Nurturing Giftedness in Young Children - Wellspring Learning ...

Wendy C. Roedell, Ph.D., is Director of the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program at Educational Service District 121
in Seattle, Washington and senior author of Gifted Young Children.
Note. Adapted by permission of the publisher from VanTassel- Baska, Joyce L. and Olszewski-Kubilius, Paula, Early develop- ment
of gifted children by Wendy C. Roedell from Patterns of in- fluence on gifted learners, The home, the self, and the school. (New
York: Teachers College Press, ) 1989 by Teachers College, Columbia University, pp. 13-28, All rights reserved)
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