At Back-to-School night, I mentioned a few resources for both adults and kids to help understand some of the unique needs of gifted learners that relate to their affective needs (their social/emotional growth.) If you are interested, here are some of the resources I have found most useful: For parents - This book is a hot topic in education right now especially with the focus on 21st Century thinking skills. Carol Dweck lays out the two types of mindsets - growth (believing that it is possible to learn anything with work) and fixed (believing talents are inherent within us and cannot be changed.) This book applies to more than just teaching and parenting but also to the work, business, and sporting worlds For parents - Paul Tough looks at schools where students are low-income and high performing and also high-income and high performing to see what helps students succeed. The big focus in this book is on character traits and how students learn skills like perseverance and resiliency. The author also shares about the importance for having opportunities to make mistakes in order to be ready for the real world after school. For parents (especially educators) - This book was part of a class that I took last school year. It is full of useful activities and discussion topics to work with kids on understanding themselves better. There is information on helping perfectionists, pessimists, relationships, and other timely issues that gifted students face K-12. For kids - Written to "you" and referring directly to the elementary-age kids, this book has a lot of great "think abouts" for GT students. It covers a lot of the same topics from the above book but does it in kid-friendly language and has quotes from kids that your student will relate to. It is a great resource to have at home for your child. My favorite part of this book is how it encourages kids to self-advocate with their parents and teachers. For kids - Again this book is written to "you" and geared directly at GT learners. This book is appropriate for upper elementary and middle school. It is literally 101 one-page articles on topics kids are facing - dealing with homework, how to get organized, how to make friends, how to relax, and plenty of other topics to spur conversation at your house about school and life success.
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