Success Strategies for Parenting Gifted Kids: Expert Advice From the National Association for Gifted Children

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When parents need guidance on raising gifted kids, they can turn to Success Strategies for Parenting Gifted Kids: Expert Advice From the National Association for Gifted Children. This collection of practical, dynamic articles from National Association for Gifted Children's Parenting for High Potential magazine will allow parents to find the support and resources they need to help their children find success in school and beyond. Each article provides parents with an easy-to-understand overview of the topic based on research and best practices, as well as processes, step-by-step action plans, and realistic advice. Additionally, the book includes discussion and reflection questions that are perfect for parent support groups, conversations with families and children, and individual parent reflections.

The National Association for Gifted Children's mission is to support those who enhance the growth and development of gifted and talented children through education, advocacy, community building, and research. NAGC aims to help parents and families, K-12 education professionals including support service personnel, and members of the research and higher education community who work to help gifted and talented children as they strive to achieve their personal best and contribute to their communities. Tracy Ford Inman has devoted her career to meeting the needs of young people, especially those who are gifted and talented. She has taught at both the high school and collegiate levels, as well as in summer programs for gifted and talented youth. This Who's Who Among American Educators was a Kentucky Teacher of the Year semifinalist in 1992, and now serves as Associate Director of The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. Inman has presented papers at both state and national levels and has been a writer and editor for The Challenge, an award-winning news magazine of The Center for Gifted Studies. At Western Kentucky University, she earned a bachelor's degree in English in 1986, secondary teacher certification in 1988, a master's degree in education in 1992, and an endorsement in gifted education in 2001.

This work covers covers many different aspects of parenting a gifted child. It provides the parents with a road map to raising their child, and it also gives the parent several different routes to get their child to their best outcome.,Lewie Dunn,Georgia Military College, 1/17/20 This is a terrific resource packed with information that is accessible and practical, with lots of prompts for discussion and reflection. The articles are concise and easy to understand, with helpful action items or reflection questions following each. Some offer resources such as games, books, and strategies to solve various issues that arise with gifted children. It's definitely food for thought in the complicated arena of parenting gifted children.,Axie Barclay,San Francisco Book Review, 2/4/20 If you are wondering how to support your child's gifted learning needs,Success Strategies for Parenting Gifted Kids is the right book at the right time. The writing is smooth and parent-friendly; the chapters provide practical and useful advice; and the book flows from one idea to the next with ease and grace.,Dona Matthews,Psychology Today, 2/28/20