The Social Emotional Development Of Gifted Children What Do We Know by National Association for Gifted Children

Presenter: Maureen Frances Neihart, Associate Professor, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Maureen Neihart is one of three editors of the newly published second edition of The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children: What Do We Know? It’s the only book that provides a comprehensive summary of the empirical research on the social and emotional development of gifted children by recognized authorities in the field. Chapters include the essential topics teachers, parents, and researchers need to know about the social and emotional development of gifted children: peer relations, twice exceptionality, depression, psychosocial aspects of talent development, and effects of ability grouping, among others. This webinar examines what we have learned from the findings and their implications and offer recommendations for a future agenda. Major findings regarding cross cultural and cross-contextual variations observed in gifted children’s social and emotional development is also shared.