This article finds inadequate career services for gifted and talented students, reviews current research in such areas as multipotentiality and unhealthy perfectionism, identifies areas for further research (i.e., life after college and psychological/emotional issues), and recommends an agenda for change in the nature of career counseling for this…

The article delineates components of a comprehensive guidance/counseling plan for gifted and talented students. Tables provide guidance/counseling objectives for gifted children; functions of the teacher, parent, administrator, and counselor; and intervention strategies in the personal/social, academic, and career/vocational areas. (DB)

The article describes the implementation of Immediate Strategic Intervention, a counseling strategy which utilizes trained adolescent female friends to help during the first 24 hours of an emotional crisis (e.g., potential suicide). Middle school adolescents can be taught basic psychological concepts and utilize them in supporting friends and…

The annotated bibliography contains selected references that offer positive examples of women and assist in career planning. The references are grouped into the following sections: art, awareness, biography, careers, curricular materials, history, invention, literature, math, and out-of-print. Publication dates are from 1963 to 1990. (DB)

Necessary developmental tasks concerned with identity development of gifted college women include developing competence, managing emotions, developing autonomy, establishing identity, freeing interpersonal relationships, developing purpose, and developing integrity. These issues may be used as counseling interventions to raise career aspirations.…

Research on depression among gifted adolescent females is reviewed. A psychotherapeutic model drawing on established feminist therapy strategies is presented for counselors working with gifted adolescent females. The model emphasizes recognizing harmful effects of patriarchal society, supporting females in self-exploration, and pursuing nonsexist…

This article gives suggestions for bibliotherapy as a counseling strategy to help gifted boys dealing with six issues: image management, self-inflicted pressure, the trauma of being labeled "different," male bonding, cultural expectations, and gender role conflict. Thirty children's books addressing these issues are suggested. (DB)