Current Issue Contents:

• Between The Lines
  Dorothy Knopper

• Underachievement and the Quest for Dignity
  Jim Delisle

• Nurturing Affective Growth through Discussion Groups
  Terry Bradley

• Stress Management and Gifted Children
  Vidisha A. Patel

• Affective Education for Gifted, Culturally Diverse Learners
  Alexinia Baldwin

• PLATE: Powerful Learning and Teaching Environments
  Angela Housand

• Necessary Losses: Helping Gifted Kids Cope with the "Unpreventable"
  Ellen D. Fiedler & Michele Kane

• Musings: How Do Intellectually Gifted Children Perceive Friendship?
  Miraca U.M. Gross

• The Water Cooler: Advocating for and by Early Learners
  Teaching young gifted children how to advocate for themselves
  Lou Lloyd-Zannini

• The Affective Side:  Intense Competition between Gifted Siblings
  Jean Strop

• Giftedness Unwrapped Emotional Development: The Roots of Giftedness
  Dana J. Matthews & Joanne F. Foster

• Book Bag Beatrix Potter: Detective
  Jerry Flack

Study Questions for this issue

1.   Should we expect gifted students to have affective issues that are different from other children? If so, what are they?

2.   How does one’s emotional intelligence figure into giftedness?

3.   How can parents’ and teachers’ comments and expectations help set a child up for success or failure?

4.   Do children with high intelligence and advanced creative skills deal more successfully with life challenges?

5.   Is the asynchronous nature apparent in academic development of gifted children also apparent in their social/emotional development?

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