Serving the Gifted: Evidence-Based Clinical and Psychoeducational Practice

by Steven I. Pfeiffer

Designed for practitioners who work with the gifted, this volume is intended to serve as a practical and easy-to-use resource for working with gifted students, their teachers, and their parents and families. It provides timely, practical, evidence-based techniques and guidelines to help these practitioners better help an underserved group. The book is written in a user-friendly style that makes this a quick, simple, and easy reference. Topics covered include identification and assessment of gifted students; important information for understanding the needs of the gifted; counseling and psychotherapy strategies; career counseling for gifted and talented students; methods for working with the families of the gifted; and legally-correct and ethically-smart counseling techniques. An accompanying CD will contain valuable resources such as PowerPoint presentations and reproducible handouts and forms.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041599750X
• ISBN13: 9780415997508
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"