Social/Emotional
Does your child do any of the following?
Videos
· Overexcitabilities: Gifted Students Unexpected Intensities
· Dabrowski's Overexcitabilties- Training for parents and teachers
Reading:
· Overexcitabilities and the Gifted Child by Anne N. Rinn, PhD from Digest of Gifted Research, 2001.
· Overexcitabilities and the Gifted by Sharon Lind from the SENG Newsletter
· Dabrowski's Over-excitabilities A Layman's Explanation by Stephanie S. Tolan for Hoagies Education Page, 1999
· Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students: Helping Kids Cope with Explosive Feelings by Christine Fonseca, Prufrock Press
· 9 Important Topics about the Social and Emotional Needs of the Gifted by Michael F. Shaughnessy , Based on an Interview with Carol McGaughey, SENG website
Specific Strategies to Meet Gifted Students’ Social/Emotional Needs
Does your child do any of the following?
- Fidget a lot, or seem to have more energy than other children his or her age
- Have strong, unusual reactions to sounds or smells?
- Create such a rich fantasy life that it is difficult for him or her to distinguish reality from fantasy?
- Love nothing more than to think, solve problems, and ask questions?
- Have intense emotional reactions, such that it seems like he or she is "overreacting"?
Videos
· Overexcitabilities: Gifted Students Unexpected Intensities
· Dabrowski's Overexcitabilties- Training for parents and teachers
Reading:
· Overexcitabilities and the Gifted Child by Anne N. Rinn, PhD from Digest of Gifted Research, 2001.
· Overexcitabilities and the Gifted by Sharon Lind from the SENG Newsletter
· Dabrowski's Over-excitabilities A Layman's Explanation by Stephanie S. Tolan for Hoagies Education Page, 1999
· Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students: Helping Kids Cope with Explosive Feelings by Christine Fonseca, Prufrock Press
· 9 Important Topics about the Social and Emotional Needs of the Gifted by Michael F. Shaughnessy , Based on an Interview with Carol McGaughey, SENG website
Specific Strategies to Meet Gifted Students’ Social/Emotional Needs
Bibliotherapy
Mentoring
Counseling
Peer Interaction
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Awareness of counselors, teachers, administrators
Education of Gifted
Social stories Role playing
Cognitive interventions
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