Summary Of Giftedness By Cathie Harrison

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Dr. Cathie Harrison is Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at the Australian Catholic University in Sydney, an early childhood educator with more than 30 years in the field. In a series published by Early Childhood Australia, Dr. Harrison made the contribution of her book “Gifted and Talented: Inclusion and Exclusion”. From this publication, the excerpt “Exploring Giftedness” focuses on parental involvement, adaptation to the needs of their gifted children and how that adaptation plays into the inclusion or exclusion of their children within early childhood settings. According to Harrison (2017) giftedness can be identified in all levels of childhood, infant, toddler, and young children. It also exists through every social level and