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“Aren’t you supposed to be gifted???”Social & Emotional Needs
of the Gifted Child
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Mary’s Story
Substitute teacher in the regular 6th grade classroom
Students have history with sub
Lack of mutual trust & respect
Mary’s incident
Humiliated and told to leave class
Comes to GEM room
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Enter Mrs. Gifted Teacher, the“rescuer”
Mary tearfully tells her tale
Fear of losing May trip to San Diego
“Gifted kids should know better”
Resolution, or so I thought
Classroom teacher’s opinion
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Issues? Have we got issues!
Treating all students with respect & dignity
Empowering students to think for themselves
Knowing when to intervene and when to step back
Training all teachers about the unique characteristics of the gifted child
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Characteristics of the Gifted Child Talent Areas (CogAT)
Verbal
Mathematical-Logical
Visual Spatial
A-syncronization in development
Highly intelligent
Socially-emotionally immature
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Characteristics of the Gifted Child Gifted Instructional Standards (MUSD)
Problem Solving
Communication
Personal Development
Dabrowski’s Theory of
Over-Excitabilities
Psychomotor
Sensual
Intellectual
Imaginational
Emotional
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What do the experts say?Books:
• Teaching Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom
by Joan Franklin Smutny
• Strengthening Your Program for Gifted Students
by Dr. Roger Taylor
• Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom
by Susan Winebrenner
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Current Research• Social and Emotional Development of Gifted
Children: Straight Talk by Tracy L. Cross
• Current Research on the Social and Emotional Development of Gifted and Talented Students: Good News and Future Possibilities by Sally M. Reis and Joseph S. Renzulli
• Patterns of Overexcitabilities in Identified Gifted Students and Their Parents: A Hierarchial Model by Carol L. Tieso
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Useful Websiteshttp://www.hoagiesgifted.org/
http://www.arizonagifted.org/
http://www.nagc.org/
http://www.byrdseed.com/
http://www.adifferentplace.org/just4fun.htm
http://www.giftedservices.com.au/
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Gifted Students: Handle with Care!