Reflecting on the Journey: Connecting the Dots

Abstract

Upon the plane’s arrival, some passengers have successfully reached their destination. Others, however, will need to continue on and require additional information to arrive at their journey’s end. Like the passengers who continue on, all children, including the gifted, need help to reach their full potential. This chapter offers a case study about a perfectionist who needs guidance with ‘connecting the dots’ to reflect upon her achievements and understand her inner-self. Intervention strategies are suggested for both teachers and parents to help build social and emotional awareness, dispel myths of giftedness and celebrate the uniqueness of each individual. This chapter concludes with presenting you, the reader, with a landing card of important teaching concepts covered in this book that can be helpful as a bookmarker for writing lesson plans, conferencing with parents and working with gifted children. It also includes a Resource Directory and an Index of Intervention Strategies for those of you who want to further your journey in the world of gifted education.

When you aim for perfection, you discover it’s a moving target.

—George Fisher (Author). [Online], http://www.simplyaninspiredlife.com/quote/seek-first-understand-then-understood-64, as accessed on 9/6/16.