Denisenkova N.S. Quadrature of the circle of communication of a gifted preschooler

Denisenkova N.S. Quadrature of the circle of communication of a gifted preschooler // Preschool Education Today. 2011, Issue 2 - p. 75-81.

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2011, 2

Natalya S. Denisenkova
Cand. Sci. (Psychol.), Professor at the Department of Social Psychology of Development, the Faculty of Social Psychology, Moscow State Psychological and Pedagogical University, Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract

The article examines the characteristics of a social situation of development of a gifted child, analyzes traits of personality development in connection with parents’ behavioral patterns and provides with factual examples of unfortunate personality development of gifted children. The author provides with a program for learning to cope with situations of failure, which helps a caregiver teach a gifted child efficient communication with peers while managing to retain individuality. The program, as well as the proposed games and classes, were experimentally tested at and employed into curriculum of preschool establishment #1511 (Moscow).