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Recommended reading
for parents of gifted youth

Title Author
Acceleration for Gifted Learners, K-5 Joan Franklin Smutny, Sally Y. Walker, Elizabeth A. Meckstroth
A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America’s Brightest Students Assouline, Colangelo & Gross
And Still We Rise: The Trials and Triumphs of Twelve Gifted Inner-City High School Students Corwin, Miles
Annamarie Roeper: Selected Writings and Speeches Roeper, Annamarie
Bringing Out the Best: A Guide for Parents of Young Gifted Chlidren Saunders, Jacquelyn
Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools You Should Know About Even If You're Not a Straight-A Student Pope, Loren
Coping For Capable Kids Cohen, LeoNora M.
Counseling the Gifted and Talented Silverman, Linda Kreger
Courage to Achieve: Why America's Brightest Women Struggle to Fulfill Their Promise Walker, Betty A.
Cradles of Eminence: Childhoods of More Than 700 Famous Men and Women Goertzel, Victor, et al.
Creative Home Schooling: A Resource Guide for Smart Families Rivero, Lisa
Different Minds: Gifted Children with AD/HD, Asperger Syndrome, and Other Learning Deficits Lovecky, Deidre
Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners, The Tomlinson, Carol Ann
Differentiating Instruction In the Regular Classroom: How to Reach and Teach All Learners, Grades 3-12 Heacox, Diane
Differentiation for Gifted and Talented Students Tomlinson, Carol Ann
Dreamers, Discoverers and Dynamos: How to Help the Child Who Is Bright, Bored and Having Problems In School Palladino, Lucy Jo
Early Gifts: Recognizing and Nurturing Children's Talents Kubilius, Paula Olszewski
Empowering Gifted Minds: Educational Advocacy That Works Gilman, Barbara Jackson
Frequently Asked Questions about Being Gifted (Teen Life) Frances O'Connor
Genius Denied: How to Stop Wasting Our Brightest Young Minds Davidson, Jan & Bob
Get Off My Brain: A Survival Guide for Lazy Students McCutcheon, Randall
Gifted Adult: A Revolutionary Guide for Liberating Everyday GeniusTM Jacobsen, Mary-Elaine
Gifted Children and Legal Issues: An Update Karnes, Frances A.
Gifted Children: Myths and Realities Winner, Ellen
Gifted Grownups: The Mixed Blessings of Extraordinary Potential Streznewski, Marylou
Gifted Kids Speak Out: Hundreds of Kids Ages 6-13 Talk About School, Friends, Their Families, and the Future Delisle, James
Gifted Kids' Survival Guide: A Teen Handbook Galbraith, Judy
Gifted Kids' Survival Guide: For Ages 10 & Under Galbraith, Judy
Gifted Parent Groups: The SENG Model Webb, James T.
Growing Up Gifted: Developing the Potential of Children At Home and At School (6th edition) Clark, Barbara
Guiding the Gifted Child: A Practical Source for Parents and Teachers Webb, James T.
Helping Gifted Children Soar: A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachers Strip, Carol A.
Identification of Students for Gifted and Talented Programs Renzulli, Joseph S.
Identifying Gifted Students: A Practical Guide Johnsen, Susan
Iowa Acceleration Scale Manual 3rd Edition Susan G. Assouline, Nicholas Colangelo, Ann Lupkowski-Shoplik, Jonathan Lipscomb
5 Levels of Gifted: School Issues and Educational Options Ruf, Deborah
Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults Webb, Amend, Webb, Goerss, Beljan and Olenchak
On the Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Children (2nd edition) Cross, Tracy
Once Upon a Mind: Stories and Scholars of Gifted Child Education Delisle, Jim
Perfectionism: What's Bad About Being Too Good Goldberg, Jan
Raisin' Brains: Surviving My Smart Family Isaacson, Karen L.J.
Raising Champions: A Parent Handbook for Nurturing Their Gifted Children Sayler, Michael
Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, Energetic Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
Re-Forming Gifted Education: Matching the Program to the Child Rogers, Karen B.
Smart Boys: Talent, Manhood, and the Search for Meaning Kerr, Barbara
Smart Girls: A New Psychology of Girls, Women, and Giftedness (revised edition) Kerr, Barbara
Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children: What Do We Know? Neihart, Maureen
Some of My Best Friends Are Books: Guiding Gifted Readers from Pre-School to High School (2nd edition) Halsted, Judith Wynn
Stand Up for Your Gifted Child: How to Make the Most of Kids' Strengths At School and At Home Smutny, Joan Franklin
Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids: How to Understand, Live With, and Stick Up for Your Gifted Child Walker, Sally Yahnke
Talented Teenagers: The Roots of Success and Failure Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, et al.
Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use to Meet the Academic Needs of the Gifted and Talented Winebrenner, Susan
Teenagers' Guide to School Outside the Box Greene, Rebecca
Tests: A Comprehensive Reference for Assessments in Psychology, Education, and Business Maddox, Taddy
The Mislabeled Child: How Understanding Your Child's Unique Learning Style Can Open the Door to Success Brock Eide and Fernette Eide
They Say My Kid's Gifted: Now What? Olenchak, F. Richard
To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled: Strategies for Helping Bright Students with LD, ADHD and More Baum, Susan
Twice-Exceptional and Special Populations of Gifted Students Baum, Susan
Understanding Creativity Piirto, Jane
Understanding Those Who Create Piirto, Jane
Upside-Down Brilliance: The Visual Spatial Learner Silverman, Linda Kreger
War Against Excellence: The Rising Tide of Mediocrity in America's Middle Schools Yecke, Cheri Pierson
When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers: How to Meet Their Social and Emotional Needs Delisle, Jim & Galbraith, Judy