Social/Emotional Needs: Gifted Students and the Adults Who Provide for Them: Lessons Learned From Terrorism

Tracy L. Cross

Every fall, approximately 300 gifted adolescents descend on the Ball State University campus to attend the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities (the Academy). The Academy is a state-funded residential school for academically gifted junior and senior high school aged students. It draws its students from across the state, creating a very diverse community of high-ability learners.

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