The second edition of Understanding the Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Students presents a comprehensive treatment of social and emotional development in high-ability learners. This text:

• Discusses theories that guide the examination of the lived experiences of gifted students.
• Features new topics, such as cyberbullying and microaggressions.
• Covers social and emotional characteristics and behaviors evidenced in gifted learners.
• Includes considerations for gifted underachievers, gifted culturally diverse students, twice-exceptional students, LGBTQ gifted students, and young people from low-income backgrounds.
• Describes gifted students’ friendships and family relationships that support them, contextual influences that shape their social and emotional lives, and identity development.

The author provides a wealth of field-tested strategies for addressing social and emotional development. In addition, the book offers a plan for designing a gifted-friendly classroom environment to support the social and emotional well-being of gifted students and a comprehensive collection of resources to support professionals in gifted education research and practice.