Supporting the developmental needs of the talented and gifted students of New Glarus

New Glarus TAG Advocates

Bibliography

Adderholt-Elliot, Miriam.  Perfectionism: What’s Bad About Being Too Good?  Free Spirit, 1999.

 

Alvino, James.  A Parents’ Guide to Raising a Gifted Child.  Ballantine, 2001.

 

Alvino, James and the editors of Gifted Child Monthly.  Parent’s Guide to Raising a Gifted Toddler: Recognizing and Developing the Potential of Your Child from Birth to Five Years.  Little, Brown & Co., 1989.

 

American Association for Gifted Children.  Reaching Out: Advocacy for the Gifted and Talented.  Teachers College Press, 1980.

 

Asher, Donald.  Cool Colleges: For the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late Blooming, and Just Plain Different. Ten Speed Press, 2000.

 

Berger, Sandra.  College Planning for Gifted Students.  The Council for Exceptional Children, 1994.

 

Bloom, Benjamin.  Developing Talent in Young People.  Ballantine, 1985.

 

Clark, Barbara.  Growing Up Gifted: Developing the Potential of Children at Home and at School.  Prentice Hall, 2001.

 

Colangelo, N. and G.A. David.  A Handbook of Gifted Education.  Allyn & Bacon, 1996.

 

Colangelo, Nicholas, Assouline, Susan and Gross, Miraca.  A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students. 2004. http://nationdeceived.org/

 

Csikszentmihalyi, M., K. Rathunde, and S.Whalen.  Talented Teenagers: The Roots of Success and Failure. Cambridge Univ. Press, 2000.

 

Delisle, James R.  Gifted Kids Speak Out: Hundreds of Kids Ages 6-13 Talk About School, Friends, Their Families, and the Future.  Free Spirit, 1987.

 

Delisle, James and Judy Galbraith.  When Gifted Kids Don’t Have All the Answers: How to Meet Their Social and     Emotional Needs.  Free Spirit, 2002.

 

Delisle, James and Barbara Lewis.  The Survival Guide for Teachers of Gifted Kids: How to Plan, Manage, and Evaluate Programs for Gifted Youth K-12.  Free Spirit, 2002.

 

Ellis, David.  Becoming a Master Student.  Houghton Mifflin, 2000.  Study skills and techniques for students of all skill levels and ages.

 

Gardner, Howard.  Frames of Mind:  The Theory of Multiple Intelligences.  Basic Books, 1993.

 

Galbraith, Judy.  The Gifted Kids Survival Guide For Ages 10 and Under.  Free Spirit, 1998.

 

Galbraith, Judy.  You Know Your Child Is Gifted When…: A Beginner’s Guide to Life on the Bright Side. Free Spirit, 2000.

 

Galbraith, Judy and Jim Delisle.  The Gifted Kids Survival Guide: A Teen Handbook.  Free Spirit, 1996.

 

Goleman, Daniel.  Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ.  Bantam, 1997. Examines inner characteristics of people who excel in life.

 

Greene, Rebecca.  The Teenagers’ Guide to School Outside the Box.  Free Spirit, 2000.    A guide to nontraditional learning alternatives.

 

Gross, Miraca.  Exceptionally Gifted Children.  Routledge, 1993.

 

Gross, Miraca.  Exceptionally Gifted Children: What Research Tells Us.  Kappa Delta Pi Publications, 1995.  Pamphlet on characteristics and needs of kids with extremely high IQ’s.  Good to hand out to school administrators.

 

Halsted, Judith Wynn.  Some of My Best Friends Are Books: Guiding Gifted Readers from Preschool to High School.  Great Potential Press, 2002.  A guide to choosing developmentally appropriate books that challenge gifted readers.

 

Hipp, Earl.  Fighting Invisible Tigers: A Stress Management Guide for Teens.  Free Spirit, 1995.

 

Kerr, Barbara A.  Smart Boys: Talent, Manhood, and the Search for Meaning.  Great Potential Press, 2001.

 

Kerr, Barbara A.  Smart Girls: A New Psychology of Girls, Women, and Giftedness.  Great Potential Press, 1997.

 

Kerr, Barbara A.  Smart Girls, Gifted Women.  Great Potential Press, 1986.

 

Kiesa, Kay, ed.  Uniquely Gifted: Identifying and Meeting the Needs of the Twice Exceptional Student.  Avocus Publishing, 2000.

 

Kurcinka, Mary Sheedy.  Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic.  Harper Perennial, 1992.

 

McCutcheon, Randall.  Get Off My Brain: A Survival Guide for Lazy* Students (*Bored, Frustrated, and Otherwise Sick of School).  Free Spirit, 1998.  Offbeat, unconventional study guide aimed at bright, talented kids who are bored or frustrated with school.

 

Piirto, Jane.  Talented Children and Adults: Their Development and Education.  Prentice Hall, 1998.  General text on giftedness, one of the few that focuses significantly on gifted secondary students.

 

Pipher, Mary.  Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls.  Ballantine, 2002.

 

Reilly, Jill M.  Mentorship: The Essential Guide for Schools and Business.  Great Potential Press, 1992.

 

Rivero, Lisa.  Creative Homeschooling for Gifted Children: A Resource Guide.  Great Potential Press, 2002.   Contains information that is also useful for teachers and parents who are not homeschooling.

 

Rogers, Karen.  Re-Forming Gifted Education: Matching the Program to the Child.  Great Potential Press, 2002.  Guide for parents and educators on planning the educational program for a gifted child.

 

Saunders, Jacquelyn.  Bringing Out the Best: A Resource Guide For Parents of Young Gifted Children.  Free Spirit, 1991.

 

Silverman, Linda K., ed. Counseling the Gifted and Talented.  Love Publishing Co., 1993.

 

Smutny, Joan Franklin.  Stand Up for Your Gifted Child: How to Make the Most of Kids’ Strengths at School and at Home.  Free Spirit, 2000.

 

Smutny, Joan Franklin, Kathleen Veenker, and Stephen Veenker.  Your Gifted Child: How to Recognize and Develop the Special Talents in Your Child from Birth to Age Seven.  Ballantine, 2001.

 

Smutny, Joan Franklin, Sally Yahnke Walker, and Elizabeth Meckstroth.  Teaching Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom: Identifying, Nurturing, and Challenging Ages 4-9.  Free Spirit, 1997.

 

Southern, W.T. and E.Jones. Academic Acceleration of Gifted Children.  Teachers College Press, 1991.  Comprehensive textbook on acceleration.

 

Strip, Carol Ann and Gretchen Hirsch.  Helping Gifted Children Soar: A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachers.  Great Potential Press, 2000.

 

Tallent-Runnels, Mary K. and Ann C. Candler-Lotven.  Academic Competitions for Gifted Students:  A Resource Book for Teachers and Parents.  Corwin Press, 1995.

 

Walker, Sally Yahnke.  The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids: How to Understand, Live With and Stick Up for Your Gifted Child.  Free Spirit, 2002.

 

Webb, James T. and Arlene Devries.  Gifted Parent Groups: The SENG Model.  Great Potential Press, 1998.  Guide for running gifted parenting group, with week by week topics and guidelines for facilitators.

 

Webb, James T., Elizabeth Meckstroth, and Stephanie Tolan.  Guiding the Gifted Child: A Practical Source for Parents and Teachers.  Great Potential Press, 1989.  Considered the classic text in this area.

 

Winebrenner, Susan.  Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use to Meet the Academic Needs of the Gifted and Talented. Free Spirit, 2000.  Excellent guide to modifying curriculum for gifted elementary and middle school students in the regular classroom.

 

Winner, Ellen.  Gifted Children: Myths and Realities.  Basic Books, 1997.