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Gifted Young Children: A Guide for Teachers and Parents » (REV)

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Authors: Louise Porter
ISBN-13: 9780335217724, ISBN-10: 0335217729
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Open University Press
Date Published: January 2005
Edition: REV

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Author Biography: Louise Porter

Book Synopsis

Gifted Young Children is a comprehensive guide to identifying and working with young children with advanced development.. "Louise Porter shows how to identify gifted children aged 0 to 8 years and how to challenge them without pushing too hard. She suggests strategies for ensuring their emotional and social adjustment, including ways to enhance self-esteem, increase their resilience to stress and promote friendships. Porter provides guidelines for counselling children about their giftedness and shows how professionals can help families in their efforts to meet their children's needs. Different strategies for educating gifted young children are assessed, and issues faced by immigrant families with gifted children are also addressed.. "Gifted Young Children is an essential reference for early childhood professionals and a useful resource for parents of children who are or who may be gifted.

Table of Contents

Figures
Tables
Acknowledgments
1A rationale for gifted education
2The meaning of giftedness
3The making of talent
4Recognising advanced development in young children
5Assessing developmental advances in young children
6Emotional adjustment of gifted children
7Gifted young children's self-esteem
8Promoting resilience in gifted young children
9Meeting gifted young children's social needs
10Meeting gifted young children's learning needs
11Teaching gifted children considerate behaviour
12Children whose gifts are disguised
13Counselling gifted young children and their families
14Formulating a policy on advanced learners
App. IChecklists
App. IIIQ tests
Bibliography
Index

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