When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers: How to Meet Their Social and Emotional Needs

Author:   Jim Delisle ,  Judy Galbraith
Publisher:   Free Spirit Publishing Inc.,U.S.
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9781575421070


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   March 2005
Format:   Paperback
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When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers: How to Meet Their Social and Emotional Needs


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When parents and teachers think about gifted kids they - not surprisingly - focus on their intellectual needs. But gifted kids are much more than test grades. Delisle and Galbraith take a close-up look at gifted kids from the inside out. Topics include: * Self-image and self-esteem * Perfectionism * Multipotential * Depression and stress * Feelings of 'being different' The authors suggest ways to help gifted underachievers and those who are bored in school, along with ways to encourage healthy relationships.

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Author:   Jim Delisle ,  Judy Galbraith
Publisher:   Free Spirit Publishing Inc.,U.S.
Imprint:   Free Spirit Publishing Inc.,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9781575421070


ISBN 10:   1575421070
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   March 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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A comprehensive resource for teachers and youth professionals.


<p> Recommended for all public and academic libraries. --School Library Journal


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James R. Delisle, Ph.D., has taught gifted children and those who work on their behalf for more than 30 years. He retired from Kent State University in 2008 after 25 years of service as a professor of special education. Throughout his career, James also worked as a part-time teacher of gifted middle school children. This weekly excursion into the real world of public school classrooms helped to cement both James professional credibility and his respect for the hectic lives of classroom teachers. Judy Galbraith, M.A., has a master s degree in guidance and counseling of the gifted. She has worked with and taught gifted children and teens, their parents, and their teachers for over 20 years. In 1983, she started Free Spirit Publishing, which specializes in Self-Help for Kids(r) and Self-Help for Teens(r) books and other learning materials.

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