This handbook incorporates the most recent thinking and cutting-edge research from a wide range of fields related to gifted education, including developmental and social psychology, the neurosciences, cognitive science, and education. It consists of six sections: (1) History and global perspectives on the gifted field and talent development; (2)…

Investigated differences in how persons raised in single-parent families and traditional two-parent families are faring in early adulthood. Results indicate that young adults raised by single parents tend to have lower educational, occupational, and economic attainment. Differences between the two groups are also observed in family formation and…

This document is a resource guide to disabilities studies, an approach to disability which seeks to examine the social, economic, and political forces that for years have served to marginalize and oppress people with disabilities. Following an introduction that explains the field of disability studies, Section 1 is an annotated bibliography of 13…