Understanding the Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Students

<p>The second edition of <i>Understanding the Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Students</i> presents a comprehensive treatment of social and emotional development in high-ability learners. This text:</p><ul> <li>Discusses theories that guide the examination of the lived experiences of gifted students.</li> <li>Features new topics such as cyberbullying and microaggressions.</li> <li>Covers social and emotional characteristics and behaviors evidenced in gifted learners.</li> <li>Includes considerations for gifted underachievers gifted culturally diverse students twice-exceptional students LGBTQ gifted students and young people from low-income backgrounds.</li> <li>Describes gifted students' friendships and family relationships that support them contextual influences that shape their social and emotional lives and identity development.</li> </ul><p></p><p>The author provides a wealth of field-tested strategies for addressing social and emotional development. In addition the book offers a plan for designing a gifted-friendly classroom environment to support the social and emotional well-being of gifted students and a comprehensive collection of resources to support professionals in gifted education research and practice.</p>