Dugas M, Mouren M C
Sem Hop. 1981;57(43-44):1799-1808.
After having tried to define the term "gifted children" the authors record the principal works devoted to this subject and the opinions, often controversial raised by the attitude in regard to exceptional children in different countries. Then, are given the means to detect gifted children as well as the characteristics in the recognition of the very young gifted children. In a third section are described the psychology and the difficulties of adaptation which these children sometimes encounter (scholastic problems, behavioral and personality problems, seldom psychotic). Finally, the orientation of gifted children can be undertaken in three ways, all of which present advantages and disadvantages: grouping in special classes, speeding up and enrichment of the programmes.
在尝试定义“天才儿童”这一术语之后，作者记录了致力于该主题的主要著作以及不同国家对特殊儿童的态度所引发的、常常颇具争议的观点。接着，介绍了识别天才儿童的方法以及识别低龄天才儿童的特征。在第三部分中，描述了这些儿童的心理状况以及他们有时会遇到的适应困难（学业问题、行为和性格问题，很少有精神问题）。最后，天才儿童的教育方向可以通过三种方式进行，这三种方式都各有利弊：编入特殊班级、加速课程进度和丰富课程内容。
