BOOKS

Books for Counselors

From the publisher: Bridging the fields of gifted and multicultural education, this path-breaking volume provides a comprehensive and practical resource for raising the expectations and level of instruction for gifted minority students. The authors offer case studies of multicultural gifted education in practice, suggest methods for “best practice” for classroom teachers, supply sample activities and provide guidelines and a checklist to help evaluate current multicultural education programs.

This is the essential handbook for anyone embarking on a career of counseling the gifted population

C. McGuffog, C. Feiring, & M. Lewis (1987). Ayer Co. Pub. It would be safe to say it all started with Hollingworth. I would call this a most essential book to provide a foundation for counselors of the gifted and talented.

Books for Adults

Kerr authored the highly praised “Smart Girls, Gifted Women” (1985) and “Smart Boys: Talent, Manhood and the Search for Meaning” (2001).

From the publisher: Bridging the fields of gifted and multicultural education, this path-breaking volume provides a comprehensive and practical resource for raising the expectations and level of instruction for gifted minority students. The authors offer case studies of multicultural gifted education in practice, suggest methods for “best practice” for classroom teachers, supply sample activities and provide guidelines and a checklist to help evaluate current multicultural education programs.

Jacobsen’s pragmatic, practical approach builds on a firm foundation of self-evaluation and self-revelation. Her epiphanies (ie. “What’s ‘wrong’ with you is what’s right with you.”) bring deeper understanding to gifted and talented adults and put mastery and social integration within their grasp.

Gifted adults will gain valuable insights from Piirto’s well-organized book, which examines the wide variety of creativity at play in adults’ and children’s lives. Her ideas are backed by thorough and well-documented research

Books for Women and Girls

From the publisher: In this companion volume to “See Jane Win,” 50 women — some are familiar, others you’ve never heard of — tell their own stories of success in their own words. They give dozens of hard-earned life lessons with a common thread: the wisdom of nurturing a passion, paying attention to what brings you happiness, persevering, and appreciating that the path between points A and B is seldom a straight line.

From the publisher: Child psychologist Sylvia Rimm and her daughters, a research psychologist and a pediatric oncology researcher, surveyed more than a thousand successful women to uncover what elements of their childhood and adolescence contributed to their success — and how today’s parents can give their own daughters the same advantages. Here is informed advice on helping girls deal with middle-school grade decline, math anxiety, eating disorders, social insecurity, self-esteem and competition, the career-family balance, the glass ceiling, and more.

From the publisher: Dr. Reis exposes barriers to success (downplaying accomplishment, pursuing perfectionism, putting others’ needs first) and proposes solutions and suggestions for overcoming them. She lists specific ideas for girls, parents, and teachers, and resources that can help girls succeed.

From the publisher: Dr. Reis exposes barriers to success (downplaying accomplishment, pursuing perfectionism, putting others’ needs first) and proposes solutions and suggestions for overcoming them. She lists specific ideas for girls, parents, and teachers, and resources that can help girls succeed.

From the publisher: Why do talented, gifted girls so often fail to realize their potential as they reach adolescence and adulthood? Kerr looks at the challenges gifted and talented girls face during adolescence and adulthood — and why so many never reach their potential.

Books for Boys

From Booklist, American Library Association: Ideals of masculinity that stress physical agility over intelligence compel smart boys and men “to ignore the urgings of their intellect and creative selves in order to fulfill socially ordained masculine roles,” according to psychologists Kerr and Cohn. Kerr and Cohn cite research and case studies showing many gifted boys don’t live up to their potential and suffer social isolation. They examine how intelligence figures in images of American males and look at the developmental stages of gifted boys from infancy to manhood. They also offer guidance to parents on how to nurture gifted boys and overcome their particular challenges, including ambivalence about their gifts and concerns about masculinity. Parents and teachers dealing with particularly bright boys will find this book a useful and encouraging resource.

Books for Parents

Tolan’s novel follows the progress of four gifted but troubled children who are placed in an institution. There, they’re chosen for the “Ark” project, which connects them via the worldwide computer network with kids like them. Together they develop a way for the warring human race to save itself.

From the publisher: The findings in this book are the results of a monumental five-year study of a group of exceptionally talented teenagers, examining the role that personality traits, family interactions, education, and the social environment play in a young person’s motivation to develop his or her talent. The authors conclude that the experience of “flow” is essential to motivation. They define “flow” as an optimal state of consciousness that occurs when people are able to meet the challenges of their environment with appropriate skills, and accordingly feel a sense of well-being, a sense of mastery, and a heightened sense of self-esteem

Tolan’s novel follows the progress of four gifted but troubled children who are placed in an institution. There, they’re chosen for the “Ark” project, which connects them via the worldwide computer network with kids like them. Together they develop a way for the warring human race to save itself.

From the publisher: Gifted children have unique social and emotional concerns. Their characteristics, combined with current educational practices, often put them at risk. This award-winning book contains chapters on motivation, discipline, peer relationships, sibling relationships, stress management, depression, and many other issues that parents and teachers encounter daily with these children.

Books for Educators

From the publisher: Bridging the fields of gifted and multicultural education, this path-breaking volume provides a comprehensive and practical resource for raising the expectations and level of instruction for gifted minority students. The authors offer case studies of multicultural gifted education in practice, suggest methods for “best practice” for classroom teachers, supply sample activities and provide guidelines and a checklist to help evaluate current multicultural education programs.