RLL #88: Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted Kids with Jim Delisle
This week, Colleen has a conversation on the social and emotional needs of gifted children with Jim Delisle, her graduate school mentor and one of the nation’s foremost experts on raising and teaching gifted children. Jim Delisle is an accomplished author of numerous books and has been a professor, teacher and speaker on behalf of gifted children for over 40 years. He has a keen insight into how these children “tick” and shares solid advice on how parents can help them grow into their very best lives.
Links and Resources from Today’s Show:
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- Sponsor: College For All (Use the code CODE250 for RLL listeners, making the cost $250 per month for the life of enrollment!)
- Understanding Your Gifted Child from the Inside Out by Jim Delisle
- Growing Good Kids: 28 Activities to Enhance Self-Awareness, Compassion, and Leadership (The Free Spirited Classroom)
- Raising Resilient Sons by Colleen D. Kessler
- “Understanding Your Gifted Child from the Inside-Out – Dr. Jim Delisle” (Institute for Educational Advancement, on YouTube)
- “Meeting the Complex Needs of Gifted Children with Dr. Jim Delisle – Jan. 29, 2013” (Emerson School, on YouTube)
- Interview with Jim Delisle on Gifted Students and Peer Relations (Davidson Institute for Talent Development)
- Jim Delisle’s Four Things You Should Never Say to Gifted Children (Northwestern | CTD)
- 100 Words of Wisdom: Jim Delisle (SENG)
- Scholar’s Academy, South Carolina
- Asynchronous Development in Gifted Children (by Cait Curley)
- Raising Poppies (Facebook group for parents of gifted / 2E learners)
- Parenting Gifted Kids
- RLL LIVE | Motivating Gifted Underachievers
- Tips for Motivating Gifted Kids
- The Selective Consumer
- Delight Directed Homeschooling and Your Gifted Child
- Tips for Motivating Gifted Kids
- John Gardner At Home
- Don’t Stifle the Polymaths
- Finding Mentors for Your Child
- Overexcitabilities and Why They Matter for Gifted Kids
- RLL #71: Resiliency and Why Our Kids Need It
- Davidson Institute for Talented Development
- Davidson Institute for Talented Development Summer Events
- SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted)
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