Download or read book Ordinary Gifted Children written by Jessica Hoffmann Davis and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the remarkable story of the Hoffmann School for Individual Attention, where the principal believed in a diverse, challenging, and challenged group of studentswith extraordinary results. With a definition of gifted that included all children, Ann Hoffmann embraced students that other schools had failed, and she helped them not just to learn, but to learn to love learning. Written with candor and humor by renowned arts educator (and Ann Hoffmanns daughter) Jessica Hoffmann Davis, this portrait will resonate with anyone who has known or been a champion of children. Ann Hoffmanns example will inspire and delight the reader, reminding us of what matters most in education and that if we love what we do, anything is possible.
Download or read book Losing Our Minds written by Deborah L. Ruf and published by Great Potential Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wouldn't it be a disgrace if we lost the brightest students now attending our nation's schools? Dr. Deborah L. Ruf establishes that there are far more highly gifted children than previously imagined, yet large numbers of very bright children are "never discovered" by their schools. Using 78 gifted and highly gifted children as her examples, she illustrates five levels of giftedness. Parents will be able to estimate which of the five levels of giftedness their child fits by comparing their own child's developmental milestones to those of the children described in the book. This book contains practical advice for parents, including how to find a school that works for your child. Book jacket.
Download or read book Hothouse Kids written by Alissa Quart and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigation into the pressures placed on today's gifted children evaluates the long-term consequences of high demands and competitiveness, revealing the truth about current practices in IQ testing, the pitfalls of the No Child Left Behind Act, and the downside of popular practices in over-scheduling. By the author of Branded. Reprint.
Download or read book Ordinary Resurrections written by Jonathan Kozol and published by Crown. This book was released on 2012-07-24 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan Kozol's books have become touchstones of the American conscience. In Ordinary Resurrections, he spends four years in the South Bronx with children who have become his friends at a badly underfunded but enlightened public school. A fascinating narrative of daily urban life, Ordinary Resurrections gives a human face to poverty and racial isolation, and provides a stirring testimony to the courage and resilience of the young. Sometimes playful, sometimes jubilantly funny, and sometimes profoundly sad, these are sensitive children—complex and morally insightful—and their ethical vitality denounces and subverts the racially charged labels that the world of grown-up expertise too frequently assigns to them. Yet another classic case of unblinking social observation from one of the finest writers ever to work in the genre, this is a piercing discernment of right and wrong, of hope and despair—from our nation's corridors of power to its poorest city streets.
Download or read book Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults written by James T. Webb and published by Great Potential Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our brightest, most creative children and adults are often being misdiagnosed with behavioral and emotional disorders such as ADHD, Oppositional-Defiant Disorder, Bipolar, OCD, or Asperger?s. Many receive unneeded medication and inappropriate counseling as a result. Physicians, psychologists, and counselors are unaware of characteristics of gifted children and adults that mimic pathological diagnoses. Six nationally prominent health care professionals describe ways parents and professionals can distinguish between gifted behaviors and pathological behaviors. ?These authors have brought to light a widespread and serious problem?the wasting of lives from the misdiagnosis of gifted children and adults and the inappropriate treatment that often follows.? Jack G. Wiggins, Ph. D., Former President, American Psychological Association
Download or read book Enjoy Your Gifted Child written by Carol Addison Takacs and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1986-04-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Differently Wired written by Deborah Reber and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today millions of kids are stuck in a world that doesn't respect, support, or embrace who they really are—these are what Deborah Reber is calling the “differently wired” kids, the one in five children with ADHD, dyslexia, Asperger’s, giftedness, anxiety, sensory processing disorder, and other neurodifferences. Their challenges are many. But for the parents who love them, the challenges are just as hard—struggling to find the right school, the right therapist, the right parenting group while feeling isolated and harboring endless internal doubts about what’s normal, what’s not, and how to handle it all. But now there’s hope. Written by Deborah Reber, a bestselling author and mother in the midst of an eye-opening journey with her son who is twice exceptional (he has ADHD, Asperger’s, and is highly gifted), Differently Wired is a how-to, a manifesto, a book of wise advice, and the best kind of been-there, done-that companion. On the one hand it’s a book of saying NO, and how it’s time to say no to trying to fit your round-peg kid into society’s square holes, no to educational and social systems that don’t respect your child, no to the anxiety and fear that keep parents stuck. And then it’s a book of YES. By offering 18 paradigm shifts—what she calls “tilts”— Reber shows how to change everything. How to “Get Out of Isolation and Connect.” “Stop Fighting Who Your Child Is and Lean In.” “Let Go of What Others Think.” “Create a World Where Your Child Can Feel Secure.” “Find Your People (and Ditch the Rest).” “Help Your Kids Embrace Self-Discovery.” And through these alternative ways of being, discover how to stay open, pay attention, and become an exceptional parent to your exceptional child.
Download or read book Gifted Child written by Angela Wayning and published by Self Publisher. This book was released on 2020-05-16 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many parents wonder about their gifted children. They wonder where their intelligence came from, or why they behave the way they do. For example, many gifted children can be bossy or act as if they are adults, with their wits and words, while still showing immature behavior of a 4-year-old, or whatever their age is. This puzzles parents, and answers need to be given. This book does just that. Along with the topics mentioned above, this book also touches on the correlation between early birth and intelligence, the depressive thoughts some gifted children have, the meaning of IQ tests in these analyses, and the question about whether your child should skip a grade or not. Trust me, these facts may surprise you. Don’t miss out on them.
Download or read book The Drama of the Gifted Child written by and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-12-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “rare and compelling” (New York Magazine) bestseller examines childhood trauma and the enduring effects it has on an individual's management of repressed anger and pain. Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided millions of readers with an answer--and has helped them to apply it to their own lives. Far too many of us had to learn as children to hide our own feelings, needs, and memories skillfully in order to meet our parents' expectations and win their "love." Alice Miller writes, "When I used the word 'gifted' in the title, I had in mind neither children who receive high grades in school nor children talented in a special way. I simply meant all of us who have survived an abusive childhood thanks to an ability to adapt even to unspeakable cruelty by becoming numb.... Without this 'gift' offered us by nature, we would not have survived." But merely surviving is not enough. The Drama of the Gifted Child helps us to reclaim our life by discovering our own crucial needs and our own truth.
Download or read book Twice Exceptional and Special Populations of Gifted Students written by Susan Baum and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2004-03-06 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gifted students who are at risk because of learning disabilities, gender issues, or economic disadvantages are highlighted in this volume.
Download or read book The Gifted Child in the Regular Classroom written by Marian Scheifele and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Goodness Personified written by Leslie Margolin and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Goodness Personified, Leslie Margolin challenges the most common assumptions underlying gifted education. His analysis of the gifted child movement shows how scholars formed the concept of giftedness in their writings, how they provided detailed documentation of the characteristics such children were thought to embody, and how they managed to spread that vision to a community of believers. In doing so, he demonstrates that social "assets" as well as social "problems" can be viewed as social constructions, the products of competing claims
Download or read book Diverse Populations of Gifted Children written by Starr Cline and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1999 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how teachers can identify and plan for gifted children in the classroom so that each child is able to reach his or her full potential.
Download or read book Exceptionally Gifted Children written by Miraca U. M. Gross and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exceptionally Gifted Children examines the origin, development and school histories of fifteen Australian children who are amongst the most intellectually gifted young people ever to be identified and studied. The first phase of a longitudinal research project which will trace the children through to adulthood, this book looks in detail at the children's early lives and influences, their families and personal characteristics. More importantly, this book explores the school experiences of the children, the opportunities offered and denied to them and the effects of their early school life on their educational development and how the school environment can affect: * self-esteem * self-concept * motivation * the capacity to find and form friendships * the children's own attitudes towards their abilities and achievements. This fascinating study will be of interest to education researchers, those working in special educational needs, and anyone with a particular interest in this field.
Download or read book Acceleration for Gifted Learners K 5 written by Joan Franklin Smutny and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2006-10-19 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This valuable book dispels common myths about acceleration, reviews social/emotional considerations, and provides tools for effectively determining the most appropriate learning options for gifted students.
Download or read book Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom written by Kathryn T. Hegeman and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Doubtful Gift written by Kenneth Wilfred McCluskey and published by Kingston, Ont. : R.P. Frye. This book was released on 1986 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
