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Stephanie Malcom

This document discusses promoting healthy perfectionism in gifted students. It defines perfectionism as having high standards or expectations for one's own performance. There are six overlapping behaviors of perfectionism including depression, feelings of shame and guilt, and procrastination. The document outlines two types of perfectionism - enabling perfectionism which empowers through accomplishment, and disabling perfectionism which is never satisfied. It provides strategies for parents and teachers to promote healthy perfectionism in gifted students, such as praising accomplishments and not just good grades, and encouraging trying new things even if not perfect.

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Jessieville Public Schools PO Box 4 Jessieville, AR 71949 Phone: 501.984.5610 Fax: 501.984.4200 Stephanie.malcom@jsdlions.net Jessieville Lions – Pride in Excellence Stephanie Malcom GT Coordinator/Facilita tor Promoting Healthy Perfectionism Jessieville GT Program Definition for Perfectionism “Combination of thoughts and behaviors generally associated with high standards or expectations for one’s own performance.” (Cite text p71) Six Overlapping Behaviors of Perfectionists 1) Depression 2) A nagging “I should” feeling 3) Feelings of shame & guilt 4) Face-saving behavior 5) Shyness & procrastination 6) Self-deprecation Understanding Perfectionism Purpose of understanding perfectionism: Students who are not taught to develophealthy perfectionism risk low self-esteem, underachievement,emotional turmoil, and frustration. Through their processes of procrastination and underachievement,they also frustrate teachers and parents. Types of Perfectionism Enabling – empowers through a sense of accomplishmentandhard work that has intrinsic value and drives student toward excellence Disabling–never satisfiedwith own work; disablingespeciallyfor development of positive self-esteem Negative effects of Perfectionism “Perfectionism must be seen as a potent force capable of brining intense frustration and paralysis or intense satisfaction and creative contribution, depending on how it is channeled.” Neihart, M., Reis, S., Robinson, N. & Moon, S, (2002).
Promoting Healthy Perfectionism Strategies for Parents & Teachers of Perfectionists *Try not to put additional stress on a perfectionist by expecting them to be perfect at everything *Encourage to try new things even if not perfect at them *Praise each and every accomplishment not just the A’s * Use positive praise not negative criticism Walker (2002) Resources Neihart, M., Reis, S., Robinson, N. & Moon, S. The Social andEmotional Development of Gifted Children -What Do We Know? (2002). Prufrock Press, Inc. Galbraith, Judy. The Gifted Kids Survival Guide (2009). Free SpiritPublishing, Inc. Walker, Sally. The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids (2002). Free SpiritPublishing, Inc. SYMPTOM CENTER Quiz Whiz: Are you a perfectionist? 1. Have you ever erased something… so hard that you put a hole through the paper? 2. Do you beginassignments over and over, thinking your first try isn’t goodenough? 3. When you get papersback from your teacher, do you immediatelyexamineany mistakes you made before noticing all of the correct answers? 4. Do you sometimes revise your work up until the moment you turnit in? 5. Do you practice sports, dance,music,or other activities so much that you get exhaustedor even sick? 6. If you get a B on a test or lose a sports game, does it ruin your whole day, and sometimes even yourwhole week? 7. Do you prefer to work on a project alone so that others can’t mess it up? 8. Do you take a long time to make up your mind? 9. Are you always comparing yourself to others and coming up short? 10. Do you often criticize others when they make mistakes (even if you might not say it out loud)? Galbraith (2009)

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Perfectionism.B1

  • 1. Jessieville Public Schools PO Box 4 Jessieville, AR 71949 Phone: 501.984.5610 Fax: 501.984.4200 Stephanie.malcom@jsdlions.net Jessieville Lions – Pride in Excellence Stephanie Malcom GT Coordinator/Facilita tor Promoting Healthy Perfectionism Jessieville GT Program Definition for Perfectionism “Combination of thoughts and behaviors generally associated with high standards or expectations for one’s own performance.” (Cite text p71) Six Overlapping Behaviors of Perfectionists 1) Depression 2) A nagging “I should” feeling 3) Feelings of shame & guilt 4) Face-saving behavior 5) Shyness & procrastination 6) Self-deprecation Understanding Perfectionism Purpose of understanding perfectionism: Students who are not taught to develophealthy perfectionism risk low self-esteem, underachievement,emotional turmoil, and frustration. Through their processes of procrastination and underachievement,they also frustrate teachers and parents. Types of Perfectionism Enabling – empowers through a sense of accomplishmentandhard work that has intrinsic value and drives student toward excellence Disabling–never satisfiedwith own work; disablingespeciallyfor development of positive self-esteem Negative effects of Perfectionism “Perfectionism must be seen as a potent force capable of brining intense frustration and paralysis or intense satisfaction and creative contribution, depending on how it is channeled.” Neihart, M., Reis, S., Robinson, N. & Moon, S, (2002).
  • 2. Promoting Healthy Perfectionism Strategies for Parents & Teachers of Perfectionists *Try not to put additional stress on a perfectionist by expecting them to be perfect at everything *Encourage to try new things even if not perfect at them *Praise each and every accomplishment not just the A’s * Use positive praise not negative criticism Walker (2002) Resources Neihart, M., Reis, S., Robinson, N. & Moon, S. The Social andEmotional Development of Gifted Children -What Do We Know? (2002). Prufrock Press, Inc. Galbraith, Judy. The Gifted Kids Survival Guide (2009). Free SpiritPublishing, Inc. Walker, Sally. The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids (2002). Free SpiritPublishing, Inc. SYMPTOM CENTER Quiz Whiz: Are you a perfectionist? 1. Have you ever erased something… so hard that you put a hole through the paper? 2. Do you beginassignments over and over, thinking your first try isn’t goodenough? 3. When you get papersback from your teacher, do you immediatelyexamineany mistakes you made before noticing all of the correct answers? 4. Do you sometimes revise your work up until the moment you turnit in? 5. Do you practice sports, dance,music,or other activities so much that you get exhaustedor even sick? 6. If you get a B on a test or lose a sports game, does it ruin your whole day, and sometimes even yourwhole week? 7. Do you prefer to work on a project alone so that others can’t mess it up? 8. Do you take a long time to make up your mind? 9. Are you always comparing yourself to others and coming up short? 10. Do you often criticize others when they make mistakes (even if you might not say it out loud)? Galbraith (2009)