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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. |
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| Children with a Gift In Writing, Book II |
Elwyn S Richardson |
Written by a New Zealander about NZ children's writing |
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| 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. |
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| Future Thinking |
Anne Sturgess |
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| Gifted and talented children: a planning guide |
Shirley Taylor |
Teaching Resource |
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| 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. |
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| Gifted Young Children 2nd Edition |
Louise Porter |
Gifted Young Children is a practical guide to identifying and supporting young children who may be gifted or talented. Louise Porter outlines how to identify and provide educationally for children aged up to 8 years with advanced development. She explains how teachers and parents can promote children's emotional and social adjustment, including ways to enhance self-esteem, encourage friendships and support their autonomy. She shows how parents can discuss giftedness with children and respond to their needs.Updated to reflect recent research, this second edition is a valuable resource for parents and anyone working with or caring for a gifted or talented child.Praise for the first edition:..'A wealth of creative ideas and practical advice for developing the talents of this under-served population. Her humour and candor, compassion and insight will endear her work to readers internationally.'Joan Franklin Smutny, Director, Center for Gifted, National-Louis University, USA. 'A comprehensive text that will meet the needs of a wide range of readers from early childhood professionals and teachers to parents.' Wilma Vialle, The Australasian Journal of Gifted Education. 'Interesting, clear and comprehensive'Helen Wilson, Research Centre for Able Pupils, Oxford Brookes University,UK |
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| Helping Gifted Children Soar |
Carol A. Strip, Ph.D with Gretchen Hirsch |
This user-friendly guidebook educates parents and teachers about important gifted issues such as working with schools, evaluating classroom programs, forming parent support groups, choosing appropriate curriculum, meeting social and emotional needs, surviving the ups and downs, and much more! The information and useful advice provided make this book an ideal resource both for those just starting out in the gifted field as well as those who are seasoned veterans. |
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| 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! |
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| Infinity & Zebra Stripes - Life with Gifted Children |
Wendy Skinner |
"A must-read for parents who may face the long and winding road of school advocacy for their gifted children. I take comfort in her story... as a kindred spirit who understands and who has been there." --Karen Isaacson, Parent, and author of Raisin' Brains: Surviving My Smart Family, and co-author of Intelligent Life in the Classroom: Smart Kids and their Teachers. "Skinner's family comes alive as she describes the social and emotional aspects of nurturing gifted children. She includes helpful details of how she worked effectively with her children's schools using 'honey instead of vinegar.'" --Wenda Sheard, J.D., Ph.D., Parent, and member of the Board of Directors of SENG, Supporting the Emotional Needs of Gifted "This book offers sage words for beginning parents and seasoned insights for those more experienced, including teachers. Wendy Skinner s unvarnished chronicle of life with 2 gifted children strikes just the right balance. More importantly, this rewarding little book highlights the responsibility of parents to reach out for information, stay aware of the bigger picture, and not leave the development of gifted children to chance. " --Robin Schader, Ph.D., Parent, grandparent, and Parent Resource Specialist for the National Association for Gifted Children and Neag Center for Talent Development, University of Connecticut "Every parent of a gifted child would do well to read this book. It helps to assuage the feelings of isolation that come with parenting a gifted child. If I had read this book, or had a Wendy to talk with, when I was raising my gifted son, life would have been much less turbulent. "This book should be required reading for teachers and administrators faced with planning appropriate educational experiences for gifted children. It should also be required reading in teacher training classes."Infinity & Zebra Stripes lends parents the courage to speak up -- speak up for your gifted children so they won't get lost in the system." -- Lea Trimble, Gifted Association of Missouri, Editor, GAMbit |
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| Losing Our Minds - Gifted Children Left Behind |
Deborah L. RUF, PH.D. |
Member comment : 'Very good book. US based but still with a lot of relevance to NZ families'. 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. |
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| 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
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Raise Your Childs Social IQ - Stepping Stones to People Skills for Kids |
Cathi Cohen, L.C.S.W. |
Member review 'I found the book to be a bit of common sense really and not too much of an insight that offered anything new. However if you are having issues with a first child and have not seen how things go with other kids in social situations or are really shy yourself, it may be useful.' Parents, this book offers direct, sense-making, step-by-step exercises that parents can do with their children to increase their social skills and awareness. Based on the highly successful social skills training groups that have been directed by Cathi Cohen for many years, Raise Your Child's Social I.Q. provides parents with the structure to work on skills at home--how to join a group, how to choose friends, how to notice what people around you are feeling, how to handle angry feelings and much, much more. |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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| 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 |
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| Teaching Gifted Learners - Book A Meeting the Needs of Gifted and Talented Students |
Frances Hill |
Working with Gifted students can be challenging but rewarding. Such students require highly individualised programs that can only be developed by teachers with a thorough understanding of the specific needs of the Gifted learners. This four book series will equip teachers with the knowledge and skills to increase their confidence and ability to deliver a classroom programme that effectively meets these needs. Book A Meeting the Needs of Gifted and Talented Students, Book B Gifted STudents with Learning disabilities. Book C Underachieving Gifted and Book D Gifted Learner Toolkit |
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| Teaching Gifted Learners - Book B The Hidden Gifted : Meeting the needs of Gifted Students with Learning Disabilities |
Frances Hill |
Working with Gifted students can be challenging but rewarding. Such students require highly individualised programs that can only be developed by teachers with a thorough understanding of the specific needs of the Gifted learners. This four book series will equip teachers with the knowledge and skills to increase their confidence and ability to deliver a classroom programme that effectively meets these needs. Book A Meeting the Needs of Gifted and Talented Students, Book B Gifted STudents with Learning disabilities. Book C Underachieving Gifted and Book D Gifted Learner Toolkit |
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| Teaching Gifted Learners - Book C The Hidden Gifted : Meeting the needs of Gifted Students who are Underachieving |
Frances Hill |
Working with Gifted students can be challenging but rewarding. Such students require highly individualised programs that can only be developed by teachers with a thorough understanding of the specific needs of the Gifted learners. This four book series will equip teachers with the knowledge and skills to increase their confidence and ability to deliver a classroom programme that effectively meets these needs. Book A Meeting the Needs of Gifted and Talented Students, Book B Gifted STudents with Learning disabilities. Book C Underachieving Gifted and Book D Gifted Learner Toolkit |
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| Teaching Gifted Learners - Book D The Gifted Education Toolkit : Templates for Delivering an Effective Programme for Gifted Learners |
Frances Hill |
Working with Gifted students can be challenging but rewarding. Such students require highly individualised programs that can only be developed by teachers with a thorough understanding of the specific needs of the Gifted learners. This four book series will equip teachers with the knowledge and skills to increase their confidence and ability to deliver a classroom programme that effectively meets these needs. Book A Meeting the Needs of Gifted and Talented Students, Book B Gifted STudents with Learning disabilities. Book C Underachieving Gifted and Book D Gifted Learner Toolkit |
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| 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. |
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| The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children |
NAGC Edited by Neihart, Reis, Robinson, Moon. |
The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children: What Do We Know? offers an examination of the essential topics teachers, parents, and researchers need to know about the social and emotional development of gifted children. Instigated by a task force convened by the National Association for Gifted Children and written by leading scholars in the field of gifted education, the book includes chapters on peer pressure and social acceptance, resilience, delinquency, and underachievement. The book also summarizes several decades worth of research on special populations, including minority, learning-disabled, and gay and lesbian gifted students. Concise, comprehensive, meticulously researched, and wide-ranging in its coverage, The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children: What Do We Know? is essential reading for those who wish to enable gifted students to develop their strengths and encourage them to make the contributions of which they are capable. |
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| The Survival Guide for Teachers of Gifted Kids |
Jim Delisle, Ph.D., & Barbara A. Lewis |
Being a gifted education teacher has always posed special challenges. In their first book together, two veteran educators of the gifted give teachers the information, advice, and encouragement they need. They explain how to set the foundation for a gifted program; how to evaluate, identify, and select students; how to differentiate the regular curriculum for gifted kids (with lesson samples); and how to extend or enrich the content areas. Chapters cover why and how to network and build support among parents, other teachers, and students, and how to develop survival skills needed at a time when gifted education is questioned, threatened, and underfunded. Recommended for any teacher who works with gifted kids in any setting. Includes reproducible handout masters. |
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| They're Not Bringing My Brain Out |
Rosemary Cathcart |
Lost. See 301,302,321 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| When Gifted Kids don't have all the answers - How to meet their social and emotional needs |
Jim Delisle Ph.D. and Judy Galbraith M.A. |
When parents and teachers think about gifted kids they - not surprisingly - focus on their intellectual needs. But gifted kids are much more than test grades. Delisle and Galbraith take a close-up look at gifted kids from the inside out. Topics include: * Self-image and self-esteem * Perfectionism * Multipotential * Depression and stress * Feelings of 'being different' The authors suggest ways to help gifted underachievers and those who are bored in school, along with ways to encourage healthy relationships. Rated 5 stars on Amazon |
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