This book brings parents and carers right up to date with recent developments on the thinking about and provision for able and talented children.  With expert guidance from Barry Teare, it advises how to provide more able children with the best possible opportunities, in partnership with schools and specialist organizations.  It provides strategies for identifying and supporting highly able children, masses of practical activities, advice on how to develop a meaningful dialogue with school, extensive lists of recommended fiction, many additional sources of valuable help and advice.

This publication is brilliant for teachers too!  It helps you to see the issues from a parents' view point, enables you to advise parents and carers, provides extensive advice on subject provision, helps you to strengthen home-school partnerships.

Content

Introduction

Section 1
 
Issues
 What's in a name?
 The present state of play
 What can be expected
 Two-way communication
 How the school might identify your child as able and talented
 All sorts of abilities
 The central place of thinking skills
 Challenge for progress
 Different ways of working
 The golden component that is time
 Homework
 Presentation and spelling
 Changing schools
 Looking after your able child
 Able underachievers

Section 2

 Getting Further Advice and Help
 Subject specific advice, resources and help
 Art
 Drama
 English
 Geography
 History
 Mathematics
 Modern foreign languages
 Music
 PE, sport and dance
 Religious education, philosophy and citizenship
 Science
 Technology (food, textiles, design)

Section 3

 Some Recommended Children’s Fiction