Serving the Gifted: Evidence-Based Clinical and Psychoeducational Practice

ISBN-13: 9780415997508 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 248 str.

Steven I Pfeiffer

Opis

Designed for practitioners who work with the gifted, this volume is intended to serve as a practical and easy-to-use resource for working with gifted students, their teachers, and their parents and families. It provides timely, practical, evidence-based techniques and guidelines to help these practitioners better help an underserved group. The book is written in a user-friendly style that makes this a quick, simple, and easy reference. Topics covered include identification and assessment of gifted students; important information for understanding the needs of the gifted; counseling and psychotherapy strategies; career counseling for gifted and talented students; methods for working with the families of the gifted; and legally-correct and ethically-smart counseling techniques. An accompanying CD will contain valuable resources such as PowerPoint presentations and reproducible handouts and forms.

Spis treści

Serving the Gifted in the Schools.  Conceptions of Giftedness: Who are the Gifted? Creativity.  Screening, Identification, and Assessment.  Meeting the Educational needs of the Gifted Student.  Gifted Students with Coexisting Disabilities: The Twice Exceptional Student.  Working with Parents.  Counseling Gifted Students.  Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Gifted.

O autorze

Steven I. Pfeiffer, PhD, ABPP, is a Professor at Florida State University, where he serves as Director of Clinical Training of the combined Counseling Psychology and School Psychology program.