DIFFICULTIES OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF GIFTED HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS
Today a special attention in the upbringing and development of children is paid to working with gifted pupils. A special role belongs to the research related to the development of the gifted child’s personality, the disclosure of his potentials, and the development of ways to overcome the difficulties of the personal and social development of a gifted child in conditions of general and additional education. The paper sets out the personal qualities and main difficulties of the social development of gifted children, presents the results of a study of the difficulties of gifted schoolchildren in the city of Kostroma.