Psycho-social Needs: Understanding The Emotional, Intellectual and Social Uniqueness Of Growing Up Gifted

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Lesley Sword

Lesley Sword is the Director of Gifted & Creative Services Australia, a consultant who specialises in the psychology of the gifted and has worked with gifted people of all ages.

By Lesley Sword

Published on 02/20/2006

It is the combination of complex and deep thinking and rich and intense emotion that produces the gifted persons' greater potential for high achievement. The gifted intellect provides a myriad of possibilities and sees ideals and the gifted emotions provide the intense drive towards the ideals.