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xv, 352 pages : 23 cm "Gifted Young Children is a comprehensive guide to identifying and working with young children with advanced development." "Louise Porter shows how to identify gifted children aged 0 to 8 years and how to challenge them without pushing too hard. She suggests strategies for ensuring their emotional and social adjustment, including ways to enhance self-esteem, increase their resilience to stress and promote friendships. Porter provides guidelines for counselling children about their giftedness and shows how professionals can help families in their efforts to meet their children's needs. Different strategies for educating gifted young children are assessed, and issues faced by immigrant families with gifted children are also addressed." "Gifted Young Children is an essential reference for early childhood professionals and a useful resource for parents of children who are or who may be gifted."--Jacket Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-343) and index 1. A rationale for gifted education -- 2. The meaning of giftedness -- 3. The making of talent -- 4. Recognising advanced development in young children -- 5. Assessing developmental advances in young chil

Author

Porter, Louise, 1958-

Publisher

Buckingham: Open University Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780335205523