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Developmental: Adolescence

A Synthesis of Research on Psychological Types of Gifted Adolescents

This article covers the different personality types of gifted adolescents. Author Ugur Sak discusses teaching practices for gifted students according to their personality preferences. ...

Bibliography: Child prodigies

This article by Kathi Kearney identifies the research that is available on prodigies. This is an excellent list of resources that will allow you to understand more about how these extremely gifted individuals think and learn. ...

Bibliography: Highly Gifted Children

This article is a bibliography compiled by Kathi Kearney. It contains information about highly gifted children and lists books and articles that will be of interest to parents and teachers alike. The citations cover a variety of topics. ...

Personality dimensions of gifted adolescents

This article by Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Marilynn Kulieke examines the literature on the personality dimensions of gifted adolescents. It also presents a study they conducted with participants from the Midwest Talent Search summer program. The purposes of the research were to provide a detailed, comprehensive, gender-specific profile of gifted adolescents, to address the issue of psychological maturity with a sample of gifted students by comparing them to older students, and to determine to what extent gifted female and male adolescents dif ...

The academic road to Capitol Hill: Personal experiences of schooling and making of educational policy

In this article by Rena Subotnik, key members of the nation’s policy making community reflect on their elementary and secondary school years, and how those experiences have affected their opinions on public education, including the education of the gifted. The subjects include a legislator, independent scholars and members of influential national education organizations. The objective of the study was to identify the role of childhood memories of school on the development of political viewpoints. ...

Parenting: Parenting Strategies

Straight Talk: Helping Bright Teens Through Tough Times

This article is an effort to assist you in helping your teen(s) through difficult times. Professionals with experience and expertise in the gifted population share these practical suggestions as a guide for implementing strategies that work for your family. Parents often struggle with knowing what to say, what to do, and how to act when their son or daughter experiences a rough time in his/her life. In this article, professionals share their thoughts on communication, finding purpose, parenting, suicide, and risk factors. Also included are ...

Parenting: Tips for Parents

Tips for Parents: Helping Gifted Teens and Post-High School Students Aim for the Right Career Domain

Mary-Elaine Jacobsen gives parents tips on helping their gifted teens find the right career path. ...

Tips for Parents: Hygiene, Hormones and Happiness

Nadia Webb sums up key points about teens and hygiene, hormones and happiness. ...

Tips for Parents: Adolescence and the HG/PG Individual (2006)

Source: Davidson Young Scholar Seminar
Robert Schultz offers insight and parenting strategies appropriate for profoundly gifted teens. ...

Tips for Parents: Gifted . . . and Teenagers, too

Source: Davidson Young Scholar Seminar
Jim Delisle points out that teens need their parents in their teen years just as much as they did in kindergarten, just in different ways. Several strategies are offered as to how to address common teenage issues. ...

Tips for Parents: Social Experiences of Gifted Adolescents

Source: Davidson Young Scholar Seminar
Dr. Mary Ann Swiatek addresses issues raised by parents on several topics, including acceleration, personality characteristics and developmental tasks. ...

Tips for Parents: Surviving Your Gifted Teen

Source: Davidson Young Scholar Seminar
In this seminar, Nadia Webb discusses how a gifted child as a "tweener" becomes easier with age. Factors that facilitate this process include life changing events such as Dual Enrollment - giving them a dose of social reality. Ms Webb also offers tips on how to communicate with your teen regarding puberty. ...

Talent Development: Mentoring

Career Planning for Gifted and Talented Youth

This article by Barbara Kerr offers guidelines in planning career paths for gifted and talented youth. Possible intervention strategies are presented for elementary, junior high, senior high, and college/young adult ages. The article is divided into three sections -- multiple possibilities, focused interests, and planning with special populations -- for career planning strategies. ...