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Written specifically for GTs (gifted and talented) to help them in their everyday life as a GT in school, at home, and with friends, this title includes: facts about your GT brain and how it works; a GT survey and quizzes to help you know yourself better; ways to boost brainpower in and out of school; and, over 100 quotes from gifted kids.
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Judy Galbraith has a master's degree in guidance and counseling of the gifted. She has worked with and taught gifted youth, their parents, and their teachers for over 30 years. Nancy Meyers' simple cartoons and line-drawings are much in demand by children's book publishers. This book is written specifically for GTs (gifted and talented) to help them in their everyday life as a GT in school, at home, and with friends. It is based on surveys of more than 1,000 gifted kids who had lots to say about growing up gifted and dealing with it. Their advice and insights will help all GTs know they are not alone and not weird - and that being smart, creative, and talented is a big plus, not a minus. This Guide includes: facts about your GT brain and how it works; a GT survey and quizzes to help you know yourself better; advice on friendships, talking with teachers and parents, and dealing with problems like bullying, stress, and loneliness; ways to boost brainpower in and out of school; over 100 quotes from gifted kids; and, lists of brainy books, blogs, websites, video games, and more!
Author Biography
Award-winning author and publisher Judy Galbraith, M.A., has a master's degree in guidance and counseling of the gifted. A former classroom teacher, she has worked with and taught gifted children and teens, their parents, and their teachers for many years. In 1983 she started Free Spirit Publishing, which specializes in Self-Help for Kids and Self-Help for Teens books and other learning resources. Judy is the author or coauthor of several books, including the perennially popular The Gifted Teen Survival Guide, The Survival Guide for Gifted Kids, When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers, and You Know Your Child Is Gifted When . . . She has appeared on Oprah and has been featured in Family Circle and Family Life, as well as numerous other magazines, newspapers, and broadcast and online media. Judy served for ten years on the Board of Directors of Search Institute, a nonprofit research organization dedicated to advancing the well-being of children and adolescents. From 2007-2010, she was a member of Minnesota 4-H Foundation Board of Trustees. In 1996, Judy received the E. Paul Torrance Creativity Award; in 2004, she was named the Midwest Publisher of the Year; in 2006, she was Honored for Excellence in Independent Publishing by Independent Publisher Book Awards; in 2011, she received the California Association for the Gifted (CAG) Ruth A. Martinson Award for significant contribution to gifted education; in 2012, she was given the Friend of the Gifted Award by the Minnesota Council for the Gifted and Talented for her sustained advocacy on behalf of gifted children; and in 2015, she received the NAGC Annemarie Roeper Global Awareness Award.
Table of Contents
Welcome to The Survival Guide for Gifted Kids About This Book 5 Things GTs Need to Succeed Chapter 1: What It Means to Be Gifted 4 Fast Facts About GT G v. T The Many Sides of Intelligence Whiz Quiz: What Are Your Strong Smarts? Mythbusters Chapter 2: Life as a Gifted Kid: What's It Really Like? 8 Great Gripes of GT Kids 8 Big Benefits of Being GT When Did You Know? Too Many Labels Chapter 3: YMIGT? Meet Your GT Brain Nature & Nurture Will I Always Be GT? What If I Don't Want to Be GT--Can I Change? Chapter 4: GT Programs: What Works, What Doesn't, & What You Can Do About It What Is a GT Program? Who Gets In? Whiz Quiz: 20 Questions to Identify a GT Who Might Get Left Out? How's Your Program? What If There's No GT Program? Chapter 5: When School Bores You Out of Your Brain 8 Great Ways to Make Regular School More Cool Find Other GTs & Take Action! What If You Hit a Roadblock? Chapter 6: Perfectionism & Other Pains in the Brain The Perfection Infection (& Cure) Whiz Quiz: Are You a Perfectionist? What's the Big Deal About Self-Esteem? The Great (or Not-So-Great) Gender Gap What to Do When You're Freakishly Frantic or Down in the Dumps Chapter 7: Social Smarts What Are Friends & Where Do You Find Them? Friendship Fiascos & Fixes The Trouble with Teasing & How to Cope What If the Teasing Becomes Bullying? Chapter 8: Family Frustrations, Family Fun Great Expectations When You're So Busy You Can't See Straight Siblings: Pests or Pals? Chapter 9: Great Brain Power Whiz Quiz: Brain Boost or Brain Drain? Witty Web Sites Brainy Books Vexing Video Games Chapter 10: Freedom to Be GT Know Your Rights Get Your Rights A Few Final Words GT Resources Web Sites Contests & Competitions GT Survey Sources for GT Facts Index About the Author
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Details ISBN1575424487 Author Judy Galbraith Language English ISBN-10 1575424487 ISBN-13 9781575424484 Media Book Format Paperback Residence Minneapolis, US Audience Age 8-10 Short Title SURVIVAL GD FOR GIFTED KIDS-3E Edition Description Revised, Update Edition 3rd Illustrations Yes Illustrator Nancy Meyers Imprint Free Spirit Publishing Inc.,U.S. Place of Publication Minneapolis Country of Publication United States Edited by Meg Bratsch Qualifications M.A. Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-08-06 UK Release Date 2013-08-06 AU Release Date 2013-08-06 NZ Release Date 2013-08-06 US Release Date 2013-08-06 Pages 128 Publisher Free Spirit Publishing Inc.,U.S. DEWEY 155.455 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this
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