Understanding the Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Students

Thomas P. Hébert, Ph.D., is Professor of Gifted and Talented Education in the College of Education at the University of South Carolina. He has more than a decade of K-12 classroom experience working with gifted students and 25 years in higher education training graduate students and educators in gifted education. He has also conducted research for the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT).

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 Theories of Psychological Development Guiding Our Understanding of Gifted Students Chapter 2 Social and Emotional Characteristics and Traits of Gifted Young People: Part I Chapter 3 Social and Emotional Characteristics and Traits of Gifted Young People: Part II Chapter 4 Contextual Influences on the Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Students Chapter 5 Identity Development in Gifted Students Chapter 6 Relationships That Influence Social and Emotional Development Chapter 7 Teachers and Counselors Supporting Gifted Underachieving Students Chapter 8 Supporting the Social and Emotional Development of Twice-Exceptional Students Chapter 9 Supporting the Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Culturally Diverse Students Chapter 10 Designing Classroom Environments for Social and Emotional Development Epilogue References Appendix A Literature to Guide Gifted Students Appendix B Examining Biographies With Gifted Students Appendix C Picture Book Biographies Appendix D Selected Bibliography of Films for Guided Viewing With Gifted Students About the Author Name Index Subject Index