The article reviews some of the conditions that might counteract decline in the intellectual development of gifted children and adolescents. (DLS)

The article discusses the psychological needs of gifted children. (DLS)

The article discusses three guidance functions involved with gifted and talented students. (DLS)

The article discusses the relationship between mental health and giftedness in children. (DLS)

The article presents four conclusions regarding the provision of intervention services to intellectually gifted students with emotional difficulties, along with some examples of the actual process the authors currently employ with such children. (DLS)

The article briefly describes a curriculum and instructional model developed at the Advanced Learning Center in Yakima, Washington, focusing on preparing gifted leaders for a futuristic society, and presents several sample activities that can be adapted for use in a variety of instructional settings for such purposes. (DLS)

The article discusses and advocates the use of the Chinese abacus in teaching gifted children mathematical properties and operations. (DLS)

The article reviews methods by which classroom teachers can identify academically gifted students (including a discussion of common learning characteristics of gifted students); considers classroom implications; and identifies goals and objectives for gifted students in reading, language arts, social studies, mathematics, and science. (CL)

The author considers the impact of social trends, particularly the women's movement, on young gifted females, and cites such adjustment problems as the absence of gifted women models and the development of sublimated seduction patterns in the girls' relationships with their fathers. (CL)

The paper explains the career education concept and considers its application to gifted and talented students. (CL)

Results of scores of 151 gifted high school students on the Self Concept of Ability Scale indicated that Ss had high self-concepts of academic ability. (CL)

The pattern of abilities of a gifted fifth grade student is analyzed according to Guilford's Structure of Intellect model. (CL)

Psychological problems and potential solutions for gifted adolescents are discussed. (CL)

The article describes the Independent Study and Seminar Program for Gifted urban high school students. (CL)

An ecology program for gifted high school students incorporated such diverse areas as writing, oral skills, political interests, and photography into a scientific research framework. (CL)