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Fostering Gifted Students' Affective Development: A Look at the Impact of Academic Self-Concept
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Rinn, Anne N.; Plucker, Jonathan A.; Stocking, Vicki B. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to provide educators and counselors with a framework for understanding the academic self-concepts of gifted students. As academic self-concept is theoretically linked with other constructs, including academic achievement and aspirations, it is vital that educators and counselors are aware of the experiences gifted…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Affective Behavior, Emotional Development, Student Development
Counseling with Exceptional Children
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Tarver-Behring, Shari; Spagna, Michael E. – Focus on Exceptional Children, 2004
Children and adolescents with disabilities are an extremely heterogeneous group of diverse learners, each with unique learning strengths and needs. Often misunderstood and frequently less served by the counseling profession, these children and adolescents need counseling services just as much as, if not more than, other children. Federal…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Counseling Services, Developmental Disabilities, Children
ADHD and Children Who Are Gifted.
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Webb, James T.; Latimer, Diane – Exceptional Children, 1993
Guidelines are offered for the differential identification of children who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), giftedness, or both. Careful evaluation of the situation and setting in which behavior or attentional problems occur is recommended, as is individual evaluation for children who may be gifted and ADHD. (DB)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Attention Deficit Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Sibling Support Groups.
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Summers, Marcia; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1991
The article examines the value of support groups for siblings of children with disabilities, discusses their implementation and evaluation, and proposes activities for six sessions of a sibling group. (DB)
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Counseling Techniques, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education