Your Passport to Gifted Education

This book is a guide to help teachers, guidance counselors, parents and other adults understand the importance of intervention for gifted children and to become advocate for those individuals who are developmentally advanced. The reader becomes engaged in the analogy of a three part airplane journey to the world of gifted education: ‘Preparing for the Journey;’ ‘In Flight’ and ‘Flight Arrival.’ The author offers insightful case studies and strategies gained from personal experience and research to identify and work with different types of children who present unique challenges due to their special needs of high potential. 

By presenting a historical overview in gifted education from a global perspective, Your Passport to Gifted Education provides current internationally-researched information to clarify what is meant by ‘giftedness’ according to various cultures. The book encourages the development of a growth mindset in the reader by seeking to identify various characteristics of high ability in all children.

Four international high ability identification models are introduced, including one new to North America, the Eyre Equation, currently used throughout the United Kingdom (UK), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Hong Kong (HK). Dispelling the myth that gifted children do not need our help, the reader gains insight into the uniquely different types of gifted individuals through case studies anecdotes that are followed by perceptive strategies to address their special academic, social and emotional needs.

The book concludes by awarding the reader with a ‘Landing Card’ to serve as a bookmarker that underpins the best teaching practices in gifted education. A list of international websites is also included to offer additional resources for those who want to continue the journey as advocates and learn how other countries support gifted children around the world.