The Survival Guide for Gifted Kids, livre ebook

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