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talent development during the high school years The author stresses the need for adequate career guidance for gifted youth to clarify their life goals. He also outlines the organisational strategies that can be used to provide extra-curricular activities for youngsters who need greater challenge. The high school years are times of rapid intellectual and emotional development for gifted students and times of rapid social change (Robinson and Noble, 1991). Suddenly the world is circumscribed chiefly by daily contact with other students, and time interacting with adults is minimised. This is unfortunate for gifted students because we know that they need a lot o