The School Counselor and the Gifted Children Education

The paper intends to present the extent of the involvement of the school counselor in the gifted children education. The theoretical framework is based on a study of the recognized perceptions of the counselor role within the different counseling models for gifted.The research intends to figure out the role of the counselor within the educational team of gifted children from the teachers’ and parents’ point of view. The research was done on a sample of 641 subjects, 556 teachers and 85 parents of the gifted and it tries to emphasize the counselor role expectations. The hypothesis of the study was that the counselor is part of the collaborators team of the teachers and parents in the gifted child education.The results showed a positive perception about the counselor as an important agent in gifted education. This means that it is necessary the development of the psychopedagogical assistance services specialized for gifted children.