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Ruby K. Payne is best known for her work on the "hidden rules of economic class" and how they affect learning, after 30 years in public education Now a speaker and publisher, she teams with Dr. Paul Slocumb, former president of Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented and deputy superintendent for curriculum and instruction. Dr. Slocumb is now consulting and writing, and speaks extensively on this subject.

Removing the Mask provides identification instruments and processes to identify gifted learners from poverty, thus enabling schools to achieve equity in their gifted program. Behavior interventions and support systems for the students, once identified, helps keep them in the program and succeed..
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Smart Girls: A New Psychology of Girls, Women and Giftedness (Revised Edition)

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Why do talented, gifted girls so often fail to realize their potential as they reach adolescence and adulthood? This outstanding book explores this question and offers practical advice to parents, teachers, and policy-makers about ways to help gifted girls continue to grow and succeed.

Dr. Kerr also presents current research on gifted girls; summarizes biographeis about eminent women, their lives, and achievements; and examines the current educational and family environment.

A very insightful and helpful book for both bright women and those involved with bright young girls..
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Mention "special needs children", and most people think of students struggling to overcome learning and physical disabilities as well as problem behaviors that interfere with achieving full academic potential. But there is a hidden population of special needs children – the gifted and talented – and their teachers, parents, and other professionals are often not well equipped to respond to their unique academic and developmental needs.

In one comprehensive resource, the Handbook of Giftedness in Children brings together leading experts from the fields of psychology and education, combining theory and applied empirical research on such crucial topics as conceptualization, types of intelligence, developmental considerations, and ethical and legal concerns. Particular attention is given to social and family contexts, and evidence-based strategies and interventions offer solid guidelines on assessment, curriculum design, and encouraging and nurturing talent – from preschool through adolescence.

Sample topics include:

• Approaches to screening and assessment, including IQ and other tests
• The gifted child’s social world, from peer relationships to gender issues
• Special issues of gifted but disadvantaged students
• Problems and interventions specific to families with a gifted child
• Career counseling, planning, and mentorship

This volume is an essential resource for anyone working with gifted and talented children, including clinical child and school psychologists, educators and other allied professionals as well as child psychiatrists, family therapists, social workers, and pediatricians and other healthcare professionals. It also serves as an invaluable guide for graduate students in these and related fields.

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Raising a gifted child is both a joy and a challenge, yet parents of gifted children have few resources for reliable parenting information The four authors, who have decades of professional experience with gifted children and their families, provide practical guidance in areas such as: Characteristics of gifted children; Peer relations; Sibling issues; Motivation & underachievement; Discipline issues; Intensity & stress; Depression & unhappiness; Educational planning; Parenting concerns; Finding professional help; and much, much more!.
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In this volume, renowned developmental psychologists and experts in gifted education come together to explore giftedness from early childhood through the elder years. Focusing on the practical implications of emerging theoretical perspectives and empirical findings, contributors examine prediction and measurement, diversity issues, and psychosocial factors as they relate to developing talent in different domains.

Is the expression of gifted behavior predictable? Is it a stable individual characteristic? How do race, ethnicity, gender, and culture influence or contribute to the development of gifted and talented behaviors? What sustains the development of giftedness and talent? And how can insights gleaned from the field of gifted education inform the research, policy, and practice of psychologists? These questions are considered at each stage across the life span by an interdisciplinary team of experts.

This highly informative volume is a must-read for developmental and educational psychologists, as well as for researchers, educators, and anyone interested in the development of high-level abilities, individual differences, educational policy and practice, and the realization of human potential..
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The expert guide to the conceptualization of giftedness and talent!

At last, the most predominant and compelling theories on the specific nature of giftedness and talent are available in a single volume! With the wealth of hands-on research in Definitions and Conceptions of Giftedness, the reader will gain a clearer conception of what it means to be gifted.

Key features include:

• Robert J. Sternberg’s insightful coverage of the critical developments and lingering questions educators must address in order to make more informed decisions about student placements
• Thirteen influential articles from leading researchers and educators in the field of gifted education
• Profiles of gifted and talented students and suggestions for expanding conventional notions of giftedness

Explore the multiple faces of giftedness and talent, learn about the validity of available assessments, and discover the numerous opportunities educators have to foster the development of giftedness and talent in its many forms.

The ERGE Series:

The National Association for Gifted Children series Essential Readings in Gifted Education is a 12-volume collection of seminal articles from Gifted Child Quarterly. Put the knowledge and power of more than 25 years of research on giftedness and talent into your hands with the leading theories, studies, and findings the experts in the field have to offer.

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Lewis Terman heralded the field of gifted education in the United States by tracing the development of high-IQ children from their childhood in the1920s to midlife and beyond. The contemporary field of gifted education, building on the work of Terman and others, presumes that gifted children become exceptional adults. Longitudinal research offers the opportunity for critical examination of the way gifted children and adolescents are identified and illuminates the characteristics and experiences that affect sustained achievement. Only long-term studies can directly address whether or not gifted education is finding the right people and doing the right things. The studies demonstrate the fit between longitudinal methodology and the central issues of gifted education. Collectively, they investigate the early determinants of later academic and career achievement and creativity while employing varied identification practices, perspectives, theoretical orientations, and populations..
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Starr Cline shows instructors how to bring new theories of intelligence, curriculum differentiation, and flexible programming into the classroom, with the goal of providing to all students the opportunities to reach their potential..
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What does it really mean to be gifted and how can schools or other institutions identify, teach, and evaluate the performance of gifted children? The second edition of Conceptions of Giftedness describes the major conceptions of what it means to be gifted, and how these conceptions apply to identification, instruction, and assessment of the gifted. It will provide specialists with a critical evaluation of various theories of giftedness, give practical advice to teachers and administrators on how to put theories of gifted education into practice, and to enable the major researchers in the field to compare and contrast the strengths of their theoretical models..
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This pivotal resource by the field's leading authority describes the practice of stimulating babies in the womb, its ancient roots as well as the scientific breakthrough now advantaging over 100,000 children with consistently unprecedented cognitive, social, and creative abilities.

History, theory, testing, and techniques are reviewed, along with the remarkable benefits now empowering individuals from every socioeconomic background throughout the world.

By following this comprehensive guide, no expectant parent should miss their only opportunity for providing an endowment whose personal, family, and global implications are breathtaking.

Brent Logan's research has been reported by TIME, Omni, Vogue, New York Times, London Times, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR, CBC, Fox, and BBC, while hundreds of his interviews have appeared in the international media; "Brave New Babies," an hour-long documentary about BabyPlus, the author's prenatal enrichment system, and narrated by British actress Miranda Richardson, has aired in many countries, showing repeatedly on The Learning Channel

Our first Gifted Generation has arrived--discover how in Learning Before Birth..
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