlooked unique emotional needs of gifted children.


Guiding Gifted Readers

Guiding Gifted Readers

Author: Judith Wynn Halsted

Publisher: Great Potential Press

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13:

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School librarian and director of gifted programs, Halsted provides a veritable gold mine on promoting intellectual growth through guided reading. Hers is a thorough introduction to the emotional and intellectual developmental needs and reading patternsof gifted children and to current research on bibliotherapy. She outlines criteria for selecting books for the gifted and furnishes an annotated bibliography of more than 160 books organized first by grade level, then by categories that include identity, getting along with others, and developing imagination. Useful for average children as well.


Helping Gifted Children Soar

Helping Gifted Children Soar

Author: Carol Ann Strip

Publisher: Great Potential Press, Inc.

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0910707413

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A guide to the many issues gifted children face that offers parents and teachers advice on identifying gifted children, helping them get the most of classroom programs, forming parent support groups, meeting social and emotional needs, and choosing the appropriate curriculum.


The Gifted Teen Survival Guide

The Gifted Teen Survival Guide

Author: Judy Galbraith

Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Published: 2011-08-19

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 157542567X

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Based on new surveys of nearly 1,500 gifted teens, this book is the ultimate guide to thriving in a world that doesn’t always support or understand high ability. Full of surprising facts, survey results, step-by-step strategies, inspiring teen quotes, and insightful expert essays, the guide gives readers the tools they need to appreciate their giftedness as an asset and use it to make the most of who they are. The fourth edition has been revised for a new generation of high-end learners and includes information on twice-exceptionality, emotional and social intelligence, creativity, teen brain development, managing life online, testing and standards, homeschooling, International Baccalaureate programs, college alternatives, STEM careers, cyberbullying, and other hot topics.


Identifying Gifted Students

Identifying Gifted Students

Author: Susan K. Johnsen

Publisher: PRUFROCK PRESS INC.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 1593630034

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Identifying Gifted Students: A Practical Guide is designed for practicing professionals such as teachers, counselors, psychologists, and administrators who must make decisions daily about identifying and serving gifted and talented students. This book offers up-to-date information for building an effective, defensible identification process.


The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids

The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids

Author: Sally Yahnke Walker

Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781575421117

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Defines giftedness and discusses special quirks and problems that arise living with a gifted child, from a lack of neatness to the "too-smart mouth," and explains how parents can find the right programs and make school as rewarding as possible for gifted children.


You Know Your Child is Gifted when ...

You Know Your Child is Gifted when ...

Author: Judy Galbraith

Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781575420769

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A guide to dealing with gifted children that uses cartoons, lists, definitions, and essays to help parents deal with the challenges and triumphs of raising a gifted child.


Guiding the GIfted Child

Guiding the GIfted Child

Author: James Webb, Psy.D.

Publisher: SCB Distributors

Published: 2020-06-11

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1935067354

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Guiding the Gifted Child has been called the "The Dr. Spock book for parents of gifted children" and is a classic in the field. Translated into several languages, this book won the National Media Award of the American Psychological Association, and has sold over 100,000 copies. The intensity, sensitivity, and other unique social and emotional characteristics of gifted children can put them at risk for problems. Guiding the Gifted Child provides extensive practical information for parents and teachers about gifted children. Topics include: communication of feelings, motivation, discipline, peer relations, sibling relations, tradition breaking, stress management, depression, and parenting strategies.