Being a young gifted student in today's world is different in many ways from 20-plus years ago when THE GIFTED KIDS' SURVIVAL GUIDE: FOR AGES 10 & UNDER (http://www.freespirit.com/catalog/item_detail.cfm?ITEM_ID=194) was first published. Programs to support gifted students are more established, more comprehensive, and more accepted in many schools. The super-smart founders of companies like Microsoft, Google, and The Geek Squad have helped make it cool to be smart. And recent survey results show that fewer elementary-age gifted kids report being teased than in years prior.
While being GT (gifted and talented) may be easier in some respects now than in the past, that doesn't mean gifted children have it easy. That's why Judy Galbraith, M.A., first wrote and has now fully updated THE GIFTED KIDS' SURVIVAL GUIDE: FOR AGES 10 & UNDER (Revised & Updated 3rd Edition, $12.99, Free Spirit Publishing (http://www.freespirit.com)).
"Where do you turn when no one knows the answers to your most secret and baffling questions about being gifted? The Gifted Kids' Survival Guide: For Ages 10 & Under by Judy Galbraith has the answers in words that make sense."--Barbara Clark, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, California State University, Los Angeles, and author of Growing Up Gifted
The National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) estimates there are approximately 3 million gifted kids in kindergarten through twelfth grade in the United States. What does gifted or high potential mean to them? Do they have questions about giftedness? What kinds of problems do they have with friends and family? Do they have the opportunity to work ahead in school? Galbraith recently surveyed 1,000 GT kids to find out the answers to these and other questions, and put her findings into her new book. Here's what a few of these boys and girls had to say about what being gifted means:
"Being able to see things in a way others can't."--Lexi, age 9
"People expect more of me."--Duncan, age 9
"It means I never stop asking questions."--Devorah, age 9
"It means not just knowing the answer, but thinking about why it's that way."
--Max, age 10
"It is my hope that THE GIFTED KIDS' SURVIVAL GUIDE will help kids make sense of some of
the puzzling, amazing, and stressful challenges they face as a GT," says Galbraith. "When they know more about who they are, which includes their giftedness, they feel better about themselves and report more confidence."
THE GIFTED KIDS' SURVIVAL GUIDE covers the social and emotional challenges GT kids face and offers solid advice, encouragement, suggestions for self-directed learning opportunities, quotes from gifted kids, and self-advocacy techniques to try both at home and at school. For example, sections include:
5 Things GTs Need to Succeed
8 Great Gripes of GT Kids
8 Big Benefits of Being GT
8 Ways to Make Regular School More Cool
Whiz Quiz: Are You a Perfectionist?
With THE GIFTED KIDS' SURVIVAL GUIDE, Galbraith has provided a much needed, up-to-date resource for children, parents, teachers, and other advocates for gifted kids everywhere.
This practical guide offers young gifted children the support and encouragement they're looking for.
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