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Title: The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids: How to Understand, Live With, and Stick Up for Your Gifted Child by Sally Yahnke, Ph.D. Walker, Caryn Pernu ISBN: 1-57542-111-9 Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent primer for parents of exceptional children
Comment: Now in a substantially revised & updated edition, The Survival Guide For Parents Of Gifted Kids: How To Understand, Live With, And Stick Up For Your Gifted Child by parental consultant, educator and gifted children advocate Sally Yahnke Walker is a straightforward, sensible guide to parenting and advocating in behalf of a gifted child, especially when dealing with local schools and school boards. Individual chapters address discovering and living with gifted talents, handling problems such as sensitivity and a smart mouth, and working for improvement in the local school curriculum. The Survival Guide For Parents Of Gifted Kids is highly recommended for non-specialist general readers as being an excellent primer for parents of exceptional children everywhere.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good, but slim in some areas
Comment: At this point, I don't need much of the information in this book, since my children are in a school that caters to the (Gardener's) multiple intelligences of all children. All children will be challenged and not allowed to fall into the underachievment cracks.
Having said that, I found some useful information here to understand my daughters and my own (lousy) gifted education. I've always hated pull out programs and it was nice to have confirmed that they just don't work. Understanding the characteristics of "the gifted child" will hopefully help me parent my girls more appropriately, and not expect more from them than they are emotionally capable of doing.
I think they could have done a better job of including more real stories of what families go through instead of the brief "wow! gifted education is great!" sort of blurbs they have. I always seek more resources so I'd like to see more included.
Rating: 2
Summary: Not as comprehensive as I'd hoped....
Comment: While naming so many famous social outcasts and school failures who were phenomenally advanced, this book goes on to tell about the social affability and drive 'GT's have. My experience with such children has been about 50/50, half socially fine and willing and able to get on with studying, the other half way over in the other end of this spectrum. This book makes far too little mention of the second half, which I found most disappointing, as it is the second group which perhaps needs more understanding and encouragement.
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