Handbook of Giftedness in Children

Steven I. Pfeiffer, Ph.D., is a Professor at Florida State University. Previously, he was a Professor at Duke University, where he served as Executive Director of the Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP). Dr. Pfeiffer is an internationally recognized expert in the gifted field. According to Alan Kaufman, Dr. Pfeiffer is "among a small group of the world's leading experts in the gifted field. He is an unusually articulate spokesperson on the varied topics that comprise the broad domain of gifted education and gifted assessment." Dr. Pfeiffer twice testified at the White House before the National Task Force on Health Care Reform. In 2012, he was a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the National Institute of Education in Singapore. He has an active clinical practice and conducts workshops in the United States and internationally. Dr. Pfeiffer is lead author of the Gifted Rating Scales (Pearson Assessment, 2003), the most widely used rating scale in gifted identification. His most recent books include, Serving the Gifted (Routledge, 2013); Essentials of Gifted Assessment (Wiley, 2015); and The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children (Prufrock Press, 2015), co-edited with Maureen Neihart and Tracy Cross. He is Editor-in-Chief of the APA Handbook of Giftedness and Talent (Washington, DC: APA Books; in press).

Chapter 1. History of Giftedness: Paradigms and Paradoxes.- Chapter 2. An International View on Gifted Education: Incorporating the Macro-Systemic Perspective. Chapter 3. Theories and Conceptions of Giftedness.- Chapter 4. The Social and Emotional World of the Gifted.- Chapter 5. Expertise and Individual Differences.- Chapter 6. Creativity.- Chapter 7. Emotional Intelligence (EI) and the Gifted.- Chapter 8. Gender and Talent Development of Gifted Students.- Chapter 9. The Role of the Family in Talent Development.- Chapter 10. Looking Back and Looking Forward: Curriculum for Gifted and Talented Students.- Chapter 11. Applicable Federal and State Policy, Law, and Legal Considerations in Gifted Education.- Chapter 12. Assessment of Giftedness.- Chapter 13.Recruiting and Retaining Underrepresented Gifted Students.- Chapter 14. Perfectionism.- Chapter 15. Depression, Suicide, and Giftedness: Disentangling Risk Factors, Protective Factors, and Implications for Each.- Chapter 16. Understanding Underachievement.- Chapter 17. Counseling the Gifted: Current Status and Future Prospects.- Chapter 18. Career Counseling for the Gifted and Talented: A Lifespan Development Approach.- Chapter 19. Ethical and Professional Practice Issues in the Provision of Educational Services to Gifted Students.- Chapter 20. Identifying and Providing Evidence-Based Services for Twice-Exceptional Students.