Full Description
Gifted pupils who also have special needs often receive provision for the special need whilst the giftedness is overlooked. Children with such double exceptionality can become depressed, frustrated and misbehave, and may not fulfil their potential. Based on international research and practice, this practical text enables the reader to identify highly able pupils with special needs, such as ADHD, dyspraxia, dyslexia and Downs Syndrome, and then make provision for them within the mainstream school. The book offers three emerging themes: creating a positive, constructive and supportive learning environment; offering a cognitively challenging curriculum; and engaging the learners in partnership to understand and manage their learning support. Whilst aimed mainly at teachers and students at both primary and secondary levels, this book should also be of interest to educators, researchers and educational psychologists.
Contents
Introduction: Giftedness and talent; Part 1 Learning Disabilities; Chapter 1 A neurodevelopmental approach to learning disabilities: diagnosis and treatment, Shirley Kokot; Chapter 2 The gifted and learning disabled student: teaching methodology that works, Wendy Stewart; Chapter 3 Giftedness, talent and dyslexia, Diane Montgomery; Chapter 4 Non-verbal learning difficulties, Diane Montgomery; Part 2 Sensory Disabilities; Chapter 5 Show me the light - I can't see how bright I am: gifted students with visual impairment, Rosemary Starr; Chapter 6 Gifted children with hearing impairment, Carrie Winstanley; Part 3 Social, Emotional and Behavioural Disabilities; Chapter 7 Gifted with behaviour disorders: marching to a different drummer, Dorothy Sisk; Chapter 8 Children with Asperger's Syndrome and related disorders, Diane Montgomery; Chapter 9 Interventions with talented at-risk populations with emotional and behavioural difficulties, Ken W. McCluskey, Philip A. Baker, Mike Bergsgaard, Andrea L A. McCluskey; Part 4 Cognitive Disabilities; Chapter 10 Gifted children with Down's Syndrome: a contradiction in terms?, Sandy Alton;
