Cross, Tracy L.

The social and emotional lives of gifted kids : understanding and guiding their development / Tracy L. Cross. - Waco, Tex. : Prufrock Press Inc., c2005. - x, 207 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-164).

A continuum of psychological services -- About gifted children : who they are and why -- Examining beliefs about the gifted -- Determining the needs of gifted children -- Competing with myths about the social and emotional development of gifted students -- Gifted children and Erikson's theory of psychosocial development -- A consideration of axiomatic statements -- How gifted students cope with mixed messages -- Examining claims about gifted children and suicide -- On chance and being gifted -- Guiding gifted children -- Guiding and supporting the development of gifted children -- Practical advice for guiding the gifted -- Working on behalf of gifted students -- Developing relationships, communication, and identity -- Putting the well-being of all students (including gifted students) first -- Gifted students and the adults who provide for them : lessons learned from terrorism -- Gifted children today -- Gifted students' social and emotional development in the 21st century -- Technology and the unseen world of gifted students -- The lived experiences of gifted students in school, or on gifted students and Columbine -- The rage of gifted students -- The many faces of bullies -- Psychological autopsy provides insight into gifted adolescent suicide -- Where we have been and where we are going -- Changing times -- Top ten (plus or minus two) list for the 20th century.

159363157X

1247807 QBI

2005023193


Gifted children--Psychology.
Gifted children--Education.

BF723.G5 / C76 2005

305.9/089

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