On the social and emotional lives of gifted children understanding and guiding their development

"Raising happy, successful children is a goal of every parent of gifted children. In On the Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Children, the nation's leading authority on the psychology of gifted children offers advice and encouragement for both parents and teachers. In a thoughtful, con...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Cross, Tracy L., 1958- (Author)
Corporate Author EBSCO Publishing (firma)
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Waco, Tex. : Prufrock Press, c2011
Edition4th ed.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781593637422
978-1-59363-498-8
978-1-59363-722-4
Physical Description1 online zdroj (xxii, 287 s.) : il.

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Table of Contents:
  • About gifted children : who they are and why
  • Examining beliefs about the gifted
  • Determining the needs of gifted children
  • Competing with myths about the social and emotional development of gifted students
  • Social and emotional development of gifted children : straight talk
  • Gifted children and Erikson's theory of psychosocial development
  • A consideration of axiomatic statements
  • How gifted students cope with mixed messages
  • Examining claims about gifted children and suicide
  • On chance and being gifted
  • Guiding gifted children
  • Guiding and supporting the development of gifted children
  • Practical advice for guiding the gifted
  • Working on behalf of gifted students
  • Developing relationships, communication, and identity
  • Swagger or humility or swagger and humility : a new goal for educating students with gifts and talents
  • Putting the well-being of all students (including gifted students) first
  • Owning the problem of undesirable behavior : disintermediation and how our children are taught to drink, smoke, and gamble
  • Self-mutilation and gifted children
  • On preventing suicide among gifted students
  • Gifted students and the adults who provide for them : lessons learned from terrorism
  • Gifted children today
  • Gifted students' social and emotional development in the 21st century
  • Technology and the unseen world of gifted students
  • Digital immigrants, natives, and "tweeners" : a glimpse into the future for our students with gifts and talents
  • Nerds and geeks : society's evolving stereotypes of our students with gifts and talents
  • The lived experiences of gifted students in school, or on gifted students and Columbine
  • The rage of gifted students
  • The many faces of bullies
  • Psychological autopsy provides insight into gifted adolescent suicide
  • Where we have been and where we are going
  • Contemporary issues in the psychosocial development of students with gifts and talent