Serving the Gifted

Evidence-Based Clinical and Psycho-Educational Practice

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  • Price: $95.00 $85.50
  • Hardback: 224 pages
  • Also available in Paperback
  • Published: August 2012
  • ISBN: 978-0-415-99749-2
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Series: School-Based Practice in Action.

Designed specifically for school psychologists and school counselors, 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 counseling forms, monitoring tools, and parent handouts.

Table of Contents

Services for the Gifted: Needed? Relevant? Important? Identification and Assessment of the Intellectually/Academically Gifted. Identification of Artistic, Creative, and Leadership Giftedness. Understanding the Educational Needs of the Gifted Student: Curriculum and Instruction. Identifying and Providing Services to Twice-exceptional Children. Working with Parents and Families of the Gifted. Counseling/Psychotherapy Strategies. Career Counseling for Gifted and Talented Students. Practicing Legally-correct and Ethically Smart. Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Serving the Gifted.

Author/Editor Biography

Steven Pfeiffer is a Professor in the College of Education at Florida State University, where he also serves as the Director of Clinical Training of their APA-accredited program in combined school/counseling psychology. His career has included teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, Fordham University, and Tulane University; serving as a clinical psychologist in the US Naval Medical Service Corps; and serving as the Director of Devereux Foundation's Institute of Clinical Training and Research. He is a licensed psychologist, fellow of the APA, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology. Dr. Pfeiffer is considered an authority on the psychology of giftedness.