Recommended Reading

Check your local library for these and other titles.

www.mnlink.org allows interlibrary loan capabilities.

Advocacy:

"Re-Forming Gifted Education: How Parents and Teachers Can Match the Program to the Child"  By  Karen Rogers, Ph.D, www.giftedbooks.com

"Genius Denied" by Jan and Bob Davidson www.geniusdenied.com

The Templeton National Report on Acceleration: A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students by  Nicholas Colangelo, Susan G. Assouline, Miraca U. M. Gross www.nationdeceived.org

"Empowering Gifted Minds: Educational Advocacy That Works" by Barbara S. Gilman www.deleonpub.com

"Developing Mathematical Talent: A Guide for Challenging and Educating Gifted Students" by Susan Assouline & Ann Lupkowski-Shoplik www.prufrock.com

Parenting:

"The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids" by Sally Yahnke Walker www.freespirit.com

"Guiding the Gifted Child" by James T. Webb, Elizabeth A. Meckstroth and Stephanie S. Tolan www.giftedbooks.com

"Helping Gifted Children Soar: A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachers" by Carol A. Strip, Ph.D, www.giftedbooks.com

Underachievement:

"Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades and What You Can Do About It" by Dr. Sylvia Rimm www.sylviarimm.com

Twice Exceptional:

"Different Minds: Gifted Children with ADHD, Asperger Syndrome and Other Learning Deficits" by Deirdre V. Lovecky http://www.amazon.com/Different-Minds-Children-Asperger-Learning/dp/1853029645

"Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnosis of Gifted Children and Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger's, Depression and Other Disorders" by James T. Webb www.giftedbooks.com

"Smart Kids With Learning Difficulties: Overcoming Obstacles and Realizing Potential" by Rich Weinfeld, Sue Jeweler, Linda Barnes-Robinson, Betty Shevitz http://www.prufrock.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=581

Highly Gifted:

"Exceptionally Gifted Children" by Miraca U. M. Gross http://www.amazon.com/Exceptionally-Gifted-Children-Miraca-Gross/dp/0415314909/sr=1-1/qid=1161791195/ref=sr_1_1/104-7129573-1235103?ie=UTF8&s=books

"Losing Our Minds: Gifted Children Left Behind" by Deborah Ruf www.giftedbooks.com