When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers: How to Meet Their Social and Emotional Needs,   ISBN:9781575421070

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This is a wonderful book with really practical exercises that can be facilitated by those who work with gifted students. There is so much here to help investigate in a supportive atmosphere the emotional and social aspects of these exceptional kids by giving them opportunities to explore their sensitivities and intensity. Once again Delisle manages to communicate in laymans terms the difficulties sometimes experienced by these students who don't always have words to explain how they feel and to cope with their failures. If you really want to get to know your gifted students and help them to get to know themselves, this is an awesome publication to start the journey with!

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I purchased this book for a class, but it will be permanently added to my library. This book is an easy read, but focuses on the difficult issues of being a gifted student. It contains ideas for lessons dealing with social-emotional issues and testimonials from other gifted students. Great reference.

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Some fresh perspectives, especially on underachieving, and very practical. Student's thoughts and input interesting. Good resource for teachers.

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As an educational psychologist, I often recommend this book (along with the classic, Guiding the Gifted) to parents whose bright or gifted children are struggling with social emotional issues. This is a well-written, easy to use guide that looks at important issues such as self-esteem, self-image, and gifted underachievement. The authors go far beyond identifying these problems and offer lots of practical advice on how to help gifted kids who are struggling at home or at school. Clearly written with lots of sidebar material, checklists, anecdotes, and quotes from gifted kids, parents, and teachers - this book is a joy to read. Another great book on this topic is Gifted Children: Myths and Realities by Ellen Winner

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"When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers" isn't just an excellent book for teachers and parents of gifted children (though it definitely is such a book). I just picked this book up at the local bookstore, and, as a gifted child (well, young adult, now) myself, I can honestly say that this book has been just as much help for me as I think it would be for any teacher or parent, if only because it validates everything about gifted kids that I've known and felt ever since I was little.

I think that every gifted child should have a chance to read this book, if only to understand him- or herself a little bit better, as well as to understand the struggles that teachers and parents of gifted kids go through, trying to teach and parent such children. And I thank the authors very much for writing such an interesting, useful book.