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By Subject Area: Writing

• 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.