Ayudando A Ninos Dotados A Volar: Una Guia Practica Para Padres y Maestros = Helping Gifted Children Soar (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Carol A. Strip (Author), Gretchen Hirsch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2000

This user-friendly guidebooks educates Spanish-speaking parents and teachers about important gifted issues such as working together, evaluating classroom programs, forming parent support groups, choosing appropriate curriculum, meeting social and emotional needs, surviving the ups and downs, and much more! This information and useful advice provided make this book an ideal resource both for those just starting out in the gifted field as well as those who are seasoned veterans. FEATURES:
* Gifted minority and gifted disabled issues.
* Strategies for parenting and teaching gifted children.
* Social and emotional concerns specific to gifted children.
* A question and answer section for further understanding.
* An in-depth reference appendix for additional support.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Published only a few months ago, the English-language version of this book has already sold out its 3,000-copy first printing. The publisher hopes that this title will help demystify the U.S. school system for Latino parents, whose child may not be identified as gifted simply because of language difficulties.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

"...ha informado puntos de vista...y suenan consejas que realmente ayudan a padres y educadores de niños dotados y talentosos." -- Ernesto Bernal, Vice-Presidente, Fundacion de Educacion Dotada, San Antonio

"...provides valuable information concerning gifted children. You and your child will benefit by reading the information in this book." -- --Guadalupe Cuarenta, GATE Psychologist, San Diego County

"...un gran recurso para apreder del sistema educativo Anglo." -- Yolanda Zubiate, Maestra de Dotados, Escuelas de la Ciudad de Phoenix

"Finally, there is a handbook about gifted education specially written for Hispanic teachers and parents!" -- -Yolanda Zubiate, Gifted Education Teacher, Phoenix, Arizona

"Leer la información contenida en este libro le beneficiará a usted y a su niño/a." -- Guadaupe Cuarenta, GATE Psicologa Escolar, Escuelas de la Ciudad de San Diego

"The translation meets a clear need, as there is no similar book available in Spanish." -- Duke Gifted Letter, Spring, 2001

"worthwhile...calls attention to the concerns of parents and teachers." -- World Gifted Magazine, Fall, 2002

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Gifted Psychology Press; 1 edition (December 2000)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 0910707421
• ISBN-13: 978-0910707428
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,882,762 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm a working writer and "chief surgeon" at Midwest Book Doctors, an editorial consulting service for those who are preparing manuscripts for submission to editors or agents. You can find out about the company at www.midwestbookdocs.com and more about my writing career at www.gretchenhirsch.com.

As a writer, I've penned seven books, two of them award-winners and all but the last one nonfiction. The most recent is Back Again to Me, a novel about teen pregnancy and the adoption decision. This novel will be followed by another. The characters are currently revealing themselves to me, so I'll have the outline shortly, I hope.

What I love about being a writer is the chance to continue learning every day. I've written about football, Y2K (remember that?), financial products, foster care, AIDS, gifted students, business English, difficult conversations, time management, prostate cancer, women's relationships--and more. I've written catalogs, magazine articles, white papers, brochures, annual reports, magazine and radio ads, and even scoreboard messages and poster presentations. Writing is a profession that never grows stale and never ceases to be interesting.

I've had my own writing-related companies for nearly 20 years; my clients have come primarily from health care, finance and banking, education, and the nonprofit sector. I have a sincere interest in helping people advance their personal and professional goals through clear, simple writing and speaking. I've built my career on it and it matters to me.

I love speaking, too, about almost anything related to writing or publishing and hope to do more speaking at writers conferences. I enjoy conferences because I get to meet and speak with people who are as excited about writing as I am--and that's a delight.