{"product_id":"unlocking-potential-identifying-and-serving-gifted-students-from-low-income-households-9781646320806","title":"Unlocking Potential: Identifying and Serving Gifted Students From Low-Income Households","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of NAGC's 2021 Book of the Year Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis edited book, written by authors with extensive experience in working with gifted students from low-income households, focuses on ways to translate the latest research and theory into evidence-supported practices that impact how schools identify and serve these students. Readers will: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eLearn about evidence-supported identification systems, tools, and strategies for finding students from low-income households.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscover curriculum models, resources, and instructional strategies found effective from projects focused on supporting these students.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnderstand the important role that intra- and interpersonal skills, ethnicity\/race, families, school systems, and communities play.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsider the perceptions of gifted students who grew up in low-income households.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLearn how educators can use their experiences to strengthen current services.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnlocking Potential\u003c\/i\u003e is the go-to resource for an up-to-date overview of best practices in identification, curriculum, instruction, community support, and program design for gifted learners from low-income households.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Tamra Stambaugh is the Director of Programs for Talented Youth at Vanderbilt University. She is the coauthor (with Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska) of \u003ci\u003eComprehensive Curriculum for Gifted Learners\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOverlooked Gems: A National Perspective on Low-Income Promising Students\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eJacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaula Olszewski-Kubilius is currently the director of the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University. She has more than 24 years of experience designing and conducting educational programs for learners of all ages including summer programs, weekend programs, distance learning programs, programs for underrepresented gifted students, as well as workshops for parents and teachers. She is active and has had leadership positions in national- and state-level advocacy organizations for gifted children. She was the recipient of the Early Scholar Award from the National Association of Gifted Children in 1987 and selected as the Esther Katz Rosen lecturer in 1997 by the American Psychological Foundation. She has conducted research and published more than 80 articles and book chapters on issues of talent development, particularly the effects of accelerated educational programs and the needs of special populations of gifted children She recently served as the editor of \u003cem\u003eGifted Child Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e and formerly was a coeditor of the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Secondary Gifted Education\u003c\/em\u003e. She has served on the editorial advisory board of the \u003cem\u003eJournal for the Education of the Gifted\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eGifted Child International\u003c\/em\u003e, and was a consulting editor for \u003cem\u003eRoeper Review\u003c\/em\u003e. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy and currently is a member of the boards of the National Association for Gifted Children and the Illinois Association for Gifted Children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50670137540882,"sku":"9781646320806","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c8bffff1-f591-4041-9838-f192463c3083.jpg?v=1733772610","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/unlocking-potential-identifying-and-serving-gifted-students-from-low-income-households-9781646320806","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}