Understanding and Working with Gifted Learners

<p>Have you ever wondered…</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>how to cope with a very bright child when you’ve got 30 other children in the class?</li> <p> </p> <li>what to do now <i>you’re</i> in charge of the gifted programme?</li> <p> </p> <li>what giftedness really is and what it means?</li> </ul><p>Introducing for the first time in book form the Holistic Descriptor of Giftedness – a definition for the 21st century recognising the impact of giftedness on the whole person from infancy to adulthood providing a deep and satisfying approach to working with gifted learners.</p><p>Based on this far-reaching approach this book:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>sets out five key concepts to help you recognise and meet the needs of gifted learners at every level of schooling (the REACH model)</li> <p> </p> <li>includes a wealth of thoroughly practical teaching strategies to implement the model with loads of high-interest examples drawn from work by teachers just like you and from gifted learners just like those you know</li> <p> </p> <li>introduces a special three-question conceptual lesson-planning tool to bring all these strategies into highly effective and exciting units of work</li> <p> </p> <li>covers a wide range of supporting topics such as identification parent perspectives cultural differences acceleration grouping giftedness with other special needs and more.</li> </ul><p>This book is written for everyone who lives or works with a gifted young person – classroom teachers gifted programme coordinators parents special needs teachers counsellors and home-schooling families.</p>