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When is life like a prize fight, a garden, and a quiz show, all hurtling down the road on an office chair, wrapped in song? When you're living in the land of the gifted and twice exceptional.Jen Merrill, author of the "Laughing at Chaos" blog, brings laughter, tears, and honesty to her latest book by GHF Press, "If This is a Gift, Can I Send it Back?: Surviving in the Land of the Gifted and Twice Exceptional." Join Jen on her journey through discovery, understanding, and acceptance, as she copes with the challenges that only the gifted and twice exceptional can create.So, pull up a chair, pour a glass of wine, and start reading. You'll swear Jen's written about you!

Their asynchronous development, eclectic interests, and intense emotions can make gifted kids prime targets for bullies, leaving compassionate parents, friends, and educators at wit's end. In Gifted, Bullied, Resilient: A Brief Guide for Smart Families, Pamela Price draws upon her experience as a journalist and gifted advocate to provide individuals involved in the lives of these young people a plan of action to help those being targeted rise above their mistreatment and become emotionally stronger and more self-assured.In this informative and insightful text, Price introduces readers to contemporary research, an array of social learning best practices, real-life anecdotes from veteran parents, and select resources of relevance to the families and teachers of bullied gifted children and adolescents.

Learning can become frustrating for students who do not find traditional schooling fulfilling-or even satisfactory. And this discontent can leave parents and their children seeking alternatives. In Forging Paths: Beyond Traditional Schooling, you will read the stories of nine young people who took varying nontraditional educational routes and achieved success.In Forging Paths, Wes Beach-an educator, advocate, speaker, and author-invites you to reconsider the notion that successful career paths always involve the collection of accolades or immediate entrance to a prestigious university.By walking in their shoes, you will discover how passion, persistence, and creativity led to the nine young people featured in Beach's book finding satisfaction while maybe even accumulating some traditional accomplishments along the way.

Do you sense things aren't quite right with your child's school experience? Maybe your child is clearly struggling or, perhaps, your child is doing all right, but you believe something is lacking? Instead of trying to force your child to fit into school, perhaps it is time to consider finding educational options that fully address your child's academic and emotional needs. In "Making the Choice," Corin Barsily Goodwin, Executive Director of the Gifted Homeschoolers Forum (GHF), and Mika Gustavson, MFT, discuss how giftedness and twice exceptionality (gifted plus learning differences or "invisible disabilities") might affect the educational needs of your child. They also consider a variety of options regarding educational choices and the path to making them. Finally, they provide some questions (and hopefully answers) intended to help you make your way along this path.

What would make a dedicated public school teacher decide to homeschool her own children? In her book, Educating Your Gifted Child: How One Public School Teacher Embraced Homeschooling, Celi Trépanier shares her journey from recognized top teacher in traditional schools to disillusioned parent struggling to obtain an appropriate and challenging education for her gifted sons.How is the current educational system failing our gifted and twice-exceptional students? How can parents advocate for the education their children need and deserve? What options do parents and their gifted children have? Celi addresses these concerns and more in Educating Your Gifted Child.

The world has transformed on an epic scale, but education has barely budged. How can you incorporate all the creativity technology has to offer into your learning experiences, even if your technological abilities are limited? How can online tools help students, especially gifted and twice-exceptional students, connect with others from around the block or around the world to collaborate on projects?Ben Curran and Neil Wetherbee of Engaging Educators give you step-by-step instructions to get you started using technology in your learning experiences. Discover new online tools geared toward collaborating and creating. Try out projects specifically designed with these tools in mind. Create a positive and interesting online portfolio to share with college recruiters and potential employers.Regardless of educational choice, "Learning in the 21st Century: How to Connect, Collaborate, and Create" will fill you with ideas and inspiration that will revolutionize how you approach learning.**As of July 1, 2013, Google has discontinued Google Reader. In the interest of keeping our readers up-to-date with the best options, Ben and Neil recommend Bloglines as a replacement service. Please go to http: //giftedhomeschoolers.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Google-Reader-addendum-6-21-2013.pdf to download instructions on how to transfer your Google Reader subscriptions to Bloglines.*

What guarantees success? Four years of high school? A college degree? A 9 to 5 job? Perhaps. But many teens yearn for something more. In Self-Directed Learning: Documentation and Life Stories, Wes Beach asserts that individuals who recognize their genuine interests and talents require only their self-awareness, confidence, passion, determination, and sense of autonomy to propel them forward. Self-Directed Learning includes the stories of individuals reaching beyond traditional expectations to meet their own needs head on. Beach, an educator, advocate, speaker, and author, also provides transcripts and resources that his students used to gain admission to colleges and universities. Self-Directed Learning speaks to young people longing to pursue their passions and grow into productive and fulfilled adults.