The social and emotional development of gifted children
Subtitle: what do we know?
By: edited by Maureen Neihart ... [et al.].
Contributors: Neihart, Maureen.; National Association for Gifted Children (U.S.)
Publisher: Prufrock Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Waco, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: Gifted children -- Psychology; Gifted children -- Social conditions; Gifted children -- Services for
Description: Examines the social and emotional development of gifted children, discussing how gifted students respond to peer pressure, social acceptance, resilience, delinquency, and underachievement, and summarizing several decades worth of research on minority, learning-disabled, and gay and lesbian gifted students.
Notes: "A service publication of the National Association for Gifted Children."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Section I. Issues deriving from student advancement compared with age peers; title: Section II. Common areas of psychological response; title: Section III. Gifted children and youth with special needs; title: Section IV. Promising practices and interventions and recommendations for future action.