"This book highlights how being different from the average is simply another way of being human, and it brings this to life with vivid examples and powerful testimonials from experts and parents."
Szilvia Fodor - Vice President ECHA
"A remarkable and long-overdue contribution to gifted education. This book brilliantly combines research-based insights with real-world stories from families worldwide, offering the first comprehensive look at highly to profoundly gifted children since Miraca Gross's seminal work. The authors' integration of developmental theory with practical guidance creates an invaluable resource for understanding these exceptional learners' unique social-emotional needs. Every educator, psychologist, and parent working with highly to profoundly gifted children needs this book."
Keri M. Guilbault. Ed. D, Johns Hopkins
"This compelling book shines a much-needed light on our most gifted learners, filling a two-decade void in the literature. Through powerful case studies and multicultural perspectives, the authors move beyond traditional IQ measures to reveal the complex developmental paths of highly to profoundly gifted children."
Keri M. Guilbault. Ed. D, Johns Hopkins
"A courageous and timely book that combines bold truths with a call to give profoundly gifted children the peers, mentors, and opportunities they need to truly thrive."
Iseult Beets, Ph. D.
"This book contains most of what you would want from a book on giftedness, even though the focus is on highly-profoundly giftedness, I see it as very rewarding for those interested in giftedness in general. I therefore highly recommend this book for those who want to learn and read more about giftedness."
Elisabet Mellroth, Ph. D., International Group for Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness
"This is the best book I have ever read on the highly—profoundly gifted. Comprehensive, well-researched, and engaging, this read will expand your understanding of the "lion" poised inside every exceptional child and will help you navigate the unique characteristics at play in these special minds."
Jenny Grant Rankin, Ph.D, author of Engaging and Challenging Gifted Students, columnist for Psychology Today
"Vanessa R. Wood, Els De Wit and their contributors not only gave the readers clear and concise explanation of high-profound giftedness but also offer a comprehensive and equitable framework for identifying giftedness and highly-profoundly gifted individuals. The richness and beauty of this book is that allows readers to look with a wide perspective on giftedness from theoretical perspective based on Dabrowski Theory of Positive Disintegration, on a historical and socio-cultural perspective, and on exploration the lives of highly and profoundly gifted individuals across time and culture. I highly recommend this book to parents and educators who wish to recognize the signs of profoundly giftedness in their children and learn how to activate their development to the complex and richer and higher levels."
Krystyna Laycraft, Ph.D., The Center for C.H.A.O.S.Studies
