Get Gifted Students Talking 76 Ready-to-Use Group Discussions About Identity, Stress, Relationships, and More (Grades 6-12)
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Jean Sunde Peterson, Ph.D., is professor emerita and former director of school counselor preparation at Purdue University. She conducts workshops on academic underachievement, prevention- and development-oriented small-group work with children and adolescents, bullying, and more.
Dr. Peterson has authored more than 130 books (including Get Gifted Students Talking, How (and Why) to Get Students Talking, and Bright, Complex Kids), journal articles, and invited chapters, and her articles have appeared in all major gifted-education journals as well as the Journal of Counseling & Development, Professional School Counseling, and International Journal of Educational Reform. She has received ten national awards for scholarship, as well as numerous awards at Purdue for teaching, research, or service, and was a state teacher of the year in her first career as a classroom teacher.
She lives in Indiana.
Get Gifted Students Talking 76 Ready-to-Use Group Discussions About Identity, Stress, Relationships, and More (Grades 6-12)
“An engaging text that is filled with appropriate exercises for the age group. The topics are intended to maximize students’ input and engagement.”
School Administrator magazine
In our digital era, young people need a safe, supportive place to connect and “just talk” with peers as well as with an attentive adult, whether that is a general education teacher, gifted specialist, youth counselor, or another leader. With new conversation topics, additional discussion questions, and a revised introduction, this updated edition of Get Gifted Students Talking addresses the issues faced by gifted students in middle school and high school. Through guided group discussions, young people:
- strengthen their social-emotional development
- gain self-awareness
- build important verbal communication skills
- cope with difficult emotions
- and more
“An engaging text that is filled with appropriate exercises for the age group. The topics are intended to maximize students’ input and engagement.”
School Administrator magazine
In our digital era, young people need a safe, supportive place to connect and “just talk” with peers as well as with an attentive adult, whether that is a general education teacher, gifted specialist, youth counselor, or another leader. With new conversation topics, additional discussion questions, and a revised introduction, this updated edition of Get Gifted Students Talking addresses the issues faced by gifted students in middle school and high school. Through guided group discussions, young people:
- strengthen their social-emotional development
- gain self-awareness
- build important verbal communication skills
- cope with difficult emotions
- and more
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Jean Sunde Peterson, Ph.D., is professor emerita and former director of school counselor preparation at Purdue University. She conducts workshops on academic underachievement, prevention- and development-oriented small-group work with children and adolescents, bullying, and more.
Dr. Peterson has authored more than 130 books (including Get Gifted Students Talking, How (and Why) to Get Students Talking, and Bright, Complex Kids), journal articles, and invited chapters, and her articles have appeared in all major gifted-education journals as well as the Journal of Counseling & Development, Professional School Counseling, and International Journal of Educational Reform. She has received ten national awards for scholarship, as well as numerous awards at Purdue for teaching, research, or service, and was a state teacher of the year in her first career as a classroom teacher.
She lives in Indiana.