Parents of Gifted

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Parents of Gifted

• Extreme sensitivity?
• Intensity?
• Perfectionism?
• Social skills
• awkwardflustered
• wittyeasygoing

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I cant take it anymore.Examples of what can
happen at home

• A child comes home in a bad mood and isolates
  himself from the family by putting his nose in a
  book.
• A child cries to her parents every night saying
  she hates school because shes not learning
  anything and is bored.
• After a day of chaos a child completely melts
  down at home.

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Apple/Tree?

• How might you respond to an intense parent?
• Empathy
• Care
• Consideration
• Flexibility

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Resources

• Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)
  http//www.sengifted.org/
• The teacher-parent connection Tips for working
  with the parents of a gifted student
  http//www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10319
  .aspx