Guidance and Counseling of Students with Gifts or Talents

This course examines the need for guidance and counseling of children with gifts and talents. Motivational and self-concept issues will be analyzed, and career and family counseling for children with gifts and talents will be discussed.

Topics and Objectives

History and Rationale of Counseling of the Gifted

  • Summarize the major contributions to the field of counseling of the gifted.
  • Analyze the need for counseling of the gifted.

Career Counseling and Development

  • Analyze the dynamic nature of career counseling.
  • Compare traditional career counseling to career counseling of the gifted.
  • Identify the major differences among minority groups in career choices of the gifted.

Self-Concept Issues

  • Summarize the implications of the "gifted" label.
  • Analyze the self-concept issues of the gifted.
  • Evaluate the role of peers for the self-concept of the gifted child.

Motivational Issues

  • Summarize the reasons for underachievement.
  • Analyze the motivational issues of the gifted.
  • Generate strategies for motivating the gifted.

Emotional Giftedness

  • Identify the traits of the interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligences.
  • Analyze the implications of the highly sensitive nature of the gifted on the counseling process.

Family Counseling and Collaboration

  • Evaluate the role of the school in counseling families with gifted children.
  • Identify the unique challenges faced by families with gifted children.
  • Generate strategies for families to facilitate the development of the gifted.

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