A Parent's Guide to Gifted Teens: Living with Intense and Creative Adolescents
, by Rivero, LisaNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780910707992 | 0910707995
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 4/15/2010
Parenting
Acknowledgments | p. vii |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Growing a Book: Lessons from Homeschooling | p. 3 |
Parenting for an Extraordinary Kind of Success | p. 6 |
Home as a Good Fit: "Bringing Their Souls to Light" | p. 9 |
Courageous Parenting | p. 11 |
Themes and Organization | p. 13 |
Recommended Further Reading | p. 15 |
Gifted, Talented, and Creative: What Does It All Mean? | p. 17 |
Giftedness | p. 19 |
Giftedness as Asynchronous Development | p. 21 |
What Giftedness Looks Like | p. 24 |
Is Giftedness an Elitist Idea? | p. 26 |
Levels of Giftedness | p. 27 |
Talking to Teens about Giftedness | p. 28 |
Talent | p. 29 |
Talent Myths | p. 31 |
Talking to Teens about Talent | p. 34 |
Creativity | p. 35 |
What Creativity Looks Like | p. 37 |
Giftedness and Creativity | p. 37 |
Talking to Teens about Creativity | p. 38 |
Recommended Further Reading | p. 41 |
The Intense Teen | p. 43 |
The Difference of Intensity | p. 44 |
Overexcitabilities | p. 45 |
Intensity and Personal Growth | p. 48 |
Intellectual Excitability | p. 50 |
Emotional Excitability | p. 53 |
Imaginational Excitability | p. 56 |
Psychomotor Excitability | p. 57 |
Sensual Excitability | p. 59 |
Intense and Excitable Families | p. 63 |
Final Words | p. 65 |
Recommended Further Reading | p. 67 |
Social-Emotional Growth and Development | p. 69 |
College Prep or Life Prep? | p. 70 |
The Gifted Difference | p. 73 |
Maturity, Revisited | p. 75 |
Parenting for Social-Emotional Growth | p. 78 |
Practice and Value Self-Care | p. 80 |
Model and Support Intellectual Risk-Taking | p. 81 |
Encourage Positive Self-Talk | p. 83 |
Listen to Emotions | p. 85 |
Encourage Ownership of Excitability and Sensitivity | p. 86 |
Communicate Respect for Differences | p. 88 |
Learn about Introversion and Extroversion | p. 89 |
Find Opportunities for Mixed-Age Learning and Socializing | p. 91 |
Admit and Accept Flaws and Mistakes | p. 92 |
Final Words | p. 93 |
Recommended Further Reading | p. 95 |
The Creative Teen | p. 97 |
Divergent Thinking | p. 97 |
The Divergent Difference | p. 98 |
The Creative Personality | p. 101 |
Creativity and Flow | p. 104 |
The Creative Home | p. 105 |
Watch for Genuine, Internally-Motivated Interests | p. 106 |
Encourage Broad Interests | p. 107 |
Deemphasize the Importance of Grades and Test Scores | p. 107 |
Emphasize Internal Motivation, Planning, and Effort | p. 107 |
Avoid Squelching or Criticizing New Ideas | p. 108 |
Put Expectations on Hold and Accept Inconsistency | p. 108 |
Practice Skills of Goal Setting and Time Management | p. 109 |
Recommended Further Reading | p. 111 |
The Self-Directed Teen | p. 113 |
Self-Determined Teens | p. 114 |
Asynchronous Development and the Gifted Difference | p. 116 |
Recognizing Self-Determination and Self-Directed Learning | p. 118 |
Encouraging Self-Management | p. 120 |
Take the Long View | p. 120 |
Make Expectations Clear | p. 121 |
Notice and Legitimize Self-Direction | p. 122 |
Focus on the Rewards of Overcoming Inertia | p. 123 |
Practice Breaking Big Goals into Small Steps | p. 124 |
Expect Asynchronous Development as Normal | p. 125 |
Show, Don't Tell | p. 126 |
Accommodate Intellectual Needs | p. 127 |
Give the Gift of Courage | p. 128 |
Recommended Further Reading and Resources | p. 130 |
Multipotentiality: When Teens Are Good at Many Things | p. 133 |
Finding Passions and Making Choices | p. 134 |
Helping Teens Find Their Niche | p. 137 |
Recommended Further Reading | p. 140 |
The Gifted Parent | p. 143 |
Adult Excitabilities and Development | p. 144 |
Big Three Gifted Differences: Intensity, Complexity, and Drive | p. 145 |
Parenting with Intensity: The Perils of High Potential | p. 146 |
Our Children's Sensitivities | p. 147 |
Wanting to Fix Our Own Past | p. 147 |
Reluctance to Be in Charge | p. 148 |
Intense Parenting and the Urge to Perfect | p. 150 |
Recommended Further Reading | p. 153 |
Conclusion: Worry, Expectations, and Forgiveness | p. 155 |
Worry | p. 155 |
Rethinking Expectations | p. 156 |
The Power of Forgiveness | p. 158 |
Endnotes | p. 163 |
References | p. 169 |
Index | p. 175 |
About the Author | p. 183 |
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