Kathleen Casper

Smart Babies Kathleen Casper

Smart Babies is a guide to help parents, caregivers, and others who work with very young children to identify potential giftedness in infants and young children from ages birth to five, and to provide them with strategies to support them at home and potentially anywhere. Meant to help alleviate the worries parents of gifted children often have when their development and behaviors are different from other children, Smart Babies further provides support and resources that can be shared with others who are also partners in child development (such as medical professionals, preschool teachers, friends and family, and program administrators). The materials for the book were originally compiled for educational trainings of early learning coalition partners including program administrators and teachers who are concerned with early childhood development. And it can potentially also be used for similar types of professional development training for early childhood educators and caretakers. But most importantly, it can be used for those working with gifted infants, toddlers, and preschoolers to focus on the individual needs of the children in their care so they can grow to their fullest potential.