Gifted children can be identified as perplexing or troublesome long before they’re identified as gifted. Many of the traits that characterize challenging gifted behaviors—such as intensity, sensitivity, and perfectionism—are simply shadows cast by a bright light within. Raising Gifted Children is filled with insights, guidance, up-to-date research, and practical advice to help parents better understand the inner world of their gifted child so they can help them flourish at home, school, and beyond.

Catherine Zakoian, MA, NCC, LPC, is a National Certified and Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. For well over 20 years she has specialized in counseling gifted, profoundly gifted, and twice-exceptional (2e) children, adolescents, adults, and families. She also provides organizational and mental health consultation to schools serving and employing these same neurodiverse populations.