Designing and Developing Programs for Gifted Students [Hardcover]

This book gives you the nuts and bolts needed to design and implement a gifted program to maximize the benefits to students, teachers, schools, and parents.

This book gives you the nuts and bolts needed to design and implement a gifted program to maximize the benefits to students, teachers, schools, and parents.

An inspirational and insightful gathering of educational wisdom.Acknowledgments
About the Editor
About the Contributors
Introduction - Joan Franklin Smutny
1. From Needs and Goals to Program Organization: A Nuts-and-Bolts Guide - Joan Franklin Smutny and Cheryl Lind
2. Developing and Designing Programs Serving Young Gifted Children - Joan Franklin Smutny
3. Identifying and Selecting Teachers - Norman J. Mirman
4. Special Programs at the Elementary Level: Content and Methods - Mary K. Pleiss
5. Designing and Implementing Curriculum for Programs: Elementary and Middle School Levels - Cheryll M. Adams and Sara Delano Moore
6. Designing Math Curriculum to Encourage Inductive Thinking by Elementary and Middle-School Students: Basic Principles to Follow - Christopher M. Freeman
7. Reflections on Special Programming for the Disadvantaged Students - Eileen Kelble
8. University School's Community Talent Development Program - Patricia L. Hollingsworth
9. The Prevention and Enrichment Program for Families with Gifted Children - Ruth Erken
10. Role of Programs: Relationships With Parents, Schools, and Communities - Maria Lucia Sabatella
11. The Role of Summer Programs: Providing Support for Students, Parents, and Schools - Pam Piskurich
12. Support for Gifted Programs: Parents, School, and Community - Deborah E. Bordelon
13. Assessment: Impact on Children, Parents, and Teachers - Cheryll M. Adams
Concluding Thoughts - Joan Franklin Smutny