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  • Assessment of Gifted Children: Characteristics
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  • Assessment of Gifted Children: Characteristics

    Does writing prodigy exist? How to identify and nurture children with extraordinary writing talent
    This article is a book chapter excerpted from Talent Development. Author Jane Piirto states that writing prodigy may in fact be more common that previously thought. She provides an example and identifies 16 characteristics found in students who are writing at an advanced level of competence.
  • Developmental: Twice Exceptional

    Follow the Fear: Anticipating Missteps in Learning to Write
    This article provides information on overcoming the fear of writing.
  • Parenting: Parenting Strategies

    The Writing Can Wait
    This article describes how writing is a complex skill that requires not just an agile mind but a set of mental and physical skills that don’t always keep pace with a child’s ability. As a parent, it is important to be patient when it comes to writing and your gifted child.
  • Parenting: Tips for Parents

    Tips for Parents: The Art of Academic Writing
    This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Michael Clay Thompson, during which significant elements in the instruction of the art of academic writing were examined.
    Tips for Parents: The Reluctant Writer
    This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Brenda Rinard, who discusses students who may write fiction, but have a hard time writing non-fiction and how these children soon become labeled as "reluctant writers."
    Tips for Parents: Writing and the Gifted Child
    This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Carol Martin, teacher for gifted and talented students, who offers parents tips on how they can help their gifted child develop the writing skills that will be necessary as they continue their education. Carol highlights the concern many parents have when their precocious student is reluctant to write.
  • Support Materials: Book Reviews

    Encouraging Your Child's Writing Talent: The Involved Parents' Guide
    BOOK REVIEW (Davidson Institute) - This book review gives a concise view of what the reader can learn from author Nancy Peterson in her book, Encouraging Your Child's Writing Talent: The Involved Parents' Guide.
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