Gifted Young Children

Gifted Young Children is a practical guide to identifying and supporting young children who may be gifted or talented.\nLouise Porter outlines how to identify and provide educationally for children aged up to 8 years with advanced development. She explains how teachers and parents can promote children's emotional and social adjustment, including ways to enhance self-esteem, encourage friendships and support their autonomy. She shows how parents can discuss giftedness with children and respond to their needs.\nUpdated to reflect recent research, this second edition is a valuable resource for parents and anyone working with or caring for a gifted or talented child.\nPraise for the first edition:\na wealth of creative ideas and practical advice for developing the talents of this under-served population. Her humour and candor, compassion and insight will endear her work to readers internationally.'\nJoan Franklin Smutny, Director, Center for Gifted, National-Louis University, USA\na comprehensive text that will meet the needs of a wide range of readers from early childhood professionals and teachers to parents.'\nWilma Vialle, The Australasian Journal of Gifted Education\ninteresting, clear and comprehensive'\nHelen Wilson, Research Centre for Able Pupils, Oxford Brookes University,UK