Identifying & Serving Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Gifted Students

Lewis, an educational consultant, et al. help educators, administrators, and program developers identify and educate culturally and linguistically diverse gifted and talented students. They describe these types of students, basic theories and principles in second language acquisition and gifted and talented education, and the critical components of bilingual, English as a second language, and gifted education. They detail how to examine existing programs and assess how they are meeting students' needs, identify inequities, and use a model for blended specialized programming, followed by a section on service delivery that covers techniques and methods, program collaboration and evaluation, professional preparation, and family and community involvement. Each chapter is correlated to National Association for Gifted Children standards. No index is provided. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)