Book chapter
Counseling Gifted Students: Psychological Perspectives
Handbook for Counselors Serving Students With Gifts & Talents
Routledge, Second edition
2021
DOI: 10.4324/9781003235415-43
Abstract
A retrospective review of 20th-century clinical practice, in particular that of Leta Stetter Hollingworth, reveals the foundation for current psychological perspectives related to the unique counseling needs and interventions with high-ability students. On the surface, the relationship between achievement and underachievement appears to be one-dimensional-a gifted student has the potential to achieve; if the gifted student does not achieve according to potential, they are an underachiever. The field of gifted education has long sought to understand and remediate underachievement due to valid concerns about the loss of talent among high-potential students who fail to actualize their gifts, and the negative impact on both the students themselves and society. Understanding individual differences in how underachievement manifests is critical in tailoring interventions to meet the individual needs of the student. Many researchers have attempted to identify the causes of underachievement among high-ability youth.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Counseling Gifted Students: Psychological Perspectives
- Creators
- Susan G. AssoulineMegan Foley-NicponAlissa F. DoobayNicholas Colangelo
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Handbook for Counselors Serving Students With Gifts & Talents
- Edition
- Second edition
- DOI
- 10.4324/9781003235415-43
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2021
- Academic Unit
- Belin-Blank Center; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Counselor Education; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984528120102771
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