Living With Intensity: Understanding the

GIFTED CHILDREN and adults are often misunderstood. Their excitement is viewed as excessive, their high energy as hyperactivity, their persistence as nagging, their imagination as not paying attention, their passion as being disruptive, their strong emotions and sensitivity as immaturity, their creativity and self-directedness as oppositional. This resource describes these overexcitabilities and strategies for dealing with children and adults who are experiencing them, and provides essential information about Dabrowski¿s Theory of Positive Disintegration. Learn practical methods for nurturing sensitivity, intensity, perfectionism, and much more.

Foreword	p. xi
Kazimierz Dabrowski, Overexcitability, Giftedness, and Developmental Potential	p. 1
Embracing Intensity: Overexcitability, Sensitivity, and the Developmental Potential of the Gifted	p. 3
Dabrowski's Levels and the Process of Development	p. 19
Understanding Intensity: Practical Applications for Parents, Teachers, and Counselors	p. 31
Nurturing the Sensitivity, Intensity, and Developmental Potential of Young Gifted Children	p. 33
Inner Awakening, Outward Journey: The Intense Gifted Child in Adolescence	p. 57
The Emperor Has No Clothes: Exquisite Perception, Stress, and the Gifted Child	p. 73
Dabrowski's Theory: Possibilities and Implications of Misdiagnosis, Missed Diagnosis, and Dual Diagnosis in Gifted Individuals	p. 83
Integrating the Intense Experience: Counseling and Clinical Applications	p. 105
Overexcitability, Giftedness, and Family Dynamics	p. 127
Petunias, Perfectionism, and Level of Development	p. 145
Still Gifted After All These Years-Lifespan Intensity and Gifted Adults	p. 165
Advantages and Challenges of Lifespan Intensity	p. 167
Annemarie Roeper: Nearly a Century with Giftedness	p. 185
Living One's Spirit Song: Transcendent Experiences in Counseling Gifted Adults	p. 203
What We May Be: What Dabrowski's Work Can Do for Gifted Adults	p. 225
Current Research and Future Directions	p. 237
Building Firm Foundations: Research and Assessments	p. 239
Under Construction: Continued Applications of Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration with the Gifted	p. 261
Overexcitability Questionnaire - Short Form (OEQ Short Form)	p. 267
Overexcitability Questionnaire - Revised (OEQ-REV)	p. 269
References	p. 271
Author Index	p. 287
Topic Index	p. 291
About the Authors	p. 299
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Living With Intensity: Understanding the Sensitivity, Excitability, and the Emotional Development of Gifted Children, Adolescents, and Adults

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