Suggested R= eading List

Books for Parents and Teachers = &nb= sp; = U= pdated Fall 2011

Davidson, Jan and Bob. Genius Denied. New York, NY, = Simon & Schuster, 2004.

Delisle, James R. Ph.D., Parenting Gifted Kids: Tips = for Raising Happy and Successful Children.

&= nbsp; Waco, TX, Prufrock Press Inc. 200= 6.

Delisle, James R. Ph.D., and Judy Galbraith, = M.A.. When Gifted= Kids Don’t Have All the Answers.

&= nbsp; Minneapolis, MN, Free Spirit, 2000.<= /p>

Galbraith, Judy. You Know Your Child is Gifted When… a Beginner’s Guide to life on the Bright

&= nbsp; Side. Minneapolis, MN, Free Spirit, 2000.<= /p>

Giannetti, Charlene C. and Margaret Sagarese. Cliques: 8 Steps to Help Your Child Survive= the

&= nbsp; Social Jungle.= New York, NY,&n= bsp; Broadway Books, 2001.

Kerr, Barbara. Smart Boys: Talent, Manhood & the Search for Mean= ing. Scottsdale,

= AZ, Great Potential Press, 2001.

Kerr, Barbara. Smart Girls Two: a New Psychology of Girls, Women, and giftedness.

&= nbsp; Dayton, Ohio, Ohio Psychology Press, 1994.<= /span>

Levine, Mel. The Myth of Laziness. New York, NY, = Simon & Schuster, 2003.

Neu, Terry W. Ph.D. and= Rich Weinfeld. Helping Boys Succeed in School= . Waco, TX, Pru= frock

= Press Inc. 2007.

Rimm, Syliva. How to Parent so Children will Learn.&= nbsp; Watertown, WI: Apple, 1990.

Rimm, Sylvia. Why Bright Kids get Poor Grades. New York, NY, = Three Rivers Press, 1995.

Strip, Carol A. Helping Gifted Ch= ildren SOAR: a Practical Guide For Parents and

Teachers<= span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>. Scottsdale, AZ= , Gifted Psychology Press, 200= 2.

Webb, James. A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Children. Columbus, OH: Ohio Psychology Press, 2007.<= /o:p>

Webb, James et al. Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults.

= Scottsdale, AZ, Great Potential Press, 2005.

Please take a look a= t the Parent Shelf in the Phelps Library. We have many parenting

books that may be of interest to you as a pa= rent of a gifted child.

Over f= or a list of

newly = purchased books

Phelps Center for Gifted Education

Library Media Specialists &n= bsp; = ; = &nb= sp; = = = = =

In Phelps Library Parenting Books purchased with a grant from

PIRC Missouri-Southwest Parent Information Resource Center=

Anderson, David Ph.D. Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them. New York, NY, = Penguin Group, 2007.

Adelson= , Jill L., Ph.D., and Hope E. Wilson, Ph.D. Letting Go of Perfect:<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Overcoming <= /p>

&= nbsp; Perfectionism in Kids. Waco, TX, Prufrock Press Inc. 2009.

Carter, Carol. Making the Most of High School: Success Secrets for Freshman. Denver, CO,

&= nbsp; LifeBound, 2011.

Daniels, Susan, Ph.D. and Michael M. Piechowski, Ph.D. Living with Intensity:<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Understanding the <= /span>

&= nbsp; Sensitivity, Excitability, and the Emotional Development of Gifted Children, Adolescents= ,

&= nbsp; and Adults. Scottsda= le, AZ, Great Potential Press, 2009.

Davis, Joy Lawson, Ed.D. Bright, Talented and Black: A Guide for Families of African American

&= nbsp; Gifted Learners. Scottsdale, AZ, Great Potential Press= , 2010.

Distin, Kate. Gifted Children: A Guide for Parents and Profess= ionals. Philadelphia, PA Jessica

&= nbsp; Kingsley Publishers, 2006.

Fonseca, Christine. Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students: Helping Kids Cope With Explosiv= e

&= nbsp; Feelings. Waco, TX, Pru= frock Press Inc. 2010.

Hartley-Brewer, Elizabeth. Raising Happy Kids:&= nbsp; Over 100 Tips for Parents and Teachers.

&= nbsp; Cambridge, MA, DaCapo Press, 2004.

Kennedy, Diane M. and Rebecca S. Banks= . Bright Not Broken: Gifted Kids, ADHD, and

Autism Why Twice-Exceptional Children are Stuck and How to Help Them. San Francisco,

Wiley Imprint, 2011.

Levitt, Linda. What To Do When Your Kid is Smarter Than You: A Pract= ical Guide for Parents,

&= nbsp; Grandparents, Teachers and Friends on Taming and Surviving the Gifted, Talented,

&= nbsp; Terrifying or just Terrific Kid. NL Associates, Inc. Publication 2007.<= /span>

Rivero, Lisa. A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Teens: Living with Intense and Creative Adolescents.

&= nbsp; Scottsdale, AZ, Great Potential Press, 2009.

Robinson, Ken, Ph.D.The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything. USA, Penguin

&= nbsp; Books, 2009.

Rosen, Larry D. Ph.D. Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the Way They Learn. N= ew

&= nbsp; York, NY Palgrave MacMillan, 2010.

Skinner, Wendy. Infinity and Zebra Strip= es: Life with Gifted Children. Sco= ttsdale, AZ, Great

&= nbsp; Potential Press, 2007.

Webb, James. Grandparent’s Guide to Gifted Children. Scottsdale= , AZ, Great Potential Press,

&= nbsp; 2010.