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GATE - Recommended Books

California Association for the Gifted, The Challenge of Raising Your Gifted Child, 2nd edition, 2003. A guidebook to answer parents¹ most frequently asked questions concerning gifted children, plus resources, both traditional and electronic, to make parenting easier.

California Association for the Gifted, Advocacy in Action, second edition, 2002, A step-by-step guide to effective advocacy on behalf of gifted and talented children and their appropriate education.

Campbell, J., Raising Your Child To Be Gifted: Successful Parents Speak, Brookline Books, 1995. Based on research with parents of more than 10,000 gifted children around the world, this book provides easy-to-follow recipes for working with your child; it contains specific, concrete recommendations and suggestions.

Clark, Barbara, Growing Up Gifted: Developing the Potential of Children at Home and at School, Prentice Hall 1997.

Delisle, Jim and Galbraith, Judy, When Gifted Kids Don¹t Have All the Answers - How to meet Their Social and Emotional Needs, freespirit publishing, 2002. Based on classroom experience, survey data, current research and contributions from colleagues and students. It takes a close-up look at gifted kids from the inside (their self-image, and self-esteem) and outside (9 challenges to their well-being from their families, schools, peers and society in general). It presents ways to help gifted underachievers, perfectionists and those who are bored in school, ways to advocate for gifted education, and ways to create a supportive environment for all gifted students.

Galbraith, Judy, The Gifted Kid Survival Guide, for ages 10 and under, freespirit Publishing Inc., Answers readers¹ questions about why they think and learn the way they do, what “giftedness” and IQ really mean, different types of intelligence, how to handle high expectations, how to make school more challenging, how to cope with teasing, how to make friends, and much more.

Galbraith, Judy, The Gifted Kids Survival Guide, for ages 11-18, freespirit Publishing Inc., A must for gifted teens, their parents, teachers, counselors, and anyone who cares about smart, creative, curious kids. The ultimate guide to surviving and thriving in a world that doesn¹t always value, support, or understand high ability.

Greenson, Thomas S., Freeing Our Families from Perfectionism, freespirit, 2002. Greenson explains perfectionism, where it comes from (including influences outside the family) and what to do about it. He describes a healing process for transforming perfectionism into healthy living practices and self-acceptance.

Isaacson, Karen L. J., Raisin¹ Brains - Surviving My Smart Family, Great Potential Press, Inc. 2002. A humorous book of Karen Isaacson¹s real life anecdotes that will keep you chuckling.

Kerr, Barbara, Smart Boys: Talent, Masculinity, and the Search for Meaning, Offers practical suggestions for parents and teachers with thought provoking insights about gifted men. Includes current research regarding gifted boys and men, milestones and danger zones, guiding minority gifted boys, patterns in parenting talented boys, gifted male types, and interviews with gifted men.

Kerr, Barbara, Smart Girls: A New Psychology of Girls, Women and Giftedness. Offers practical advice to parents, teachers, and policymakers about ways to help gifted girls continue to grow and succeed. Contains current research on gifted girls, biographies about eminent women, their lives and achievements, and examines the current educational and family.

Strip, Carol A., Helping Gifted Children Soar - A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachers, Gifted psychology Press, Inc. 2000 (also in Spanish) This user-friendly guidebook educates parents and teachers about important gifted issues such as working together, evaluating classroom programs, forming parent support groups, choosing appropriate curriculum, meeting social and emotional needs, surviving the ups and downs and more.

It is only by introducing the young to great literature, drama and music,and to the excitement of great science that we open to them the possibilities that lie within the human spirit ­ enable them to see visions and dream dreams.
Eric Anderson