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3.4.3 Scaffolding the Social Emotional Learning of Intellectually Gifted Children: The CASEL approach
Gifted learners may have different academic and social-emotional needs than their same-age peers due to their myriad interrelated characteristics, complex behavioral responses, or their lack of educational provisions. This presentation will focus on providing strategies to scaffold the Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) processes of intellectually gifted students, underpinned by the CASEL framework. For example, high-quality relationships support resilience development, and the well-being, self-esteem, and friendships of gifted learners can be improved if they are scaffolded to interact with peers of the same interests in extra-curricular opportunities. SEL can prevent many negative influences of affective concerns, enrich social-emotional development, and/or scaffold academic achievement.