Download PDF Academic Advocacy for Gifted Children A Parent Complete Guide Barbara Jackson Gilman Books
Download PDF Academic Advocacy for Gifted Children A Parent Complete Guide Barbara Jackson Gilman Books
Download As PDF : Academic Advocacy for Gifted Children A Parent Complete Guide Barbara Jackson Gilman Books
Formerly titled Empowering Gifted Minds Educational Advocacy That Works, this book is the definitive manual on gifted advocacy for gifted students. The author tells parents and teachers how to document a child s abilities to provide reasonable educational options year by year. This book provides imperative information on testing considerations, curriculum, successful programs, and planning your child s education. It is an essential guide.
Download PDF Academic Advocacy for Gifted Children A Parent Complete Guide Barbara Jackson Gilman Books
"Barbara Jackson Gilman of the Gifted Development Center wrote this book to assist parents who need assistance in advocating for their gifted children. Because Barbara has worked closely with gifted children and their families for over 15 years, and parented her own gifted children, she knows firsthand that highly intelligent kids need support just as any other children who are outside the norm. She has seen the damage that may be done when gifted kids are not challenged in school, and has worked with many brilliant kids who tune out or give up and drop out of school. This book also contains heartfelt essays written by Quinn O'Leary. Quinn shares his reflections on growing up as a precocious boy who didn't often find adequate challenge in school.
Academic Advocacy for Gifted Children-A Parent's Complete Guide is a complete handbook on advocacy, but also a useful resource for parents who are striving to understand their gifted children. Barbara explains that gifted children often experience the world differently, and devotes a generously sized chapter one to this topic. Chapter two is titled, "What Do We Mean By Gifted?" and it covers asynchrony, personality traits, levels of giftedness, and more. Chapter three will be tremendously helpful to those who are still considering testing or assessment, as well as those who are trying to determine what exactly, their child's test results mean. Sometimes it is important to choose the right instrument for testing. Gilman states, "The WPPSI-III can be given to six-year-olds, but the WISC-IV is usually a better choice when the child is likely gifted." My son's score on the WPPSI taken at age six was in the gifted range, but nowhere near what we'd anticipated based upon his developmental milestones. I wish we'd known enough to request the WISC. School administrators tend to assess more kids who are at the lower end of the spectrum, and are not always familiar with how to do things with extremely bright children.
Chapter seven outlines varieties of gifted programs and educational options. Gilman is a proponent of homeschooling, especially for kids who are highly to profoundly gifted. She points out which school programs are more successful for gifted students, and which are not so successful. The further reading suggestions at the end of the chapter include some terrific books, articles, and websites related to gifted education.
The must-read chapter for parents who need help with school advocacy is chapter eight. The author carefully walks the reader through the steps necessary to get academic accommodations in place. She explains, " Parents should trust themselves to assess the level and urgency of their child's needs, and they can wisely consider various alternatives. Sometimes the best choice is to work with the school and the current teacher to provide accommodations; sometimes it is to move to another classroom, grade, or an entirely different school; and sometimes it is best to remove a child form school altogether. There is no benefit to teaching a child to graciously accept being held back. " If advocacy steps don't lead to an appropriate placement, she advises the reader on when to give up, how to look for a better school, and how to get started in homeschooling.
Gilman also interviewed several extraordinary teachers and talked to them at length about how they work with gifted students. These vignettes will be helpful if a parent is still wondering what it would be like to have their child in the care of a motivated teacher who actually enjoys working with bright students."
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Academic Advocacy for Gifted Children A Parent Complete Guide Barbara Jackson Gilman Books Reviews
- Loved this book. I read it and ended up getting in touch with the Gifted Development Center (GDC) and Barbara (Bobbie) Gilman. if you feel like this book is helpful, a 1-2 hr paid phone consultation with the author is even more helpful! I found them so helpful that I chucked the STAR therapy program that I was considering for my gifted child who has sensory processing disorder. IN our initial phone conversation, my notes yielded so much insight and recommendations that I was able to type it up and send it to my child's teacher who was also impressed with the info that I got. I ended up buying the book for her. My son and I took this a step further and flew to Denver and went to the specialists that Gilman recommended and got tested at the GDC. Honestly, it is way more expensive than if I had just gotten one IQ test in Reno for my child. The difference is the thoroughness, the fact that they took their time, the fact that you have more than one specialist looking at the test results, we were lucky that Gilman herself administered the tests to my child, and finally the narrative of recommendations and observations regarding your child. I had only received 2 pages when I got an IQ test for my older child in Reno and received 12 or 14 pages for my younger son. That in itself is illustrative of you get what you pay for. I think the knowledge and experience that the GDC has is well reflected in this book. Even if you only get the book and do nothing else, I would take the recommendations, be sure to read the recommended reading (I would just google the title and would usually get a link to the article) and create a multi-year educational plan for your child. It will really help in your advocacy for your kids. Also, be sure to pay attention the language that Gilman uses in the book and employ it when you speak to the school staff. It seems to make a difference!
- but the book does give a good overview of options and things to ask for in IEP's. I wish they had an updated version with check lists.
- This book combines academic research, powerful quotes and examples from experts, and concise, pointed writing by an author who is not an academic and has a corporate political warrior's sense of how to cajole, circumvent and fight the Establishment of Mediocrity in education. It also helps you empathically get into your kid's head. The stories of the gifted child's boredom and resignation (or revolt) in schools which don't meet their expectations rang true from my own childhood, my kid's and a dear friend's child's career in school as a brilliant underachiever.
- Very well written.
- As advertised.
- Barbara Jackson Gilman of the Gifted Development Center wrote this book to assist parents who need assistance in advocating for their gifted children. Because Barbara has worked closely with gifted children and their families for over 15 years, and parented her own gifted children, she knows firsthand that highly intelligent kids need support just as any other children who are outside the norm. She has seen the damage that may be done when gifted kids are not challenged in school, and has worked with many brilliant kids who tune out or give up and drop out of school. This book also contains heartfelt essays written by Quinn O'Leary. Quinn shares his reflections on growing up as a precocious boy who didn't often find adequate challenge in school.
Academic Advocacy for Gifted Children-A Parent's Complete Guide is a complete handbook on advocacy, but also a useful resource for parents who are striving to understand their gifted children. Barbara explains that gifted children often experience the world differently, and devotes a generously sized chapter one to this topic. Chapter two is titled, "What Do We Mean By Gifted?" and it covers asynchrony, personality traits, levels of giftedness, and more. Chapter three will be tremendously helpful to those who are still considering testing or assessment, as well as those who are trying to determine what exactly, their child's test results mean. Sometimes it is important to choose the right instrument for testing. Gilman states, "The WPPSI-III can be given to six-year-olds, but the WISC-IV is usually a better choice when the child is likely gifted." My son's score on the WPPSI taken at age six was in the gifted range, but nowhere near what we'd anticipated based upon his developmental milestones. I wish we'd known enough to request the WISC. School administrators tend to assess more kids who are at the lower end of the spectrum, and are not always familiar with how to do things with extremely bright children.
Chapter seven outlines varieties of gifted programs and educational options. Gilman is a proponent of homeschooling, especially for kids who are highly to profoundly gifted. She points out which school programs are more successful for gifted students, and which are not so successful. The further reading suggestions at the end of the chapter include some terrific books, articles, and websites related to gifted education.
The must-read chapter for parents who need help with school advocacy is chapter eight. The author carefully walks the reader through the steps necessary to get academic accommodations in place. She explains, " Parents should trust themselves to assess the level and urgency of their child's needs, and they can wisely consider various alternatives. Sometimes the best choice is to work with the school and the current teacher to provide accommodations; sometimes it is to move to another classroom, grade, or an entirely different school; and sometimes it is best to remove a child form school altogether. There is no benefit to teaching a child to graciously accept being held back. " If advocacy steps don't lead to an appropriate placement, she advises the reader on when to give up, how to look for a better school, and how to get started in homeschooling.
Gilman also interviewed several extraordinary teachers and talked to them at length about how they work with gifted students. These vignettes will be helpful if a parent is still wondering what it would be like to have their child in the care of a motivated teacher who actually enjoys working with bright students.
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