A Parent's Guide to Gifted Teens

A Parent's Guide to Gifted Teens
Author: Lisa Rivero
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Gifted children
ISBN: 9780910707992

Gifted teenagers require special understanding in order to thrive. Learn how to understand your adolescent's intensity and excitability, how to nurture creativity and self-directed learning, how to offer support without taking control, and how to care for yourself as the parent of an intense and creative teen. This book helps parents to view the challenging years of middle school and high school not merely as college prep, but as a preparation for life.

A Parent's Guide to Gifted Children

A Parent's Guide to Gifted Children
Author: James T. Webb
Publisher: Great Potential Press, Inc.
Total Pages: 824
Release: 2007
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0910707790

Practical guidance in key areas of concern for parents, such as peer relations, siblings, motivation and underachievement, discipline, intensity and stress, depression, education planning, and finding professional help.

The Everything Parent's Guide to Raising a Gifted Child

The Everything Parent's Guide to Raising a Gifted Child
Author: Robbins Med Herbert
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2011-12-15
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1440530319

Raising a gifted child is both a joy and a challenge. Gifted and exceptional children can seem self-sufficient, but it takes more than intelligence to lead a happy and fulfilling life. Your child need your support and advocacy in school, in social situations, and even at home. This guide shows you how to encourage and foster your gifted child from birth to adolescence, including information on How to determine if your child is gifted Options for school programs and activities Dealing with perfectionism and stress Setting realistic and healthy goals for your child Ensuring proper socialization and friendship Coping with jealousy and bullying from other children Packed with useful and professional advice, this is a reassuring guide to help your gifted child grow, thrive, and develop his talents.

The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids

The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids
Author: Sally Yahnke Walker
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Gifted children
ISBN: 9781575421117

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.

Guiding the Gifted Child

Guiding the Gifted Child
Author: James T. Webb
Publisher: Gifted Unlimited
Total Pages: 288
Release: 1982
Genre: Education
ISBN:

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

Gifted Parent Groups

Gifted Parent Groups
Author: Arlene DeVries
Publisher: Great Potential Press, Inc.
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2007
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0910707774

This manual provides essential information for persons wishing to conduct SENG Model parent groups. ho should receive SENG Training? Persons with some knowledge of gifted children who want to facilitate parent groups in an encouraging, non-confrontational style. GT Coordinators; Teachers; Counselors; Parents; Social workers; Psychologists.

Academic Advocacy for Gifted Children

Academic Advocacy for Gifted Children
Author: Barbara Jackson Gilman
Publisher: Great Potential Press, Inc.
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2008
Genre: Education
ISBN: 091070788X

Formerly titled Empowering Gifted Minds: Educational Advocacy That Works, this book is the definitive manual on gifted advocacy for gifted students. The author tells parents and teachers how to document a child's abilities to provide reasonable educational options year by year.

Raising Champions

Raising Champions
Author: Michael Sayler
Publisher: PRUFROCK PRESS INC.
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2002
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781882664801

Educational title for gifted and advanced learners.

Raising a Gifted Child

Raising a Gifted Child
Author: Carol Fertig
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Child rearing
ISBN: 9781593633448

Offers advice for parents of gifted children, covering expectations, parental responsibilities, the value of creativity, education, specific subjects, and unique groups.

Grandparents' Guide to Gifted Children

Grandparents' Guide to Gifted Children
Author: James T. Webb
Publisher: Great Potential Press, Inc.
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Gifted Children
ISBN: 9780910707657

Grandparents will often realize--even before parents--that a child is gifted, and that the child will need additional emotional and intellectual sustenance. Features of this book include: (1) Early signs of giftedness; (2) Special needs and areas of concern; (3) Unique roles of grandparents; (4) Building a bond with a grandchild; (5) Maximizing grandparenting; and (6) When a grandparent is the parent. Following an introduction, this book contains the following chapters: (1) You and Your Grandchild; (2) Is My Grandchild Gifted?; (3) Some Areas of Concern for Gifted Children; (4) Expanding the World for Gifted Children; (5) Maximizing Grandparenting; (6) When a Grandparent Becomes the Parent; (7) Educational Planning; (8) Other Resources for Gifted Children; (9) Advocating for Your Gifted Grandchild; and (10) Planning for the Future of Your Gifted Grandchild. Appendices include: (1) Websites for Grandparents; (2) Grandparent Support Groups and National Organizations; and (3) Recommended Readings for Grandparents and Parents. A Glossary, Endnotes, References, Index, and About the Authors are also included.