I've been considering switching careers and hoped this book would provide a consistent set of modern practices for teaching. As it stands, I felt disappointed by the sometimes naive or stereotypical responses regarding best to engage students on the autistic spectrum and how they need less emotional engagement than their LGBTQ+ peer group (who apparently skew heavily in favor of humanities courses vs. mathematics or sciences). The example of Sarah, the diversity-clueless white teacher who "loved kids" and thought her adoration of them would provide a solid base for becoming a teacher saw me throwing this to the floor in frustration. Did she live in a plastic bubble? I could rant about the suggestions for her self-guided course in diversity training for hours.

I'm halfway through the essays without much inspiration to read further. Apparently one must teach, provide subtle psychological insights, bolster flagging or nonexistent self-esteem, and run interference with family members, community members, other educators, and the school's administration. I'm not certain I want to bring all that on board. ( )

I found this book to be very helpful and informative. I feel very confident that an educator could use this book in order to help better educate the next generation. Too bad I am not a teacher. ( )

This was an interesting book that was well-written and engaging. I liked that there were a mixture of topics included in the book. I enjoyed the chapter about twice exceptional students, as I've had twice exceptional students in my classroom. The chapter about gifted students with ADHD was also interesting. As always, I appreciate the multitude of resources at end of each chapter. I hope to share some of these tips and strategies with my colleagues when discussing gifted students. Thanks! ( )

As a substitute teacher, wishing I was teaching full-time, I love reading various books on education. This was a fascinating look at instruction for gifted students. Apparently this book is the second volume of a three volume series. I am going to have to look at the others as well. This volume dealt specifically with strategies for specific topics in this field. The book looks at special populations of gifted students that include twice-exceptional students, GLBTQ members, students from culturally diverse backgrounds, hyperactive students and underachieving students, as well as how teachers can support their parents in the joint effort to achieve success for these students. The second half of the book deals with programming topics. I found this book to be a wonderful resource. It includes case studies that I found particularly interesting, full discussions of each topic, concise summaries of each chapter and lists of resources for further reading. ( )

In this volume the second of a three volume set, the editors Novak & Weber have created a working guide for use by educators who work with Gifted Learners. Divided into two sections the first which deals with the special populations that in-service educators might face including those students who fall into one of these populations: Twice-Exceptional, GLBTQ, Culturally Diverse, Attention Divergent Hyperactive, Underachieving, Parental Support. Each chapter is written by leading educators who have researched the various topics and set out a working set of goals for the educator to expand their knowledge in that area and each chapter provides highlights and a full reference section. The second section covers programmatic topics for educators to work within their professional learning. They include such things as how to identify and to support Culturally, Linguistically, and Economically diverse learners, How to implement acceleration, How to design professional learning that are centered on social and emotional issues that are faced by gifted learners and How to find gifted English language learners. Again each section is filled case studies, charts and grafts and again full reference sections for each chapter. If this second volume priced at $65.00 is an example of the entire set, then it can serve as a valuable set to assist in-service educators who work with gifted students. Designed it appears to be used as a special program rather than a mere reference for a workshop. It spells out how to succeed using them for professional development and life long learning. Also would be of use to regular educators who have to deal with seeking out gifted students but also dealing with gifted students in the regular classroom. But it could also serve as a resource in the media centers of all levels of graded education. ( )