parent potential a guide at a glance amanda adams july 2010
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CHARACTERISTICS OF GIFTED CHILDREN Unusually large vocabularies Read earlier than most children Insatiable Curiosity Wide range of interests Divergent Thinkers Unusual since of humor Excessive energy, needs lots of movement Daydreamers,“space cadets” Ability to grasp abstract concepts Focused and acute attention to detail Often critical or skeptical and can easily find inconsistencies Unlikely to finish projects before moving on to others Emotionally intense, wear their hearts on their sleeves Overly sensitive to sensory stimulus (Webb, Meckstroth, & Tolan, 2006; Tolan, 2003)TRANSCRIPT
Parent Parent PotentialPotentialA Guide at a GlanceA Guide at a Glance
Amanda AdamsAmanda AdamsJuly 2010July 2010
HOW WOULD YOU REACT?(Webb, Meckstroth, & Tolan, 2006)
CHARACTERISTICS OF GIFTED CHILDREN(Webb, Meckstroth, & Tolan, 2006; Tolan,
2003)
WHAT ARE WHAT ARE PARENTS TO DO?PARENTS TO DO?(Webb, Meckstroth, & Tolan, 2006)
WHAT ELSE?WHAT ELSE?(Webb, Meckstroth, & Tolan, 2006)
WHEN DO PARENTS NEED TO DO THIS?
ALL THE ALL THE TIME!TIME!
REFERENCESREFERENCES
Neihart, M., Reis, S.M., & Moon, S.M. (2002). The social and emotional development of gifted children: What to do we know?, Washington, D. C.: Prufrock. (A service publication of the National Association of Gifted Children)Tolan, S. (2003). Dabrowski’s over-excitabilites a layman’s explanantion, Retrieved from: http://www.hoagies.comUnderwood, J. R. (2010). Characteristics and behaviors of the gifted, Retrieved from :http://jru1.colled.msstate.edu.Unknown (2002). January: Parent/family involvement. A Year of School Counseling, 35- 44.Webb, J. T., Meckstroth, E. A., & Tolan, S. S. (2006). Guiding the gifted child: A practical source for parents and teachers, Scottsdale: Gifted Psychology Press.