A Reflective Conversation with Steven Pfeiffer: What Hath the Last 30-40 Years Wrought in Terms of Gifted Education?

Abstract

In this interview, Dr Steven Pfeiffer responds to questions about his career in gifted education, and the assessment and identification and nurturing of gifted students. Readers may recognize that Dr. Pfeiffer is a popular speaker, scholar, and internationally recognized authority on talent development and gifted. He is a licensed board-certified clinical psychologist whose work has focused on gifted identification and the unique social-emotional needs and character development of high ability children and youth. Dr. Pfeiffer is one of only a handful of authorities in the gifted field who is not an educator by background or training Rather, he was trained and has worked for over 40 years as a clinical psychologist. Dr. Pfeiffer received his doctoral training at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Following his internship in clinical psychology, he completed postdoctoral training in family therapy at the Philadelphia Child and Family.Therapy Training Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.