Recommendations
for
PARENTS of
GIFTED STUDENTS
The Survival Guide
for Parents of Gifted Kids: How to Understand, Live With, and Stick Up for Your
Gifted
by Sally Yahnke, Ph.D. Walker (Author)
Parents learn what giftedness is (and isn't), how kids are
identified as gifted, how to live with their gifted children, how to prevent
perfectionism, when to get help, how to advocate for their children's
education, and much more!
Parenting Gifted Kids:
Tips for Raising Happy And Successful Children
by James R. Delisle (Author)
Parenting Gifted Kids: Tips for Raising Happy and Successful Children
provides a humorous, engaging, and encouraging look at raising gifted children
today. Jim Delisle, Ph.D., offers practical, down-to-earth advice that will
cause parents to reexamine the ways they perceive and relate to their children.
Delisle puts forth 10 "tips" to parents of gifted children—ideas that
reflect attitude and approach and allow for introspection and change, rather
than quick, do-it-tonight solutions. Some topics of interest include
understanding a child's giftedness, working with the school system, dealing
with perfectionism in gifted kids, and being adult role models for children.
Along the way, stories from gifted children and their parents provide insight
into the lives of these individuals.
The Social and
Emotional Lives of Gifted Kids: Understanding and Guiding Their Development
by Tracy L. Cross (Author)
Raising happy, successful children is a goal of every parent of gifted
children. In this book, the nation’s leading authority on the psychology of
gifted children offers advice and encouragement for both parents and teachers.
In a thoughtful, conversational style, the author offers an in-depth look at
the complex social and emotional issues faced by gifted children.
Completely revised and updated since the popular first edition, The Social
and Emotional Lives of Gifted Kids tackles important and timely issues
dealing with the social and emotional needs of today’s gifted children. Dr.
Cross uses personal insight with current research to address the experiences of
gifted students, how they cope with mixed messages in a constantly changing
society, how they manage their way through school and home, and how parents and
teachers can help them cope.
The book contains practical suggestions and ideas for guiding and supporting
the development of gifted children. This concise, sensitive look at gifted
children and their social and emotional world offers unique insights for both
teachers and parents who support these special children.
The Gifted Kids'
Survival Guide for Ages 10 & Under
by Judy Galbraith
A classic introduction to growing up gifted, newly revised and
updated. Based on surveys of hundreds of gifted kids, it covers high
expectations, perfectionism, teasing, multiple intelligences, and much more.
Kids learn they're not alone, they're not "weird, " and being smart,
talented, and creative is a bonus, not a burden.
The
Faces of Gifted (This is one of my favorites!)
by Johnson,
A collection of articles addressing who the gifted are, traits of gifted
children with particular discussion of gifted preschoolers, gifted at-risk experiencing
problems, parent advocacy, home schooling, left brain/right brain, and creativity.
Perfectionism:
What's Bad About Being Too Good
by Miriam, Ph.D. Elliott
Help for Superkids, workaholics, type A's, straight A's,
procrastinators, overachievers, and caring adults. This revised and updated
edition of a Free Spirit classic includes new research and statistics on the
causes and consequences of perfectionism and new strategies for avoiding (or
escaping) the perfectionism trap.
WEBSITE Recommendation for gifted students and parents:
Hoagies' Gifted Education Page: Parenting and educating gifted
children