Our hopes and worries about gifted students

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This presentation focuses on our hopes and worries both as parents and as educators regarding gifted students. We have complicated and conflicting attitudes about their development both in the social-emotional realm and about what is an effective curriculum. We have extensive experience at the Belin-Blank Center in counseling students and parents. We also have extensive research on the importance of accelerated curriculum. Understanding main issues in the social-emotional realm and understanding the importance of appropriate curriculum helps us to become more effective parents and educators.