Description

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Educating Gifted Students in Middle School: A Practical Guide (3rd ed.) helps educators with the challenging task of understanding and meeting the needs of gifted students in middle school. This revised and updated third edition:

• Provides a rationale and framework that middle schools can use to fill the service gap for gifted and advanced learners.
• Addresses the needs of learners from diverse backgrounds.
• Shows how to implement effective program models.
• Identifies best practices for the classroom.
• Shares research-based curriculum models.

Topics addressed include school organization, instructional strategies in the basic subject areas, cocurricular and summer programs, the missing link of executive function skills, and counseling at-risk gifted learners. Educating Gifted Students in Middle School focuses on creative, practical, and realistic school solutions that create a vital and responsive community for all students.

About the Author

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Susan Rakow, Ph.D., LPCC, is currently a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor specializing in work with gifted children/teens and families at the Family Achievement Clinic directed by Dr. Sylvia Rimm.