Educating Gifted Students in Middle School: A Practical Guide, Paperback

Educating Gifted Students in Middle School: A Practical Guide (3rd ed.) helps educators with the challenging task of understanding and meeting the needs of gifted students in middle school. This revised and updated third edition:

• Provides a rationale and framework that middle schools can use to fill the service gap for gifted and advanced learners.
• Addresses the needs of learners from diverse backgrounds.
• Shows how to implement effective program models.
• Identifies best practices for the classroom.
• Shares research-based curriculum models.

Topics addressed include school organization, instructional strategies in the basic subject areas, cocurricular and summer programs, the missing link of executive function skills, and counseling at-risk gifted learners. Educating Gifted Students in Middle School focuses on creative, practical, and realistic school solutions that create a vital and responsive community for all students.

About author(s):Susan Rakow, Ph.D., taught middle school and gifted students for 30 years and directed the gifted graduate program as Clinical Associate Professor at Cleveland State University. In addition to her consulting, she is the author of "Teaching to the Top" as well as numerous articles in professional journals. She works as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor both in private practice and at Menlo Park Academy for Gifted Children.