The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children : What Do We Know?

The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children: What Do We Know? offers an examination of the essential topics teachers, parents, and researchers need to know about the social and emotional development of gifted children. Instigated by a task force convened by the National Association for Gifted Children and written by leading scholars in the field of gifted education, the book includes chapters on peer pressure and social acceptance, resilience, delinquency, and underachievement. The book also summarizes several decades worth of research on special populations, including minority, learning-disabled, and gay and lesbian gifted students. Concise, comprehensive, meticulously researched, and wide-ranging in its coverage, The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children: What Do We Know? is essential reading for those who wish to enable gifted students to develop their strengths and encourage them to make the contributions of which they are capable. Examines The Social And Emotional Development Of Gifted Children, Discussing How Gifted Students Respond To Peer Pressure, Social Acceptance, Resilience, Delinquency, And Underachievement, And Summarizing Several Decades Worth Of Research On Minority, Learning-disabled, And Gay And Lesbian Gifted Students. Section I. Issues Deriving From Student Advancement Compared With Age Peers. Effects Of Acceleration On Gifted Learners / Karen B. Rogers ; Peer Pressures And Social Acceptance Of Gifted Students / Sylvia Rimm ; Social And Emotional Issues For Exceptionally Intellectually Gifted Students / Miraca U.m. Gross ; Asynchronous Development / Linda Kreger Silverman -- Section Ii. Common Areas Of Psychological Response. Affect Regulation And The Gifted / Margaret K. Keiley ; Application Of Dabrowski's Theory To The Gifted / Kevin J. O'connor ; Individual Differences In Gifted Students' Attributions For Academic Performances / Nancy M. Robinson ; Perfectionism In Gifted Children And Adolescents / Patricia Schuler ; Underachievement In Gifted Students / Sally M. Reis And D. Betsy Mccoach ; Gifted Children And Depression / Maureen Neihart ; Delinquency And Gifted Children / Maureen Neihart ; Risk And Resilience In Gifted Children: A Conceptual Framework / Maureen Neihart --^ Section Iii. Gifted Children And Youth With Special Needs. Gifted Females In Elementary And Secondary School / Sally M. Reis ; Gifted Males / Thomas P. Hébert ; Gifted Students Who Are Gay, Lesbian, Or Bisexual / Sanford J. Cohn ; Racial Identity Among Gifted African American Students / Donna Y. Ford ; Creatively Gifted Children / Maureen Neihart And F. Richard Olenchak ; Gifted Students With Learning Disabilities / F. Richard Olenchak And Sally M. Reis ; Gifted Children With Attention-deficit/hyperactivity Disorder / Sidney M. Moon --^ Section Iv. Promising Practices And Interventions And Recommendations For Future Action. Parenting Practices That Promote Talent Development, Creativity, And Optimal Adjustment / Paula Olszewski-kubilius ; Counseling Needs And Strategies / Sidney M. Moon ; Career Counseling For Gifted And Talented Students / Meredith J. Greene ; Promoting A Positive Achievement Attitude With Gifted And Talented Students / Del Siegle And D. Betsy Mccoach ; Models And Strategies For Counseling, Guidance, And Social And Emotional Support Of Gifted And Talented Students / Sally M. Reis And Sidney M. Moon ; Social And Emotional Issues Facing Gifted And Talented Students: What Have We Learned And What Should We Do Now? / Nancy M. Robinson ... [et Al.]. Edited By Maureen Neihart ... [et Al.]. A Service Publication Of The National Association For Gifted Children. Includes Bibliographical References. This text on the social and emotional development of gifted children includes the following 24 papers: (1) "Effects of Acceleration on Gifted Learners" (Karen Rogers); (2) "Peer Pressures and Social Acceptance of Gifted Students" (Sylvia Rimm); (3) "Social and Emotional Issues for Exceptional Intellectually Gifted Students" (Miraca Gross); (4) "Asynchronous Development" (Linda Silverman); (5) "Affect Regulation and the Gifted" (Margaret Keiley); (6) "The Application of Dabrowski's Theory to the Gifted" (Kevin O'Connor); (7) "Individual Differences in Gifted Students' Attributions for Academic Performances" (Nancy Robinson); (8) "Perfectionism in Gifted Children and Adolescents" (Patricia Schuler); (9) "Underachievement in Gifted Students" (Sally Reis and D. Betsy McCoach); (10)"Gifted Children and Depression" (Maureen Neihart); (11) "Delinquency and Gifted Children" (Maureen Neihart); (12) "Risk and Resilience in Gifted Children: A Conceptual Framework" (Maureen Neihart);(13) "Gifted Females in Elementary and Secondary School" (Sally Reis); (14) "Gifted Males" (Thomas Hebert); (15) "Gifted Students Who Are Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual" (Sanford Cohn); (16) "Racial Identity among Gifted African American Students" (Donna Ford); (17) "Creatively Gifted Children" (Maureen Neihart and F. Richard Olenchak); (18) "Gifted Students with Learning Disabilities" (F. Richard Olenchak and Sally Reis); (19) "Gifted Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder" (Sidney Moon); (20) "Parenting Practices That Promote Talent Development, Creativity, and Optimal Adjustment" (Paula Olszewski-Kubilius); (21) "Counseling Needs and Strategies" (Sidney Moon); (22) "Career Counseling for Gifted and Talented Students" (Meredith Greene); (23) "Promoting a Positive Achievement Attitude with Gifted and Talented Students" (Del Siegle and D. Betsy McCoach); and (24) "Models and Strategies for Counseling, Guidance, and Social and Emotional Support of Gifted and Talented Students" (Sally Reis and Sidney Moon). A final chapter by the book's editors is "Social and Emotional Issues: What Have We Learned and What Should We Do Now?" (Individual chapters contain references.) (DB) "The drive to excel has long been known to characterize the intellectually or academically gifted individual, although the origins of this drive have been described in a variety of ways."