Description of Presentation

Does your gifted child have trouble connecting with peers? Does your child have trouble working or playing with peers? Is he or she emotionally sensitive and more easily hurt by what peers say and do? Join Dr. Meghan Barlow of Meghan Barlow and Associates as she explores the factors that interfere with the social relationships of gifted kids. She discusses such topics as trouble connecting with peers, cognitive rigidity (a child’s difficulty in changing his or her thinking) and uneven intellectual, physical and emotional development. Dr. Barlow also provides recommendations for how parents and caregivers can best support their gifted child's social development.

CFK Resources

• Gifted Concern Guide, featuring the top four organizations, books and online resources for families with gifted or twice-exceptional (2e) children
• Gifted Pinterest Board
• Gifted Handout with books and other information

Books

• "Guiding the Gifted Child: A Practical Source for Parents and Teachers," by J Webb, PhD, E. Meckstroth, and S. Tolan (Library Partners | Amazon Smile)
  
• "Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students: Helping Kids Cope with Explosive Feelings," by C. Fonseca (Library Partners | Amazon Smile)
• "The Gifted Kids Survival Guide: A Teen Handbook," by J. Galbraith and J. Delisle, PhD (Library Partners | Amazon Smile)
• "The Survival Guide for Gifted Kids: For Ages 10 & Under," by J. Galbraith (Library Partners | Amazon Smile)

Websites

• Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) (sengifted.org)
• Ohio Department of Education: The Young Gifted Child