Parenting Gifted Children 101: An Introduction to Gifted Kids and Their Needs

January 13, 2020 - Comment

This practical, easy-to-read book explores the basics of parenting gifted children, truly giving parents the “introductory course” they need to better understand and help their gifted child. Topics include myths about gifted children, characteristics of the gifted, the hows and whys of advocacy, social and emotional issues and needs, strategies for partnering with your child’s

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This practical, easy-to-read book explores the basics of parenting gifted children, truly giving parents the “introductory course” they need to better understand and help their gifted child. Topics include myths about gifted children, characteristics of the gifted, the hows and whys of advocacy, social and emotional issues and needs, strategies for partnering with your child’s school, and more. Parenting Gifted Children 101 explores ways for you to help your child at home and maximize your child’s educational experience with strategies that are based on research, but easy to implement. Each chapter―from parenting twice-exceptional students to navigating the possible challenges that school may hold for your child―contains resources for further reading and insights from more than 50 parents and educators of gifted children.

Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented 2017 Legacy Book Award Winner – Parent

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Anonymous says:

Very helpful book for parents who are newbies to the realm of gifted kids! This is a helpful book. Initially, I was hoping it would contain daily activities and ideas for creative projects that a parent could do with a child. However, it is really more of a theoretical book than a pragmatic one. That turned out to be a good thing because I learned a ton about the misconceptions surrounding giftedness. I also learned about the importance of advocacy, which never even occurred to me as something I would need to know how to do as a parent (i.e. I just assumed the…

Anonymous says:

Five Stars Good book that helps the reader gain a better understanding of the gifted child’s needs.

Anonymous says:

I was immediately attracted to the topic wondering if my upbringing could have been different and better than what I experienced I have always been interested in the topic of gifted children and I have read a book or two on giftedness. I have often wondered having been told I have a very high IQ and that my capacity for abstract thought is very high whether I would have been classified as gifted. Being up there in years, there would have been no thought given to this at the time I was in the school system. So children with special needs got lost in that system. So when I saw this book, I was immediately attracted to the…

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