Gifted Literature Resources

Development

 

Alvino, James
     Parent's Guide to Raising a Gifted Child:  Recognizing and developing your child's potential

Alvino, James
     Parent's Guide to Raising a Gifted Toddler:  Recognizing and
developing your child from Birth to Five Years

Sousa, David A.
     How the Gifted Brain Learns (2nd Edition)

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Advocacy

 

Davidson, Jan and Bob
     Genius Denied:  How to Stop Wasting our Brightest Young Minds

Gilman, Barbara Jackson
     Academic Advocacy for Gifted Children:  A parent's complete guide

Ruf, Deborah
     Losing our Minds:  Gifted Children Left Behind

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Social/Emotional

Delisle, Jim
    When Gifted Kids Don't Have all the Answers:  How to meet their social and emotional needs

Silverman, Linda Kreger
     Counseling the Gifted and Talented

Sisk, Dorothy
     Making Great Kids Greater:  Easing the Burden of Being Gifted

Smutny, Joan
    Manifesto of the Gifted Girl

Walker, Sally Yahnke
     The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids: How to understand, live with, and stick up for your gifted child

Webb, James T.
     A Parents' Guide to Gifted Children

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Other Gifted Literature

Halstead, Judith Wynn
     Some of my Best Friends are Books: Guiding gifted readers from preschool to highschool

Ruf, Deborah
     5 Levels of Gifted:  School Issues and Educational Options

Smutny, Joan
    Acceleration for Gifted Learners, K-5

VanTassel-Baska, Joyce
     Excellence in Educating:  Gifted and talented learners