Some of My Best Friends are Books

Some of My Best Friends are Books
Author: Judith Wynn Halsted
Publisher: Great Potential Press, Inc.
Total Pages: 592
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0910707960

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.

Teach for Attention!

Teach for Attention!
Author: Ezra Werb
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2020-06-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1631983202

A lively read from a working teacher offers practical engagement strategies for students with attention challenges If learning is a motor, student engagement is the key. But when teaching students with ADHD and other attention challenges, sometimes even the most finely tuned classroom can sputter. Teach for Attention! is your tool belt of teaching strategies for students with ADHD, low self-confidence, distraction, and other attention challenges. Dozens of true classroom stories show the strategies in action. It’s all about making simple fixes so you can reach every student without changing your approach or revamping your curriculum. Carry these ideas with you like tools on a belt—the right one will be there when you need it!

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.

The Essential Guide to Talking with Gifted Teens

The Essential Guide to Talking with Gifted Teens
Author: Jean Sunde Peterson
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2007-11-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 157542780X

Like other kids their age, highly capable adolescents experience developmental challenges. They’re forging identity, finding direction, exploring relationships, and learning to resolve conflicts. These are difficult tasks to do alone, no matter how smart one may be. The 70 guided discussions in this book are an affective curriculum for gifted teens. By “just talking” with caring peers and an attentive adult, kids gain self-awareness and self-esteem, learn to manage stress, build social skills and life skills, and discover they are not alone. Each session is self-contained and step-by-step; many include reproducible handouts. Introductory and background materials help even less-experienced group leaders feel prepared and secure in their role. For advising teachers, counselors, and youth workers in all kinds of school and group settings working with gifted kids in grades 6–12.

Guiding Gifted Students With Engaging Books

Guiding Gifted Students With Engaging Books
Author: Thomas P. Hebert
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2022-02-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000493229

Guiding Gifted Students With Engaging Books supports teachers and counselors in facilitating book discussions designed to guide bright young people to self-understanding through high-quality literature. This exciting resource: Covers social-emotional issues in the lives of gifted students. Features examples of lessons and menus of discussion questions for successful book discussions alongside enrichment activities to extend students' learning. Includes an annotated bibliography of children's and young adult books ideal for social-emotional learning. Engaging lessons and activities support learners as they process their feelings regarding issues highlighted in the selected books and class discussion. The book examines this approach with whole classrooms, as well as with small groups of students, and features considerations for special populations of gifted students, including twice-exceptional students, culturally diverse students, and children and teens facing serious adversity in their lives.

A Field Guide to Gifted Students

A Field Guide to Gifted Students
Author: Charlotte Agell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 71
Release: 2021-10-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000491072

A Field Guide to Gifted Students is a practical manual to the unique characteristics of gifted and advanced learners. Presented as a concise 32-page, full-color booklet available in sets of 10 print copies or a single eBook copy, this resource: Can be used in teacher workshops and other group professional learning settings. Assists educators in understanding and meeting the academic and social-emotional needs of gifted students. Includes a companion online facilitator's guide. Features practical tips based on current research and best practices. Is packed with illustrations, checklists, space to write notes, and a glossary of terms. School can feel like the wrong fit for many gifted learners, but through learning how to notice and support gifted students' diverse traits and needs, educators can build ideal classroom climates for student success. Readers will understand how to identify giftedness and related traits, including twice-exceptionality, introversion and extroversion, perfectionism, sensitivity, and intuitiveness. The online facilitator's guide includes everything workshop leaders need to conduct a brief course for classroom teachers, coordinators, counselors, or even parents.

Working with Gifted English Language Learners

Working with Gifted English Language Learners
Author: Michael S. Matthews
Publisher: PRUFROCK PRESS INC.
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2006
Genre: English language
ISBN: 1593631952

This book guides educators toward identifying gifted students in this population, including a look at nonverbal and Spanish-language testing, and gives advice for integrating these students into the gifted program. Educational Resource

Critical Issues in Servicing Twice Exceptional Students

Critical Issues in Servicing Twice Exceptional Students
Author: Fernanda Hellen Ribeiro Piske
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2022-10-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3031103785

This book addresses critical issues related to appropriately servicing gifted students with other learning exceptionalities, also known as twice exceptional (2e) students. Utilizing a social, emotional, and cultural lens, it extends beyond the historical cognitive discussion within the domains of special and gifted education and draws on a variety of interpreted perspectives, featuring leading authors, experts, and specialists from several countries and from different academic disciplines and backgrounds. The collection offers a balance between theoretical/methodological and empirical chapters to provide a discourse for operationalization and implementation of services that best serve the educational and individualized needs for a diverse group of students. This work demonstrates the importance of knowing and attending to the social, emotional and cultural dimensions of 2e students while simultaneously fostering the appropriate cognitive skill development for whole-child well-being.

Educating the Gifted

Educating the Gifted
Author: Tracy Ford Inman
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2023-02-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000835804

Get inspired, learn from others, and reflect on the joy of making a difference with Educating the Gifted: Wisdom and Insights for Inspired Teaching. Covering topics such as identification, equity in access and opportunity, teacher growth, advocacy, and more, this book shares moments of joy, practical strategies, and effective tips for advanced learning from expert practitioners and leaders who work with gifted students. Each chapter begins with a brief exploration of an issue or concept, followed by a series of related strategies and ideas, and ends with delightful, joyful stories from a variety of dedicated professionals in the field on what keeps them going through hard days. This uplifting collection is a must-read for new teachers excited about their upcoming journey, as well as experienced educators and administrators looking to reinvigorate their practice.