This page contains information for parents and teachers. Below you will find organizations, web resources, blogs, and books that deal with topics relevant to gifted education.
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Organizations
- Fairfield City School District Gifted Program Includes an overview of gifted services at FCSD, including referral and assessment procedures, eligibility criteria, the district's identification plan, and information how gifted learners differ from high achievers.
- National Association for Gifted Children Advocates for the unique needs of gifted learners. Includes information for administrators, educators, and parents, as well as gifted education legislation data and publications. The resource directory (located on the left sidebar) provides links to educational software and online games, summer programs for students and families, and related organizations.
- Ohio Association for Gifted Children Similar to NAGC, OAGC provides valuable resources for parents, teachers, and coordinators of gifted students in the state of Ohio. The parent page has a comprehensive FAQ section, scholarship information, reading list, and more.
- SENG (Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted) Advocating for the oft-overlooked affective needs of gifted children and adults. Their free resource library provides a wealth of articles on topics ranging from peer interactions and parenting to idealism and perfectionism to motivation and general characteristics. In addition, SENG offers webinars (called SENGinars) on a wide variety of topics. SENGinars can be either "attended" live or watched later.
- Davidson Institute for Talent Development A national nonprofit organization advocating for profoundly gifted (99.9th percentile) children and adults; however, the information on this site is relevant to all gifted individuals. The Davidson Institute runs summer programs and awards scholarships, but you will probably find their resources database (click "Database" along the top of the page) most valuable. The resources and articles contained within cover a wide variety of topics, from academic subject areas to advocacy and support to lifespan and social/emotional development. Search or browse by topic.
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Web Resources
- Hoagies' Gifted Education Page "The 'all things gifted' page" contains a LOT of information for parents, educators, and students. Parents can read about characteristics, identification, and testing of gifted students; traditional, homeschool, and summer academic programs; and how to adapt parenting styles to attend to their child's giftedness (including those "twice exceptional" children with other special needs). In addition to general information on gifted education, the educators section covers curriculum resources, differentiation and grouping, the important middle school years, as well as professional development and continuing education resources. Reading lists are available for educators, parents, and students.
- Gifted Child Today Quarterly journal providing articles and information on parenting and teaching gifted children and how to cater to their needs. Available online with a Lane Library card--visit the library's online catalog and search "Gifted Child Today", then click "connect to electronic resource".
- Exquisite Minds "Offers support to parents and educators who want to challenge children to find new and constructive ways to look at the world." Brain games and sites for students, educator resources and curriculum materials, and support tools for parents.
Blogs
- Gifted Exchange Supported by the Davidson Institute (see above), this blog tackles some of the most important issues facing gifted education today. Most posts are written with parents in mind, but the information is pertinent to educators as well.
- Parenting Gifted Kids Sarah Robbins, gifted educator and advocate, writes about gifted children in the classroom, peer relationships, parental involvement in teaching critical thinking skills, social-emotional needs, and the particular struggles of gifted girls.
- Gifted Parenting Support Written by a consultant to parents of newly-identified gifted children, this blog discusses the joys and stresses of being such a parent. Author Lisa Conrad talks about social-emotional needs, gifted characteristics and diagnoses/misdiagnoses, parents' roles in their children's education, and news from around the gifted education world.
- Byrdseed In a site aimed at parents and teachers of gifted individuals, Ian Byrd blogs on not only gifted characteristics, but on creativity, academic disciplines (language arts, writing, and math), and technology as well. Well-thought out, intelligent posts that have inspired a number of activities in my own classroom.
- Unwrapping the Gifted Gifted education specialist Tamara Fisher posts about the gifted education community and offers advice to new and veteran parents and educators of gifted individuals. Fisher includes numerous examples (often with pictures) of effective activities from her own classroom.
Books
- When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers: How to Meet Their Social and Emotional Needs "This book offers proven, practical suggestions for encouraging social and emotional growth among gifted, talented, and creative children and youth. The authors explain what giftedness means, how gifted kids are identified, and how we might improve the identification process. Then they take a close-up look at gifted kids from the inside out (their self-image and self-esteem) and the outside in (challenges to their well-being from their family, school, peers, and society in general)."
- Perfectionism: What's Bad About Being Too Good? "This thought-provoking, encouraging book explains the differences between healthy ambition and unhealthy perfectionism and gives strategies for getting out of the perfectionism trap—from recognizing the symptoms to rewarding yourself for who you are, not what you do. It explains why some people become perfectionists, what perfectionism does to the mind and body, why girls are especially prone to perfectionism, and more. It also gives adults insight into how their behavior and expectations can contribute to perfectionism in teens they parent and teach."
- A Parent's Guide to Gifted Children "Raising a gifted child is both a joy and a challenge, yet parents of gifted children have few resources for reliable parenting information. The four authors, who have decades of professional experience with gifted children and their families, provide practical guidance in areas such as: Characteristics of gifted children; Peer relations; Sibling issues; Motivation & underachievement; Discipline issues; Intensity & stress; Depression & unhappiness; Educational planning; Parenting concerns; Finding professional help; and much, much more!"