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Gifted Kids at Risk
by Patricia A. Schuler
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Giftedness: The View from Within
by Martha Morelock
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How Parents Can Support Gifted Children
by Linda Kreger Silverman
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Is It a Cheetah?
Stephanie Tolan's powerful metaphor: Are we identifying GT kids? Are we giving them the right environment so they can thrive?
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Looking Outside and Inside: Self-Concept Development of Gifted Adolescents
by JONATHAN A. PLUCKER and VICKI B. STOCKING
Abstract: The internal/external frame of reference model (Marsh, 1986) was proposed to ex-
plain the development of academic self-concepts for general ability samples. Recent research
calls into question the model’s applicability for gifted adolescents’ academic self-concept devel-
opment. This model was examined for 131 adolescents participating in a summer program for
academically talented students. Results suggest that the model is useful in understanding the
academic self-concept development of students who are gifted, with no significant differences
among students with demonstrable strengths in mathematics, verbal areas, or both areas. Ed-
ucators should be aware that exceptional performance in one area, such as mathematics, will
probably have a positive impact in mathematics self-concept but a negative impact on other
academic self-concepts, such as verbal self-concept.
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Gifted Children: Emotionally Immature or Emotionally Intense?
This article by Leslie Sword examines the emotional intensity of gifted children in terms of the overexcitabilities that are a component of Dabrowski’s theory of emotional development. Descriptions of emotional intensity are given together with examples of behaviour associated with emotional intensity that are often mistakenly perceived as emotional immaturity. It concludes that emotional intensity in the gifted is essential to the learning process and that gifted children need understanding and support to accept their rich inner experiences and value emotional intensity as a strength.
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Experience of giftedness: Eight great gripes six years later
This article by Mark Kunkel, Bea Chapa, Greg Patterson, and Derald Walling is based on the original "Eight Great Gripes." (Galbraith, 1985) Research was focused on seventh and eighth graders. The students in the study were asked, "What is it like to be gifted?" The answers for this article were compared to the "Eight Great Gripes" and found to be remarkably similar to the original remarks about the experience of giftedness
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You Don’t Have to Go It Alone
In this SENG article Linda C. Neumann notes that mental health professional can help with IQ testing, addressing mental health issues like perfectionism, stress, anxiety, or depression, or helping families run more smoothly. Neumann includes an overview of the types of focus and expertise that different kinds of mental health professionals can provide.
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