Gifted Parenting Resource

This is a go to book for parents or teachers who need a little advice on their gifted children.  Judith Winn Halstead does a fabulous job of explaining many of the social and emotional issues that many gifted and highly capable students deal with.  She also includes books for each age range that exemplify characters who deal with the same issues.  This gives parents and kids a chance to think and talk about the issue without it being about the child.  Honestly, this is one of my favorite go to resources for suggestions and ideas when a parent calls me for advice.  Over the last 6 years the Middleton Gifted Program has owned and loaned as many as 6 copies and we don't have one currently on our shelves! This makes me smile because I know they are being read and used.  Time to order more!

Book Description - From Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Some-Best-Friends-Are-Books/dp/0910707960

Good books are often good friends. Because gifted readers often intensely identify with characters, good books can provide bridges to new insights and better communication of feelings, values, and decision making, while also fostering intellectual and creative development. Now in its third edition, Some of My Best Friends Are Books describes: Intellectual and emotional needs of children of high ability; Typical and advanced reading patterns for grades K-12; How parents and teachers can give reading guidance and discuss books with young readers; A well-indexed annotated bibliography of more than 300 books for readers of all ages, carefully selected to promote intellectual and emotional development; Books that deal with themes such as Achievement, Aloneness, Arrogance, Developing Imagination, Intensity, Introversion, Perfectionism, Relationships with Others, Sensitivity, and Resiliency; and An index with suggested titles for each theme and the page numbers for short summaries of these titles