More Than a Test Score : Teens Talk about Being Gifted, Talented, or Otherwise Extra-Ordinary

Jim Delisle, Ph.D., has taught gifted children and those who work on their behalf for more than forty years, including twenty-five years as a professor of special education at Kent State University.

He has taught students in elementary and secondary schools and, for the past six years, has worked part time with highly gifted ninth and tenth graders at the Scholars’ Academy in Conway, South Carolina. The author of more than 250 articles and twenty books, Jim is a frequent presenter on gifted children’s intellectual and emotional growth.

Jim and his wife Deb live in Washington, D.C., and North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.