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PAGE 12 • PLA1NDE ALER GIFTED CHILDREN Resource center offers special guidance By KAREN MEREDITH Copley News Service Educators have come to ealize more and more in re- en t years that a gifted child tas special needs that must >e recognized and properly ended if that child is to de- relop to full advantage. "Gifted children," says chool psychologist Francine Cristel, "need expert atten- ion and guidance if they are o adjust psychologically to heir own special drives and idjust socially with their >eers." Cristel is founder and di- ector of The Resources Tenter for Gifted Children, n New York City, which she describes as a "haven and guiding force" for gifted youngsters. The center offers gui­ dance and counseling through its programs geared solely to the special needs of gifted children, from toddler age through adolescence, and their parents. A variety of testing, coun­ seling, educational and ca­ reer services is provided by the center, and designed for both intellectually and creatively talented youth. Although its program is di­ rected at the gifted and their parents, the center stresses special services for schools. "Many parents/' Cristel said, "make the mistaken as­ sumption that the school can be relied upon to guide their gifted progeny and maxim­ ize their talents. In the reali­ ty of the conventional school, however, it doesn't work that way. "Public or private, few schools have the time or the resources for the gifted. Nor do their staffs always in­ clude specially trained psy­ chologists and guidance counselors to help the child deal with the psychological trauma of feeling, or being made to feel 'different.'" Gifted children are not al­ ways easily identified, Cris­ tel said. Group testing pro­ vides no measurement of functional superiority in Coast to Goast YOUR BACK TO SCHOOL HEADQUARTERS •RADIOS •CLOCK RADIOS •STEREOS •TOASTERS •CALCULATORS •SMALL KITCHEN AND APARTMENT APPLIANCES Coast to Coast McHENRY MARKET PLACE 4400 W. Rt. 120 385-6655 FRIDAY, AUGUST 21. 1981 such areas as art and music. At the same time, she said, many teachers often fail to detect the less obvious abili­ ties of seeming undera­ chieve!*. The center offers short, in­ tensive courses for teachers and guidance personnel to enhance their professional knowledge of the gifted child in the classroom. Courses on so-called acceleration op­ tions and enrichment semi­ nars are available as well. Gifted children receive IQ and emotional testing, coun­ seling and group therapy on problems they may encoun­ ter. • "Gifted children," said Cristel, "are one of society's most valuable natural re­ sources. To fail to supply them with an adequate sup­ port system is to fail our so­ ciety. "Not the least important of our goals is to dispel the myths associated with gifted children," said Cristel, for­ merly chief psychologist at the Avalon School for emo­ tionally disturbed children in Great Barrington, Mass. "When handled properly, they are not 'freakish,' unso­ cial, disturbed, clumsy and unathletic. Parents gener­ ally are not overbearing, pushy,' using the gifted child as a kind of status symbol. "With gentle, assured gui­ dance," Cristel said, "which the center hopes to provide, both elements in the picture can be made to develop a satisfaction with life, in gen­ eral, and with themselves, in particular." STUDY NEEDS LIGHT Studying is one of the hardest of tasks for young eyes. Good lighting is im­ portant. A lamp designed es­ pecially for proper lighting of a study desk is best. Place the lamp at the student's side opposite his writing hand. 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