Gifted Young Children

A practical approach to identifying and nurturing gifted children, for their parents and teachers

Dr Louise Porter PhD, MA (Hons), M.Gifted.Ed, Dip.Ed is a child psychologist and trained teacher with 25 years' experience working with young children, their parents and educators. She is an adjunct senior lecturer in Education at Flinders University, South Australia, and author and editor of several books including Educating Young Children with Additional Needs and Student Behaviour.

Part I Understanding giftedness 1 Signs of gifted development in young children 2 Transforming giftedness into talent Part II Emotional needs of gifted children 3 Emotional issues for gifted children 4 Self-esteem 5 Social needs 6 Autonomy Part III Educational provisions 7 A rationale for gifted education 8 Assessing developmental advances in young children 9 Meeting gifted young children's learning needs 10 Disadvantaged gifted children 11 Gifted children with learning disabilities 12 Formulating a policy about gifted learners 13 Parenting gifted children