In response to the article, “Rethinking Giftedness and Gifted Education: A Proposed Direction Forward Based on Psychological Science,” by Subotnik, Olszewski-Kubilius, and Worrell (2011), several questions arise with regard to the psychosocial needs of gifted individuals: What are the most important psychosocial variables we should take into account when cultivating talent? How do we measure these psychosocial variables? What is psychosocial coaching and how do we do it?
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