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A Mind at a Time	Mel Levine	"Different minds learn differently" writes Dr Mel Levine, one of the best known learning experts and pediatricians in America today. Some students are strong in certain areas and some are strong in others, but no one is equally capable in all. Yet most schools still cling to the one-size-fits-all education philosophy. As a result, many children struggle because their learning patterns don't fit the way they are being taught. In A MIND AT A TIME, Dr Levine shows parents and those who care for children how to identify these individual learning patterns, explaining how they can strengthen a child's abilities and either bypass or help overcome the child's weaknesses, producing positive results instead of repeated frustration and failure. Consistent progress can result when we understand that not every child can do equally well in every tyoe of learning and begin to pay more attention to individual learning patterns - and individual minds - so that we can maximize children's success and gratification in life.	Details	Request
Children with a Gift In Writing, Book II	Elwyn S Richardson	Written by a New Zealander about NZ children's writing	Details	Request
Educational Strategies for gifted children	Diana Whitton	Designed as a handbook for teachers, Educational Strategies for Gifted Children gives practical strategies and resources for curriculum planning and differentiation. It discusses various definitions of giftedness and gives a brief history of gifted education in Australia, as well as offering ideas for classroom creativity and thinking skills. With tools for identifying gifted children, suggested uses and resources for bibliotherapy, and a guide to parenting gifted children, this book is a complete resource for classroom teachers and curriculum planners.	Details	Request
Future Thinking	Anne Sturgess		Details	Request
Gifted and talented children: a planning guide	Shirley Taylor	Teaching Resource	Details	Request
Gifted Child Quarterly Vol 37, #2	NAGC	the relation of gender and academic achievement to career self efficacy and interests - Kevin Kelly Sex Differences in the aptitudes and talents of children as judged by peers and teachers - Francoys Gagne Early development of language and literacy skills of an extremely precocious reader - Sally Henderson, Nancy Ewald Jackson, Reisa Mukamal WISC-R Profiles of children with Superior Intellectual Ability - Cynthia Wilkinson	Details	Request
Gifted Children in the Regular Classroon - a complete guide for schools	Kathryn Hegeman	This book provides teachers with the concepts and successful practices for the effective education of gifted students. Dr. Hegeman takes you step-by-step through: Program planning, Writing goals and objectives, Identification of students, Involving/advising parents, Establishing student interests, Individual educational plans, Special provision for the disabled, Specific teaching strategies, Classroom management, Curricula adaptations, Individual progress records, Lesson planning, Using community resources, Using enrichment centres and Using parents and mentors.	Details	Request
Gifted, issue 132, April 2004	NSW Assn for Gifted and talented children	The Gifted Introvert - Maggie Vaughan Cultural Perceptrions: Australian Research on Aboriginal Conceptions of giftedness - Sue Vasilevska A passage from India - Samindara Sawant	Details	Request
Help! Now What?	Robyn D Nairn (Wilson)	Parents of gifted children need to access information to assist in raising their gifted children. over many years it became obvious to the author that the problem was not so much finding information but rather sifting through to find relevant and applicable information, particularly in regard to library access and the internet. Provided here is a range of books, journals and webistes useful to parents of gifted children. Entries have been carefully researched and chosen for their use to parents fo gifted children within New Zealand. These books, databases, journals and websites chosen specifically for their access through public libraries, providing more than adequate information anc contacts for parents - including a range of resources applicable to learning differences and syndrones with social impacts some children have a contributing condition -, in order to be able to raise their children in a happy, stimulatin and appropriate fashion	Details	Request
How to identify gifted and talented students: a practical guide to help you accurately identify gifted and talented students	Jean Edwards	A practical guide to help you get past that camouflage and accurately identify gifted and talented students. Details specific tests and screens for you to get the ball rolling in your school. This book could unlock some surprises in your classroom!	Details	Request
Losing Our Minds - Gifted Children Left Behind	Deborah L. RUF, PH.D.	Rated 5 Star on Amazon. Written for parents and teachers who work with gifted children, this book describes behaviors of children who are measured at the highest ranges of intelligence. The data indicate there are many more of these children than previously thought. Fascinating vignettes from 50 different families and their highly intelligent children are included. Testing, test scores, and interpretations of scores are explained in a new, eye-opening way. Parents and teachers will be able to compare a child's behaviors and developmental milestones to those of children in the five Levels chapters, and thus estimate their child's I.Q. The Levels have implications for educational planning.	Details	Request
Meeting the Needs of Gifted Students: Differentiating mathematics and science instruction	Jennifer Stepanek	Although this publication is primarily concerned with gifted students, the ideas presented here have a much broader application. Most of the strategies are used to create the potential for higher levels of challenge in the classroom. They are not intended to be used exclusively with high ability groups, advanced classes or students identified by the school district. In fact, many of the strategies for teaching gifted students mathematics and science will be appropriate for the whole class. This is a theme that resounds continuously in this publication and in much of the literature on teaching gifted students Chapters include: Evolving Definitions of giftedness Identifying gifted students gifted students in the inclusive classroom strategies for teaching gifted students in the inclusive classroom the learning environment differentiating content differentiating processes differentiating products	Details	Request
Nurturing Gifted and Talented Children	Ministry of Education - Jill Bevan-Brown and Shirley Taylor	Back cover : Written to help answer many of the questions parents ask about supporting their gifted and talented childrenand to assist parents, schools, and teachers to form positive partnerships. Review from a member : A bit basic but OK as an introduction.	Details	Request
Perfectionism. What's bad about being good?	Miriam Adderholdt and Jan Goldberg	Are you a high achiever? A straight-A student? A procrastinator? A workaholic? Are you hard on yourself? Always anxious about your abilities? Worried about being "good enough"? Are you a perfectionist? This book helps you find our if you are. It explores some of the possible reasons why you are. And it offers lots of useful strategies for learning how to ease up on yourself and get your perfectionism under control. You'll find out how to: - tell the difference between perfectionism and the healthy pursuit of excellence - identify what perfectionism can do to your mind and body - recognise what perfectionism can do to your relationships - set reasonable standards for yourself - break free from procrastination - take positive risks - reward yourself and savor success - talk to your family, your teachers and others who may have unrealistic expectations of you - know when to reach out for help Along the way, you'll meet ten famous people who succeeded despite a rocky start and lots of other young perfectionists who share their thoughts and feelings about what's bad about being too good.	Details	Request
Re-forming gifted education. Matching the program to the child	Karen Rogers	A "one size fits all" approach to education often doesn't work, particularly with gifted children who differ greatly in both ability levels and learning styles. Schools seldom have all the information or resources they need to provide appropriate educational programs for children who are gifted and developmentally advanced in certain areas From her analysis of research that spans a fullc century, Dr Rogers describes various types of gifted children as well as options for school enrichment and acceleration. She reports the effectiveness for each option according to the research. Dr rogers shows parents and teachers practical ways to design ongoing programs that best meet the needs of bright children Contents include - types of giftedness - gifts v talents - assessment tools - parent inventory for finding potential - types of acceleration - types of enrichment - types of group learning - independent study - yearly educational plans - negotiating with schools - monitoring progress - provisions outside of school	Details	Request
Smart Boys	Barbara Kerr, sanford Cohn	Why do so many of our brightest boys and young men underachieve in school and fail to reach their full potential in the world of work? Why do so many smart boys have problems with depression in adolescence or later in their adult years? The authors explore these questions using their extensive work with gifted youth, current research, examinations of other books, and personal interviews with gifted men who have experienced min-life crises or failures. This book is filled with many suggestions for parents and teachers to help smart boys stay smart, as well as thought-provoking insights for gifted men. Features: *Current research regarding gifted men *Guiding minority gifted boys *Milestones and danger zones from boyhood to manhood *Patterns in parenting talented boys *Gifted male types and classifications *Interviews with gifted men	Details	Request
Speak up and get along: learn the mighty might, thought chop and more tools to make friends, stop teasing and feel good about yourself	Scott Cooper	If getting along were easy, everyone one would do it. No one would fight, argue, bully or tease. We'd all know how to make and keep friends and we'd feel a lot better about ourselves. But getting along isn't easy. In fact, it can be really HARD. Wouldn't it be great to have a toolbox of ways to get along with others? You can reach in and pull out words and ideas to try at achool, at home, in your neighbourhood or whenever you're with other people. This book is your toolbox. Look inside to find ... The Power I - a way to tell others what you think, what you want and how you feel The Sherlock Holmes - a way to start, join or continue a conversation The Coin Toss - a way to quickly resolve a small conflict before it gets big The Squeaky Wheel - a way to get what you need The Mighty Might - a way to end teasing The But Twist - a way to talk back to negative thoughts The Balloon Belly - a way to feel calm and relaxed and more - 21 cool tools in all True to life stories show the tools in action. 'Ways to Say It' sections suggest words and phrases you can use. 'Practice Time' activities make you a pro. There's a 'Note to Adults' you can share with your parents and teachers, and resources for when you want to know more	Details	Request
The Myth of Laziness - how kids and parents can become more productive	Dr Mel Levine	'If only he'd just apply himself ...' 'If only she'd work that little bit harder ...' How many times have you heard this said of your child? Lazy is a disparaging label often hurled at people, but it is an unjust one. This book shows that almost no one is actually lazy Everyone is born with the drive to achieve and excel , but some individuals somehow, somewhere lose momentum. Through no fault of their own, they are suffering from hidden handicaps that disrupt and interrupt their productivity. They are not lazy; they have output failure. Using thirty years of experience and his unique insight into the child's mind, Dr Levine explores the neurodevelopmental dysfunctions that have caused this output failure, how to spot them and what you as a parent can do about them.	Details	Request
They're Not Bringing My Brain Out	Rosemary Cathcart	Have you ever wondered ... - why gifted children or children with special abilities should need any extra help? - how you're supposed to cope with a bright child when there are 35 others in the class? - what on earth to do when someone says you're taking the enrichment group? - how to persuade colleagues that all of this really matters Then you are the person this book is written for! REACH is a teaching model which brings together four concepts for understanding and working with gifted or exceptionally able learners. Using material trialled in classrooms and withdrawal groups, THEY'RE NOT BRINGING MY BRAIN OUT is a practical, easy to use guide to putting REACH into action in your programme Supporting Material covers: - identification - working with parents - writing policy - resources - ability grouping - cultural perspectives - learning disabilities - and more Includes: - checklist, worksheets and handy summary pages for classroom and staff development use; - a special 'planning framework' to aid in lesson preparation; - a comprehensive index	Details	Request
They're not bringing my brain out	Rosemary Cathcart	Have you ever wondered - how to cope with a very bright child when you've got 25 other children in the class? - what to do now you're in charge of the gifted programme - how to help the teacher understand your gifted child This book is written for everyone who lives or works with a gifted child - classroom teachers, GATE coordinators, parents and caregivers, special needs and resource teachers, counsellors and home-schooling families. THEY'RE NOT BRINGING MY BRAIN OUT - provides clear discussion of the issues involved for all concerned, including the child; - sets out four key concepts for understanding and meeting the needs of gifted learners (the REACH model); - includes a wealth of practical, easy-to-use strategies for implementing this model, with loads of high interest lesson ideas and examples; - covers a wide range of supporting topics such as resources, ability grouping, parent perspectives, cultual differences, giftedness and learning disability and much more, plus special material on identification Written by one of New Zealand's leading authorities on gifted education, this updated edition extends a text already recognised as an essential guide to this important topic	Details	Request
They're Not Bringing My Brain Out - 3rd Edition	Rosemary Cathcart	Rosemary has been involved in gifted education since 1981 in a wide variety of roles as both parent and teacher. In the mid 1980's she developed the REACH model for teaching gifted children, then became involved in taking workshops for teachers, and from 1990 to 1994 was tutor for the Auckland College of Education's post-grad papers in this field. From 1992 to 1995 she served as sole advisor on gifted children for the Special Education Service (now GSE). In 1995, she established New Zealand's only education centre specialising in gifted education, the George Parkyn Centre, led it through its first decade to its present nationally recognised status, and developed its innovative One Day School programme. She lobbied intensively for many years for change in official attitudes toward gifted education, leading to the Minister's Working Party on which she served. She has also worked extensively with parents and with parent groups and has served as national president of the NZ Assn for Gifted Children and for many years as advisor to that body's National Council. Her published work in this field includes a teachers' manual now in its third edition, editing the papers of Professor George Parkyn, writing a management guide to implementing the Ministry's policy following the NAG change in 2005, and various articles. She was awarded the QSM in 2004 for her work in gifted education.	Details	Request
Thinking about the Human Brain	Jean Edwards	Are you right or left brained? How does the brain communicate with your body? Send your students on a voyage of discovery to the human brain - one of the most amazing (and still mysterious) destinations in the world! With activities and extenders that cover problem-solving, creative and critical thinking skills. Includes - a variety of fascinating activities based on Bloom's Taxonomy - ready-to-go planning and self evaluation pages	Details	Request

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Total number of Books in library = 377.

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