One facet of gifted education is social / emotional learning. Students often struggle with this and need explicit instruction and practice in these "soft" skills. Included here are pathfinders for five major subjects: Careless mistakesFailureProblem solvingAlternate perspectivesSelf-reflection / mindfulnessEach pathfinder pairs with a book related to the main idea and includes a teacher guide, hyperlinks, and activities to directly address each topic.