2.1. Early
signs of giftedness
2.2.
Identification at an early age
2.3.
Relationships with others
2.4. Education
of the gifted in kindergartens
2.4.1.
Definition of giftedness at an early age
2.4.2.
Identification
2.4.3. Program planning
2.4.4.
Professional training for teachers
2.4.5.
Program evaluation
Appendices:
1.
Table 1:
Developmental list for an early identification of the gifted children at an
early age
2.
Table 2: Positive
and negative characteristics of the gifted
3.
Picture 1:
Multidimensional approach to the identification of the gifted and the
talented
4.
Check-list for an
early preschool age
5.
Check-list for an
older preschool and the early school age
6.
Follow-up list for
an older preschool and the early school age
7.
Questionnaire for
the parents of the gifted children
8.
Study of the indicators of the
highly developed abilities of the preschool children
9.
Programs for encouraging the gifted
at an early age
10.
Organizing the groups with a
special program for the gifted preschool children in Zagreb

3.Gifted child
in the family
3.1. Family and the early
development
3.2. Types of families and
giftedness
3.2.1. Parents' great expectations
3.2.2. (Over) ambitious parents
3.2.3. "Ideal" family environment
for the development of the gifted
3.3. Types of families and creativity
3.4.
Emotional life of the gifted children
3.4.1. Inner motivation
and enjoying the challenges
3.4.2. Setting high inner
standards
3.4.3. Independence and
nonconformism
3.5. Raising a gifted child
3.5.1. Self- discipline
and a gifted child
3.5.2. Expressing feelings,
communication and motivation
3.5.
The importance of developing the value system and
personal characteristics of the gifted children
Appendices:
1.
Schema: From potential to productive giftedness
2.
Cognitive characteristics of the gifted
3.
Emotional characteristics of the gifted
4.
Social characteristics of the gifted
5.
Some
parents’ questions about raising a gifted child
