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Through some 500 excerpts quoted in the text, Mishow Piechowski illustrates how the intensities and sensitivities of bright young chilren make them more alive, more creative, and more in love with the world than others.
http://www.mellowout.us
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An expert on ADD, Stephen Garber provides a guide for coping with this disorder by helping to answer the questions: Do I have a correct diagnosis of ADHD? What kind of medication might be helpful? What else can and should I do to help myself or my child deal with this problem? In addition, this book includes a complete checklist of ADHD symptoms, charts, work sheets and a comprehensive list of valuable resources and support groups.
http://www.addwarehouse.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/product100.html
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This is a comprehensive resource guide from Jacquelyn Saunders for parents of young gifted children. It contains information on identification, early enrichment activities, school placement issues, and parenting strategies.
http://www.librarything.com/work/798052
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Norbert Weiner's out of print partial autobiography of his childhood, youth and education. Includes long discussions and reflections on what it is like to be a child prodigy; radical acceleration; parenting styles; family relationships; publicity; and the social development of child prodigies.
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In this book, author H. J. Eysenck considers the role of intelligence, social status, gender, and many other factors that have been linked with genius and creativity. His theory traces creativity from DNA through personality to special cognitive processes to genius. Eysenck puts forth the argument is that it may be the fact that they believe that they are geniuses that make them so.
http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521485088
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Winner's book focuses on both intellectual and artistic giftedness. This book has a developmental psychology perspective, but also addresses educational issues. Of particular note to those who work with the profoundly gifted, Winner makes a case that public funding for gifted programs should be focused on the most profoundly gifted students first, with higher classroom standards the means for meeting the needs of the moderately gifted.
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This in-depth handbook examines the categories of exceptionality most often described in educational, behavioral, and health practices. Here, editors Vicki L. Schwean and Donald H. Saklofske compile valuable information from leading authorities in the medical, psychological and educational fields.
http://www.springer.com/west/home/new+&+forthcoming+titles+(default)?SGWID=4-40356-22-33182285-0
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This practical resource offers up-to-date information for building an effictive, defenssible identification process. It acts as a hands-on, research-based guide for identifying gifted and talented children.
http://www.alibris.com/search/detail.cfm?chunk=25&mtype=&qtit=Identifying%20Gifted%20Students%20%20A%20Practical%20Guide&S=R&bid=8787745990&pbest=&pqtynew=&page=1&matches=1&qsort=r
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Prepared by 100 researchers and program developers from 24 different countries, the chapters of this second edition provide authentic, state-of-the-art, international perspectives on all aspects of identification and development of giftedness and talent.
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Dr. Tracy Cross brings together years of columns from Gifted Child Today, which combine his knowledge of research on the social and emotional aspects of giftedness along with his experience, resulting in a readable, useful look into these unique students. Read an excerpt.
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Lucy Jo Palladino defines the Edison Trait (named after Thomas Edison) as divergent vs. convergent thinking. Edison Trait kids--one in five children--have the qualities that make innovative leaders, inventors, explorers, yet they often have a hard time in school where their personality traits may be seen as weak or negative. Palladino recasts these children in a positive light and gives specifics on understanding and becoming an ally for your Edison Trait child. The book is convincing, reassuring, and accessible. Perhaps it will help parents of...
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This book by authors Sally Yahnke Walker and Susan Perry offers up-to-date, authoritative information about giftedness, gifted educucation, problems, personality traits, and more. You'll learn what 'giftedness' means, how kids are identified as gifted, and what's good—and bad—about the label. You'll find out how to keep from raising a 'nerd,' how to prevent perfectionism, and how to advocate for your child at school.
http://www.freespirit.com/catalog/item_detail.cfm?ITEM_ID=197
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This book offers insights into the intellectual and emotional development of exceptional children. Contributors explore the nature of giftedness and how to recognize it in youngsters; the complexities of the creative process; standardized tests and their effectiveness in asserting potential; and developmental theories and how they relate to the identification of gifted children. Several chapters also examine young prodigies and the diversity of personalities and talents that exist among the gifted.
http://doi.contentdirections.com/mr/greenwood.jsp?doi=10.1336/089391956X
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"An entry level book [by Judy Galbraith] for parents of children ages two to eight. Includes characteristics of gifted, descriptions of terms used in gifted education, perfectionism, parenting the gifted child, working with the schools, the rights of parents etc."
http://www.freespirit.com/catalog/item_detail.cfm?ITEM_ID=237
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