School counselors' perceptions and experience with acceleration as a program option for gifted and talented students

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 168-178

  Wood, Susannah ^a   Portman, Tarrell Awe Agahe ^a   Cigrand, Dawnette L ^a   Colangelo, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Counseling; Social and or emotional development and adjustment; Training and preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953244756     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: 19349041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986210367940     Document Type: Article

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