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The Parent Resource Library has many wonderful books on Gifted Education, Special Education, working and living with adolescents, learning styles for all students, parenting and teaching and so much more! The following is a partial list of books available for checkout in the Media Center at Kinard:

// __Acceleration Strategies for Teaching Gifted Learners__ by Joyce Vantassel-Baaaska //

// __Asperger Syndrome & Your Child: A Parents Guide__ by Michael Powers //

// __The Complete Guide to Service Learning: Proven, Practical Ways to Engage Students in Civic Responsibility, Academic Curriculum, & Social Action__ by Cathryn Berger Kaye //

// __Curriculum Compacting: An Easy Start to Differentiating for High Potential Students__ by Sally Reis & Joseph Renzulli //

// __Different Minds: Gifted Children with AD/HD, Asperger Syndrome and Other Learning Deficits__ by Deirdre Lovecky //

// __The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners__ by Carol Ann Thomlinson //

// __Enrichment Opportunities for Gifted Learners__ by Julia L. Roberts //

// __A Framework for Understanding Poverty__ by Ruby Payne //

// __Generation MySpace: Helping Your Teen Survive Online__ Adolescence by Candice Kelsey //

// __Getting Graphic! Using Graphic Novels to Promote Literacy with Preteens and Teens__ by Michele Gorman //

// __The Gifted Kids’ Survival Guide: A Teen Handbook__ by Judy Galbraith and Jim Delisle //

// __Helping Gifted Children Soar: A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachers__ by Carol Strip //

// __How the Brain Learns__ by David Sousa //

// __How to Differentiate Instructions in Mixed-Ability Classrooms__ by Carol Ann Tomlinson //

// __Independent Study for Gifted Learners__ by Susan Johnsen and Krystal Goree //

// __Keeping A Head in School: A Student’s Book About Learning Abilities and Learning Disorders__ by Mel Levine //

// __Learning and Memory: The Brain in Action__ by Marilee Sprenger //

// __Life in the Fast Brain__ by Karen Isaacson //

// __Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnosis of Gifted Children and Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger’s, Depression and Other Disorders__ by James Webb //

// __Motivating Gifted Students__ by Del Siegle and D. Betsey McCoach //

// __Multiple Intelligences and Student Achievement__ by Linda Campbell and Bruce Campbell //

// __The Myth of Laziness__ by Mel Levine //

// __The Organized Student: Teaching Children the Skills for Success in School and Beyond__ by Donna Goldberg and Jenifer Zweibel //

// __Perfectionism: What’s Bad About Being Too Good__ by Miriam Adderholdt-Elliott and Jan Goldberg //

// __The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids__ by Madeline Levine //

// __Promoting Social and Emotional Learning__ by Maurice Elias //

// __Questioning Strategies for Teaching the Gifted__ by Elizabeth Shaunessy //

// __Raisin’ Brains: Surviving My Smart__ Family by Karen Isaacson //

// __Re-forming Gifted Education: Matching the Program to the Child__ by Karen Rogers //

// __Smart Boys: Talent, Manhood, and the Search for Meaning__ by Barbara Kerr and Sanford Cohn //

// __Smart Girls: A New Psychology of Girls, Women, and Giftedness__ by Barbara Kerr //

// __Smart Kids with Learning Difficulties: Overcoming Obstacles and Realizing Potential__ by Rich Weinfeld //

// __Smart Kids with School Problems: Things to Know and Ways to Help__ by Priscilla Vail //

// __The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children: What Do We Know?__ By Maureen Neihart //

// __Some of My Best Friends are Books: Guiding Gifted Readers from Preschool to High School__ by Judith Wynn Halsted //

// __The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids: How to Understand, Live With and Stick Up for Your Gifted Child__ by Sally Walker //

// __Twice-Exceptional and Special Populations of Gifted Students__ by Susan Baum //

// __Understanding Creativity__ by Jane Piirto //

// __Understanding Learning: The How, The Why, The What__ by Ruby Payne //

// __Using Media and Technology with Gifted Students__ by Del Siegle //

// __The What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys; A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Sons__ by Lynda Madaras //

// __The What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls; A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Daughters__ by Lynda Madaras //

// __When Gifted Kids Don’t Have all The Answers: How to Meet Their Social and Emotional Needs__ by Jim Delisle and Judy Galbraith //