Emotional Intensity In Gifted Students: Helping Kids Cope With Explosive Feelings (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
I am so grateful that this book was written and that I was able to read it. It answered so many questions for me that I have struggled with in my 23 years of parenting, including: "Why are my children so intense?", and "Why is such and such child having such and such problem, when they are so smart and capable?". It also explained much in my childhood, and really my adulthood also. It explains the special needs and challenges that gifted children face in school, in relationships, and in life. I also explains the special challenges and needs of children that are "dually exceptional" - being both gifted and challenged through learning disabilities or other challenges like ADHD or autism. I have one of these children too.The author does an excellent job of explaining the challenges and issues that gifted children face, and explaining how both parents and educators can help them learn to manage their intense emotional reactions so that they can have more successful relationships and school experiences.I especially appreciated the section on learning to be a coach for your child. It gave examples of behavioral problems and frustrations that gifted children often have, and gave a typical parental response to them, breaking down the mistakes the parent often makes in such a conversation. It then teaches how to effectively communicate with a child so that you are coaching them to learn to solve their own problems, rather than simply disciplining the child. As a female who studied at a gifted school for 7 years and parent of an 8-year old gifted and spirited boy I found this an excellent book full of practical strategies for coaching and helping gifted children with their emotional and behavioral issues. I think it is one of the few resources that describes the emotional intensity of gifted children in great detail and gives parents the tools they need to make a shift from managing child's behavior to understand and shape the way in which child reacts with his/her world.
What do You think about Emotional Intensity In Gifted Students: Helping Kids Cope With Explosive Feelings (2010)?
Overall it was good but, like most of these books, it really is best for grade school kids.
—BRENNAB
This is an amazing book that every parent should read.
—sarahsullivan
Ahhhh thank goodness for this manual for my daughter.
—shalishaann
