Understanding the social and emotional lives of gifted students /

The second edition of Understanding the Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Students presents a comprehensive treatment of social and emotional development in high-ability learners. This text:Discusses theories that guide the examination of the lived experiences of gifted students. Features new top...

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Main Authors: Hébert, Thomas P. (Thomas Paul), 1954- (Author)
Published: Routledge,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: [2020]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: Second edition.
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Summary: The second edition of Understanding the Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Students presents a comprehensive treatment of social and emotional development in high-ability learners. This text:Discusses theories that guide the examination of the lived experiences of gifted students. Features new topics, such as cyberbullying and microaggressions. Covers social and emotional characteristics and behaviors evidenced in gifted learners. Includes considerations for gifted underachievers, gifted culturally diverse students, twice-exceptional students, LGBTQ gifted students, and young people from low-income backgrounds. Describes gifted students' friendships and family relationships that support them, contextual influences that shape their social and emotional lives, and identity development. The author provides a wealth of field-tested strategies for addressing social and emotional development. In addition, the book offers a plan for designing a gifted-friendly classroom environment to support the social and emotional well-being of gifted students and a comprehensive collection of resources to support professionals in gifted education research and practice.
Item Description: "First published in 2020 by Prufrock Press Inc."--Title page verso
Carrier Form: ix, 604 pages ; 26 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-501) and index.
ISBN: 9781646320103
1646320107
9781003239338
1003239331
9781000490206
1000490203
9781000496987
1000496988
Index Number: BF723
CLC: B844.13
Call Number: B844.13/H446/2nd ed.
Contents: Theories of psychological development : guiding our understanding of gifted students -- Social and emotional characteristics and traits of gifted young people : part I -- Social and emotional characteristics and traits of gifted young people : part II -- Contextual influences on the social and emotional development of gifted students -- Identity development in gifted students -- Relationships that influence social and emotional development -- Teachers and counselors supporting gifted underachieving students -- Supporting the social and emotional development of twice-exceptional students -- Supporting the social and emotional development of gifted culturally diverse students -- Designing classroom environments for social and emotional development -- Epilogue.