To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled: Strategies for Helping Bright Students with LD, ADHD, and More [Paperback]

Susan Baum (Author), Steven Owen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2004

Students who are gifted, but who struggle with a learning disability or attention deficit are a strange paradox: they have special intellectual gifts, but are unsuccessful with certain basic learning tasks. Their potential is at great risk of going untapped and undeveloped because the major focus of educational intervention is on what these students do not know and cannot do rather than on nurturing their talents. These students require special attention, and it is vital that schools pay attention to the gifts as well as the learning difficulties.

This revised and expanded edition of To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled offers up-to-date information on identifying and meeting the needs of gifted and learning disabled (GLD) youngsters. Part I discusses the patterns of accomplishments and failures that many GLD students present as well as identification and diagnosis issues. Part II explores the contemporary psychological theory and research that guides educational applications for GLD students. And Part III offers practical strategies for teaching GLD students and helping them plan and explore options for their future. Three new chapters in this resource cover self regulation, developing comprehensive IEPs for GLD students, and the roles parents and counselors can play in meeting the social and emotional needs of GLD students.

Thoroughly researched and filled with case studies, practical suggestions and techniques for working with GLD students, useful resources, and much more, To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled is a resource anyone who works or lives with a child who has both startling talents and disabling weaknesses should have.

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About the Author

Dr. Susan Baum is Professor of Education at the Graduate School of the College of New Rochelle where she teaches courses in elementary education and the education of gifted and talented students. She consults nationally and internationally, writing and researching in many areas of education, including differentiated curriculum and instruction, emotional needs of children, gifted education, gifted learning-disabled students, gifted underachieving students, and economically disadvantaged students. She has served on the Board of Directors of the National Association for Gifted Children and is co-founder of the Association for the Education of Gifted Underachieving Students.

Dr. Steven Owen serves as Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Texas Medical Branch as well as senior bio-statistician. Previously he was professor of Educational Psychology, teaching courses in research, statistics, human motivation, learning, and social cognition at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Owen has served as evaluator and statistical consultant on over fifty projects and grants and has authored or coauthored over 100 publications.

Product Details

• Paperback: 334 pages
• Publisher: Creative Learning Press (January 2004)
• ISBN-10: 0936386975
• ISBN-13: 978-0936386973
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #970,333 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK but not much help, April 15, 2009

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E. Garbarino (Cleveland, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled: Strategies for Helping Bright Students with LD, ADHD, and More (Paperback)

We have an academically gifted 7 year old son with increasing ADHD problems so I have been scouring the books for help. I grabbed this book with great excitement but was disappointed. It is not bad, but I learned very little that would be useful to my particular situation. The coverage is wide when I was looking for narrow. Lots of LDs covered so not much about ADHD specifically, lots of areas of giftedness covered so not much about high IQ/academically gifted kids. Maybe my market is too small to serve but I am still rather lost since most of the ADHD books assume your kid is struggling academically but even with his behavior issues he is years ahead of his class in all academic areas but can't sit still and hold it together to save his life.

4.0 out of 5 stars A gift, August 29, 2011

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This review is from: To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled: Strategies for Helping Bright Students with LD, ADHD, and More (Paperback)

This was purchased as a gift for my daughter-in-law for use with my grandson. She will receive this as a gift for Christmas. The book is in good shape, at a good price, and I was happy to find it instead of paying for a very expensive new copy.

1 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Credible Writer, November 1, 2007

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Moedjari "Dar" (Indonesia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled: Strategies for Helping Bright Students with LD, ADHD, and More (Paperback)

Susan Baum is the best writer about Learning Disable. She was observation about that since his disertation (about 90), and write this book since 1991. Her experience and her involve those problem, writed in this book.