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Download full textMcCluskey, Ken W.; Treffinger, Donald J.; Baker, Philip A.; Lamoureux, Kevin – International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, 2013
Back in the early 1990s, three Manitoba School districts launched the "Lost Prizes" project to reclaim talented, at-risk high-school dropouts. Despite their unique gifts, these relationship-resistant youth were disenchanted, disillusioned, and disconnected. Many had major substance abuse problems and were engaged in serious criminal…
Descriptors: Creativity, Talent Development, At Risk Students, High School Students
Peer reviewedMcCluskey, Ken W.; Baker, Philip A.; McCluskey, Andrea L. A. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2005
This article describes several initiatives in which Creative Problem Solving, in combination with career exploration and mentoring, has been used successfully to identify and develop the talents of "at-risk" populations. During the past decade, the Lost Prizes project helped turn around the lives of talented but troubled high-school…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Problem Solving, Mentors, Career Exploration
