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Helping Gifted Children Soar: A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachers ReviewHelping Gifted Children Soar (A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachers) by Carol A. Strip, Ph.D with Gretchen Hirsch. Gifted Psychology Press, 270 pp.
Reviewed by Nadine Huffman and Elizabeth Glier
During our combined 20+ years of parenting and teaching our gifted children, we've read countless books on giftedness, which have yielded various reactions and degrees of satisfaction. Like the porridge in the three bears' cottage, many seemed "too hot" or "too cold" - too simplistic, too academia-oriented, too esoteric. Only a select few were "just right," worthy of recommendation and a place in our home libraries.
So when we set out to review Carol Strip's Helping Gifted Children Soar, we were, quite frankly, a bit skeptical. Indeed, the book has a great pedigree. It's published by Dr. James Webb's (co-author of Guiding the Gifted Child) Gifted Psychology Press. But would its claim, "A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachers" prove to be justifiable, earning it a permanent place on our bookshelves?
Fortunately for the gifted community, this book falls into the "just right" category. It's excellent for teachers, and even better for parents. Dr. Strip's breadth of experience -- as a regular and gifted classroom teacher, gifted program administrator, and university professor - serves her exceedingly well. Since working within the educational system is her forte, the book is loaded with comprehensive advice and concrete suggestions on how to meet children's educational needs.
Written in laymen's terms, the book is extremely readable. Particularly incisive sections include defining smart vs. gifted; selecting optimal teachers; exploring learning options (e.g., acceleration, curriculum compacting, and pull-outs); characteristics of good gifted programs; and effective parent/teacher communication. Dr. Strip also offers a plethora of solid parenting suggestions, and a useful question/answer section. The book includes over 20 pages of first-class resources and references.
One comment: Given the paradigm shift towards homeschooling among many gifted parents today, it's curious that this option rates only a nominal mention in the book. Homeschooling is neither Dr. Strip's emphasis nor her area of expertise. But there's enough other pertinent material to make it a worthwhile read for homeschooling parents. The techniques are relevant and valuable in any educational setting.
Helping Gifted Children Soar may well become the gifted equivalent to Dr. Spock or Penelope Leach on your home reference shelf. Together with Guiding the Gifted Child (Webb, Meckstroth and Tolan) and Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom (Winebrenner), it's a terrific resource for your child's teacher, gifted specialist, principal, or school library.
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