Valley Park Gifted Education & eMINTS Program              
Valley Park School District, One Main Street, Valley Park, MO 63088                                            
Email address: jrhoades@vp.k12.mo.us  Phone: 636.923.3593  Fax: 636.225.4518                         
     

Jaime Rhoades, M.A.Ed., Ed.S., Gifted Education Program Coordinator                                                   

"All of us do not have an equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent."  - John F. Kennedy

 

Bright Child versus Gifted Learner 

 

Parent Resources (Journal Articles)

The following is a list of topics pertaining to gifted education and gifted children.  This list will direct visitors to the sections of this web page that link to on-line articles and resources pertaining to each of the topics. The articles linked on this web page are for reference only.  The findings and opinions expressed in these articles are neither supported or refuted by the Valley Park School District. 

Acceleration

12 Reasons Why Acceleration Isn't Accepted in America by N. Colangelo, S. Assouline, and M. Gross

A Best-Evidence Synthesis of Research on Acceleration Options for Gifted Students by Karen Rogers

A Case for Radical Acceleration: Programs of the Johns Hopkins University and University of Washington by H. Robinson

A Look Back at Educational Non-Acceleration: An International Tragedy by J. Stanley

A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students by Nicholas Colangelo, Susan G. Assouline and Mirica U. M. Gross

Acceleration Over the Years by A. Harry Passow

Acceleration: A Coat of Many Colours by W. Vialle, T. Ashton, G. Carlon, and F. Rankin

Acceleration: Valuable High School to College Option by Nancy Robinson and Kathleen Noble

Acceleration: What We Do vs. What We Know by Karen Rogers and Richard Kimpston

All Rivers Lead to the Sea: A Follow-Up Study of Gifted Young Adults by K. Noble, N. Robinson, and S. Gunderson

Colin Camerer: The Early Professional Years of a Radical Educational Accelerant by J. Holmes, L. Rin, J. Tremblay, and R. Zeldin

Educational Decision Making on Acceleration and Ability Grouping by J. VanTassel-Baska

From “The Saddest Sound” to the D Major Chord: The Gift of Accelerated Progression by Miraca U.M. Gross

Is it a Cheetah? by Stephanie S. Tolan

Should Gifted Students Be Grade-Advanced? by Sharon J. Lynch

Asynchronous Development

Asynchronous Development and Sensory Integration Intervention in the Gifted and Talented Population by Anne Cronin

Asynchronous Parenting by A. Cronin

Giftedness As Asynchronous Development by Stephanie S. Tolan

Life in the Asynchronous Family by K. Kearney

More Life With Max by P. Estes

Characteristics of Gifted Children

Academically Talented Students: They Don't Think the Way We Think They Think by Nicholas Colangelo

Characteristics and Behaviors of the Gifted by unknown

Characteristics Checklist for Gifted Children by Austega Pty Ltd

Characteristics of Extreme Intelligence by Barbara Clark

Creativity as an Elusive Factor in Giftedness by Joyce VanTassel-Baska

Does Writing Prodigy Exist? How to Identify and Nurture Children with Extraordinary Writing Talent by Jane Piirto

Exceptionally Gifted Children: Different Minds by Deirdre Lovecky

Extreme Precocity by Martha Morelock and David Feldman

Giftedness and the Gifted: What's It All About? by ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children

Giftedness: The View from Within by Martha Morelock

Hidden Gifted Learner by Deirdre Lovecky

Early Childhood

Early Interactions and Metacognitive Development of Gifted Preschoolers by Ellen Moss

Frequently Asked Questions about Extreme Intelligence in Very Young Children by Kathi Kearney

Parenting Gifted Preschoolers by David Farmer

Small Poppies: Highly Gifted Children in the Early Years by Miraca U.M. Gross

Gifted Adolescents and Teens

Adolescence and Gifted: Addressing Existential Dread by J'Anne Ellsworth

Bright Star -- Black Sky: A Phenomenological Study of Depression as a Window into the Psyche of the Gifted Adolescent by P. Susan Jackson

Depressive Disorder in Highly Gifted Adolescents by S. Jackson and J. Peterson

Factors Affecting the Academic Choices of Academically Talented Adolescents by P. Olszewski-Kubilius and J. Yasumoto

Helping Adolescents Adjust to Giftedness by Thomas M. Buescher and Sharon Higham

Nurturing Social and Emotional Development in Gifted Teenagers Through Young Adult Literature by Thomas P. Hébert and Richard Kent

Personality Dimensions of Gifted Adolescents by P. Olszewski-Kubilius and M. Kulieke

Gifted Adults

All Rivers Lead to the Sea: A Follow-Up Study of Gifted Young Adults by K. Noble, N. Robinson and S. Gunderson

Can You Hear the Flowers Sing? Issues for Gifted Adults by Deirdre V. Lovecky

Discovering the Gifted Ex-Child by Stephanie Tolan

Fostering Adult Giftedness: Acknowledging and Addressing Affective Needs of Gifted Adults by Sharon Lind

High IQ Children at Midlife: An Investigation Into the Generalizability of Terman's Genetic Studies by R. Subotnik, D. Karp, and E. Morgan

Gifted Children and the Regular Classroom

Basic Educational Options for Gifted Students in Schools by Joyce VanTassel-Baska

Best Practices of Schools that Nurture Excellence by Davidson Institute for Talent Development

Challenging Gifted Students in Regular Classrooms by Beverly N. Parke

Cluster Grouping of Gifted Students:How to Provide Full-time Services on a Part-time Budget: Update 2001 by Susan Winebrenner and Barbara Devlin

Curriculum Differentiation by Austega Pty Ltd

Differentiating Instruction for Advanced Learners in the Mixed-Ability Middle School Classroom by Carol Ann Tomlinson

Differentiating Curriculum for Gifted Students by Sandra L. Berger

Differentiating Instruction For the Gifted by Carol Ann Tomlinson

Educational Options for Gifted Learners by Davidson Institute for Talent Development

Teaching Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom by Joan Franklin Smutny

Legal Rights of Gifted Children

Blending Gifted Education and School Reform by Gail E. Hanninen

Know Your Legal Rights in Gifted Education by Frances A. Karnes and Ronald Marquardt

Supporting Gifted Education through Advocacy by unknown

Moral Sensitivity

Identity Development in Gifted Children: Moral Sensitivity by Deirdre V. Lovecky

The Moral Sensitivity of Gifted Children and the Evolution of Society by Linda Kreger Silverman

"No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) and Gifted Children

Does No Child Left Behind Require that No Child Can Get Ahead? by the Davidson Institute for Talent Development

In Era of Scores, Schools Fight Over Gifted Kids by Daniel Golden

Leave No Gifted Child Behind by Susan Goodkin

Proficiency Is Not Enough by Carol Ann Tomlinson

Public Law 107-110: The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 by the U.S. Department of Education

Overexcitabilities

Dabrowski's Overexcitabilities A Layman's Explanation by Stephanie Tolan

Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration: Some Implications for Teachers of Gifted Students by Sal Mendaglio

Overexcitability and the Gifted by Sharon Lind

Overexcitabilities Used to Predict Giftedness by Teresa Gallagher

Parenting and Advocating the Gifted

Assessment, Educational Issues, Advocacy: The Process of Parenting a Profoundly Gifted Child by Julia Osborn

Early Gifts, Early School Recognition by J. Smutney

Educational Advocacy for Gifted Students by Julia Osborn

Gifted-Friendly Parenting Strategies by Davidson Institute for talent Development

Gifted Learners and the Middle School: Problem or Promise? by Carol Ann Tomlinson

Guiding the Gifted Reader by J. Halsted

Helping Gifted Students Help Schools by J. Davidson and L. Vanderkam

Home Influences on Talent Development by K. Sloane

How Parent Advocacy Groups Can Make a Difference: An Interview With Christine Smith by The Davidson Institute for Talent Development

How Parent Advocacy Groups Can Make A Difference: An Interview With Debbie Kring and Juli Moseley by J. Davidson, D. Kring, and J. Moseley

How Parents Can Support Gifted Children by Linda Kreger Silverman

How to Help Your Kid from Being Bullied by Ruth Peters

How to Keep Your Gifted Child Safe Online by Davidson Institute for Talent Development

How to Make Parent-Teacher Conferences Worthwhile and Productive by Arlene DeVries

Living with a Highly Gifted Child by Marilyn Morrisona

The Miseducation of Our Gifted Children by E. Winner

Parent-Educator Relationships by S. Carlton

Parenting Tips on Educational Advocacy by Davidson Institute for Talent Development

The Tea and Terrorist Society: Parent Advocacy at the District Level by M. Lloyd

Tips for Parents: Gifted...and Teenage, Too by J. Delisle

Tips for Parents: Introverts by Sharon Lind

Tips for Parents of Intense Children by Sharon Lind

Tips for Parents: The Real World of Gifted Teens by M. Jacobsen

Tips for Selecting the Right Counselor or Therapist for Your Gifted Child by James T. Webb

Peer Relations

Friendship Patterns in Highly Intelligent Children by P. Janos, K. Marwood, and N. Robinson

Highly Gifted Children and Peer Relationships by D. Lovecky

Musings: Gifted Children and the Gift of Friendship by Mirica U.M. Gross

"Play Partner" or "Sure Shelter": What Gifted Children Look for in Friendship by Miraca U. M. Gross

Social Adjustment and Peer Pressures for Gifted Children by S. Rimm

Social and Emotional Issues Faced by Gifted Girls in the Elementary and Secondary School by S. Reis

Teasing and Gifted Children by P. Schuler

Tips for Parents: Gifted Children's Friendships by M. Gross

Tips for Parents: Peer Relations by K. Pitman

Tips for Parents: The Role of Friendships in Life Challenges for Gifted and Talented Children by F. Frankel

Tips for Parents: Socialization and the Profoundly Gifted Child by J. Delisle

Tips for Parents: What To Do About Bullying by Tom Letson

Perfectionism

BBC: On-Line Perfectionism Test by BBC on-line

Perfectionism Resources by Jill Rasmussen

Perfectionism: The Double-Edged Sword by The Counseling Center for Human Development

PERFECTIONISM--UIUC Counseling Center by The Counseling Center - University of Illinois

Risk-Taking and Risk-Making: Understanding When Less Than Perfection is More Than Acceptable by James Delisle

Tips for Parents:  The Roots of and Recovery from Perfectionism by T. S. Greenspon

Tips for Parents: Perfectionism  by J. Rasmussen

Tips for Parents: Perfectionism and the Profoundly Gifted Child by E. Meckstroth

Social and Emotional Issues of the Gifted

Affective Development of Gifted Students with Nontraditional Talents by F. Richard Olenchak

Competing With Myths About the Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Students by Tracy L. Cross

Developmental Phases of Social Development by Linda Kreger Silverman

Eight Myths about Children, Adolescents and Loss by K. Doka

Emotional Intensity in Gifted Children by Lesley Kay Sword

Exploring Social and Emotional Aspects of Giftedness in Children by Deirdre V. Lovecky

Factors in the Social Adjustment and Social Acceptability of Extremely Gifted Children by Miraca U.M. Gross

Gender and Genius by B. Kerr

Gifted Kids at Risk: Who's Listening? by Patricia A. Schuler

Girl Prodigies: Some Evidence and Some Speculations by L. Goldsmith

Helping Gifted Students With Stress Management by Leslie S. Kaplan

Helping Sensitive Children Cope in Difficult Times by Dona Matthews and Joanne Foster

Helping Today's Girls Become Tomorrow's Successful Women: Ten Tips for Caring Adults by S. Rimm

How I CAN Girls Can Overcome Shyness and Stage Fright--and Why They Should by S. Rimm

Introversion: The Often Forgotten Factor Impacting the Gifted by Jill D. Burruss and Lisa Kaenzig

Joy and Loss: The Emotional Lives of Gifted Children by Joshua Freedman and Anabel Jensen

Managing His Image: The Challenge Facing a Gifted Male by Thomas P. Hébert

The "Me" Behind the Mask: Intellectually Gifted Students and the Search for Identity by Miraca U. M. Gross

Nurturing Social-Emotional Development Of Gifted Children by James T. Webb

Promoting Positive Social Development by Linda Kreger Silverman

Social and Emotional Issues Faced by Gifted Girls in Elementary and Secondary School by Sally M. Reis

Social/Emotional Needs: The Rage of Gifted Students by Tracy L. Cross

Tips for Parents: Developing a Feeling Vocabulary by Sharon Lind

Tips for Parents: Smart Boys by S. Cohn

Why are There So Few? (Creative Women: Visual Artists, Mathematicians, Scientists, Musicians) by J. Piirto

"Twice and Multiple Exceptional" Gifted Children

ADHD and Children Who Are Gifted by James T. Webb and Diane Latimer

Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): The Basics and the Controversies by W. Dodson

The Affective Side: Emotional Issues of Twice Exceptional Students by Jean Strop and David Goldman

An Ameli Anomaly: Parenting a Twice-Exceptional Girl by K. Kay

Attention Deficit Disorders and Gifted Students: What Do We Really Know? by Felice Kaufmann, M. Layne Kalbfleisch. and F. Xavier Castellanos

Dual Exceptionalities by C. Willard-Holt

Existential Depression in Gifted Individuals by James T. Webb

Gifted But Learning Disabled by Susan Baum

Gifted Children with ADHD by D. Lovecky

Gifted Children with Asperger's Syndrome by M. Niehart

Gifted Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by Maureen Neihart

Gifted Students with Attention Deficits: Fact and/or Fiction? Or, Can We See the Forest for the Trees? by Susan M. Baum, F. Richard Olenchak and Steven V. Owen

Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnosis of Gifted Children by James T. Webb, Edward R. Amend, Nadia E. Webb, Jean Goerss, Paul Beljan, F. Richard Olenchak

Underachievement

Academic Underachievement Among the Gifted: Students' Perceptions of Factors That Reverse the Pattern by L. Emerick

Dealing With the Needs of Underachieving Gifted Students in a Suburban School District: What Works!  by Ceil Frey

Flirting With Underachievement by R. Schultz

Gifted Achievers and Underachievers: A Comparison of Patterns Found in School Files by J. Peterson and N. Colangelo

Gifted Underachievement: Oxymoron or Educational Enigma? by Barbara Hoover-Schultz

Models of Underachievement Among Gifted Preadolescents: The Role of Personal, Family, and School Factors by J. Baker, R. Bridger and K. Evans

Promoting a Positive Achievement Attitude With Gifted and Talented Students by D. Siegle and D. B. McCoach

Setting “Motivation Traps” for Underachieving Gifted Students by Donna Y. Ford, Sheila R. Alber, and William L. Heward

Tips for Parents: Gifted Underachievers--What's a Parent To Do? by D. Siegle and D. B. McCoach

To Produce or Not to Produce? Understanding Boredom and the Honor in Underachievement by L. Kanevsky and T. Keighley

Underachieving Gifted Students by James R. Delisle and Sandra L. Berger

Underachieving Gifted Students by Joanne Rand Whitmore

The Underachievement of Gifted Students: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go?  by S. Reis and D. B. McCoach

 

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