APA Handbook of Giftedness and Talent (High Quality Image PDF)

By Dr. Steven I. Pfeiffer PhD ABPP, Dr. Megan Foley Nicpon PhD, Dr. Elizabeth Shaunessy-Dedrick PhD
This handbook incorporates the most recent thinking and cutting-edge research from a wide range of fields related to gifted education, including developmental and social psychology, the neurosciences, cognitive science, and education.   It consists of six sections:

• History and global perspectives on the gifted field and talent development
• Theories and conceptions of giftedness and talent development
• Gifted identification and assessment
• Gifted education
• Psychological considerations in understanding the gifted (e.g., the family, social and emotional considerations, friendships and peer relations)
• Special issues facing the gifted (e.g., policy and legal issues; the twice exceptional learner; underachievement and the gifted; ADHD and the gifted; suicide; perfectionism; bullying)

Product Details

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ American Psychological Association; 1st edition (August 14, 2017)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 720 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1433826968
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1433826962