Like all of us, gifted & talented children also need to develop social skills and learn how to manage and express their emotional potential in order to be integrated effectively in the community. What, then, are the social and emotional needs of gifted & talented children, and what are the factors that may affect both their development and expression? All those who are actively involved with
gifted and talented children , that is parents, educators and peers, should try to provide an environment where such children will be able to understand apart of their academic and creative potential their social and emotional side and to fulfill their respective needs. In this effort we need to know that gifted & talented children are not a homogeneous group. There are gifted & talented children with learning difficulties, those that do not express their mental potential, especially in the classroom, those who belong to minority groups and others with sensory damage. There are even those who differ considerably in how they express a particular characteristic. Both parents and teachers should also not forget that while the non-parallel cognitive, affective and psychomotor development of gifted & talented children usually has a direct effect on their social behavior as well as the way they perceive and express their feelings. Furthermore, the state should provide these children with such educational services that would allow their multidimensional (academic, social, emotional) potential to find ground for expression.