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Kerr, Barbara A. – Momentum, 1986
Considers reasons gifted girls fail to reach their potential, pointing to extraordinarily good social adjustment as a factor in their tendency to underplay their talents and lose sight of their academic goals. Suggests ways in which teachers, parents, and counselors can provide guidance for gifted girls at particular education levels. (DMM)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Gifted
Download full textDyer, Shirley Poindexter – 1991
The mother of a 16-year-old daughter with autism offers a parental perspective on coping with a child's disability. The paper emphasizes that through direct interaction with the child and the child's teacher and through taking an active role in the child's activities and achievements, the child's potential can be discovered and the child can be…
Descriptors: Autism, Child Development, Child Rearing, Communication Skills
Knapp, Clifford E.; Goodman, Joel – 1983
This is a guide to leading nature and human nature activities in camp and other learning situations. The book provides a humanistic approach to environmental education to help people learn life skills that will enhance the quality of life, the quality of the human environment, and the quality of the natural environment. The book contains 12…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Conservation Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Peer reviewedWood, Frank H. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1988
Parents and educators can help special needs children develop skills for full, happy lives. Discussed are factors in successful adaptation of special needs learners to difficult environments, educators' challenges, and the complex interdependent nature of the task of educating special needs learners. Subsequent articles in this special issue are…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Disabilities, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedLovecky, Deirdre V. – Roeper Review, 1992
Five traits common to gifted children that result in social and emotional vulnerability are described, including divergent thinking ability, excitability, sensitivity, perceptiveness, and entelechy. Specific issues that parents must face to enable their children to reach their full potential are explored. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Divergent Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Development
Bodenburg, Dorothy A. – 1993
Noting that the interpersonal dynamics between parents who are high achieving and children who are not achieving up to their potential can be the cause of the disparity, this book explores how children become underachievers and how parents can improve their expectations and the emotional climate to allow their child to feel happy and successful.…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Need, Adolescents, Aspiration
