MOTIVES FOR CONTACTING THE MUNICH COUNSEL ING-CENTER FOR GIFTED-CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

The study reports priorities for contacting a counseling centre for gi fted children and adolescents. The sample includes the clients of the counseling centre for the gifted at the University of Munich conducted by the authors (1988-1994). The results present four dominant feature s structuring the motives for contacting the counseling centre. If the counseling centre place some emphases differently the motives for con tacting are influenced. Furthermore we found effects of the age, the g ender, the level of lest intelligence of the children, the social stat us of the parents in regard to the priorities of motives for contactin g the counseling centre. Selected details of these features are presen ted and the implications for counseling are discussed.