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Infinity and Zebra Stripes: Life with Gifted Children
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Infinity and Zebra Stripes: Life with Gifted Children
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by Wendy Skinner
Sales Rank: 624787
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$8.99
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on 12-6-2008
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Paperback: 184 pages
Publisher: Great Potential Press September 1, 2007
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0910707812
ISBN-13: 978-0910707817
Product Dimensions:
8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
Product Review
"A must-read for parents who may face the long and winding road of school advocacy for their gifted children. I take comfort in her story as a kindred spirit who understands and who has been there." --Karen Isaacson, Parent, and author of Raisin' Brains: Surviving My Smart Family, and co-author of Intelligent Life in the Classroom: Smart Kids and their Teachers
"Skinner's family comes alive as she describes the social and emotional aspects of nurturing gifted children. She includes helpful details of how she worked effectively with her children's schools using 'honey instead of vinegar.'" --Wenda Sheard, J.D., Ph.D., Parent, and member of the Board of Directors of SENG, Supporting the Emotional Needs of Gifted
"This book offers sage words for beginning parents and seasoned insights for those more experienced, including teachers. Wendy Skinner s unvarnished chronicle of life with 2 gifted children strikes just the right balance. More importantly, this rewarding little book highlights the responsibility of parents to reach out for information, stay aware of the bigger picture, and not leave the development of gifted children to chance. " --Robin Schader, Ph.D., Parent, grandparent, and Parent Resource Specialist for the National Association for Gifted Children and Neag Center for Talent Development, University of Connecticut
"Every parent of a gifted child would do well to read this book. It helps to assuage the feelings of isolation that come with parenting a gifted child. If I had read this book, or had a Wendy to talk with, when I was raising my gifted son, life would have been much less turbulent.
"This book should be required reading for teachers and administrators faced with planning appropriate educational experiences for gifted children. It should also be required reading in teacher training classes.
"Infinity & Zebra Stripes lends parents the courage to speak up -- speak up for your gifted children so they won't get lost in the system." -- Lea Trimble, Gifted Association of Missouri, Editor, GAMbit
"If you haven't read (Infinity & Zebra Stripes) yet, you'll find it engaging and informative." -- Cindy Lovell Oliver, Florida Association for the Gifted
"Infinity & Zebra Stripes: Life with Gifted Children chronicles Wendy Skinner's advocacy work for her son and daughter. It is a first-person primer on the social and emotional aspects of giftedness in children, and the educational options that were needed to keep her children engaged learners. If you or someone you know is raising a highly gifted child, this book deserves a place on your bookshelf. Wendy Skinner has done a great service by writing about her life with two highly gifted children, and specifically about the struggle to find the proper educational fit in the public school system. Trained as an elementary teacher, Skinner's take on the educational system is not simply an emotional one, but full of useful tips and strategies that will help countless other parents as they advocate for their own children" -- Jodi Summit, Parent of a highly gifted child, Member, Minnesota Council for the Gifted and Talented
"It details the struggles, the successes and failures of seeking but not always finding answers and solutions that would best serve their two children, both gifted but with sharply differing needs and interests. Wendy does not hold back in describing her efforts that at times frustrated teachers, principals, her husband and herself. I feel that this is one of the real strengths of this book. It is very real and indicates that despite setbacks and unexpected problems, persistence pays off and that answers are indeed availableA most useful and readable book. I highly recommend it." -- Robert V. Heckel, Ph.D., ABPP, Feedback, South Carolina Psychological Association
"The story was encouraging to parents of gifted children to further the exploration of appropriate educational experiences for their children. Parents should advocate for their children in their education endeavors and this author encouraged it without demonstrating defensiveness: an admirable quality." -- iParenting Media Awards' Reviewer
"This book describes the joys and challenges of raising gifted children. The author shares the good, the bad, the awesome and the difficult, and accurately depicts challenges that most parents of gifted children face at one time or another. As I read it, I was drawn back to the childhoods of my own three children (now adults), and wished that this book had been available at that time. Reading the book was like listening to an old friend who understood the unique experience of parenting gifted children." -- Jackie Drummer, President, Wisconsin Association for Talented and Gifted
"Wendy Skinner's account of raising her two highly gifted children, Ben and Jillian, in Infinity & Zebra Stripes: Life with Gifted Children will be familiar to those parents confronted with similar circumstances. Skinner's experiences working with teachers and school administrators are documented throughout this text as well as conversations with family and friends about her children's educational needs. A mother's emotions are clearly portrayed during pivotal revelations of her children's true abilities. When Skinner is told by a psychologist that only about 1 in 100,000 individuals have IQs as high as her son, she comes to realize that his struggle to find same-age peers of his intellect will be more difficult than she imaginedan inspirational read for parents and teachers alike." -- Kristen R. Stephens, Ph.D., Duke Gifted Letter
"Wendy Skinner's book is one that I have recommended to several parents I am working with! Her down-to-earth story of raising two highly-gifted, and differently-gifted children is one that many parents can relate to. Navigating through the school system can be a challenge for advanced learners and their families. Wendy and her husband Brian are great examples of how positive parent advocacy can produce constructive outcomes for gifted children across time. Finding the right 'fit' and coping with the ups and downs of guiding the development of a gifted child is hard work, but Wendy shows that it can be done." -- Paula J. Hillmann, Ph.D., Educational Psychologist and Executive Director Advanced Learning Resources, LTD, Milwaukee, WI
Product Description
All children deserve an appropriate educational challenge but frustrating barriers and unexpected surprises often prevent this from happening. This is why parents need to speak up and effectively advocate for their children. In Infinity and Zebra Stripes, Wendy Skinner shares her family's story of struggle and eventual success in working with the school system to meet her children s needs. Enlightening anecdotes of the author s experience demonstrate strategies for minimizing parent-school conflict. Learn how to build trusting relationships with teachers and administrators, and how your voice can change your child's life.
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