Gifted and Talented Info for Parents
What a Child Doesn't Learn... - by Tracy Inman -These are skills your child needs to be successful in life. https://www.wku.edu/gifted/documents/resource_articles/what_a_child_doesnt_learn.pdf
Developing Your Child's Habits of Success in School, Life and Work by Dr. Arthur L. Costa, Emeritus Professor of Education at California State University Sacramento. Developing Your Child s Habits to Success in School
FOR PARENTS OF GIFTED STUDENTS
What Gifted Students Want from Their Parents*
- Be supportive and encouraging; be there for us; be on our side.
- Don't expect too much of us; don't expect perfection.
- Don't pressure us, be too demanding, or push too hard.
- Help us with our homework.
- Help us to develop our talents.
- Be understanding.
- Don't expect straight A's.
- Allow us some independence; give us space; trust us, because chances are we know what we're doing.
- Talk to us; listen to us.
- Let us try alternative education/special programs.
Parenting Emotionally Intense Gifted Children
http://talentdevelop.com/articles/ParentingEIGC.html
Davidson Institute | Programs & Support for the Profoundly Gifted (davidsongifted.org)
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