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Resources to Help Gifted Students

Check out these useful links to learn about appropriate curriculum for gifted students and how to support your gifted child.

By Gabrielle Lamourelle, GreatSchools.net Staff

Looking for information on educating gifted and talented students? The links below will point you to information on state-funded Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) programs, how to assess your child's abilities, provide gifted children with the challenging curriculum they need to thrive, and support your gifted child.

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California Association for the Gifted
The CAG provides institutes and conferences for families and educators, shares strategies for cultivating your child's talents, and also offers publications and advocacy assistance.

The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented
This comprehensive site provides monographs, brochures, videotapes and online resources for researchers, teachers, parents, administrators and others interested in gifted children and their education. The site also gives its users the options to sign up for a newsletter and ask the center's researchers specific questions about gifted and talented education.

Hoagie's Gifted Page
This comprehensive site contains insightful articles, information on programs and schooling options for gifted children, a parent discussion forum and other links of interest to parents of talented children.

KidSource.com
This site provides in-depth gifted and talented education information, including activity resources, tips on working with your child's school and help with addressing your child's emotional and academic needs.

The Davidson Institute for Talent Development
This nonprofit organization is dedicated to recognizing, nurturing and supporting gifted young people. Their site provides an array of services for students, parents and professionals to ensure that your child can continue to develop their talents.

Scholastic Quick Clicks
Scholastic provides tips to make sure your gifted child reaches his potential.

Books

Betancourt, Lauren and Donna. You're Gonna Miss the Prom: A True Life Account and Guide Book for Gifted Kids. Dlb Publishing, 2003.
This readable, non-academic book is written from the perspectives of a gifted student and her mother.

Updated July 2006

Comments From GreatSchools.net Users

03/5/2008:

"Thank You!! for providing such great information"

11/26/2007:

"To address the prior I must say that in order for a learning enviroment to exist; for any student to learn from his peers, he must first find himself among peers of like minds, for, as it seems evident, weaker minds provide merely a nuissance to higher learning, thusly laying the importance of a 'gifted program.' In this the IB school system, while successful in detering the weakest of minds, is far from an ideal 'gifted program,' as its goal does not extend greatly beyond college prep, and remains relatively unfiltered to the issue of 'gifted participants.' Take it from me, a kid in the IB program. Given the notion, however, that there might be no modern geniuses, can hardly prove factual as one must note Stephen Hawking, Werner Heisenberg, Tim Berners-Lee, and Chris Thile."

05/22/2007:

"As a mom of both gifted and 'normal' kids, we have thoroughly enjoyed Destination ImagiNation. DI is a wonderful program with great infrastructure that can be started in any area with interested parents and talented group of kids (from 2 to 7 on a team). The international tournament 'Global Finals' opening ceremony is Wed night 8 Eastern live webcast on www.idodi.org. Check out this party to celebrate the creativity of the kids as nearly 1000 teams from across US and 15 countries gear up to showcase their talents."

04/11/2007:

"I am a parent of a 10 yr. old daughter, who had a very difficult 1st and 2nd grade because she was bored at school. Despite of several meetings @ public schools, not much was done to take care of her needs. Then I found EAGLE school in Fitchburg, WI and that proved to be a blessing for my daughter and for our family. I would highly recommend the school for high grade of parent invlovement and stimulation that it provides. There is no limit. Here at EAGLE, child can go as far as he/she can. "

01/2/2007:

">From Alabama 10/7/2005: 'Hello, I am a mother of an autistic child. That is High functioning Autism, Aspergers. ... To: Alabama Many parents here in CT with children of autism. there are many sites online for resources. also check into music interest of your child. there are so many different pieces of the autism spectrum, you really know your child best! good luck, if i find anything i'll share it!"

11/27/2006:

"Gifted children aren't gifted. God, it doesn't make them special. The geniuses of today's world aren't true geniuses like Einstein or Newton but simply adaqetely smart people who persevere and are determined. By placing your children into a program like that you take away the other children who don't get things as easily thus ruining the learning environment. Children learn from each other much more than the teacher and sticking your kid into a room filled with snobbish smart brats isn't going to help them that much. Take it from me, a kid in the IB program."

07/19/2006:

"my son is attending gifted and talented program here in utah and its absolutely wonderful, wish there are this kind of programs in east coast also especially the north east(maine)"

10/18/2005:

"My 7 year old son is gifted and the school he attends has no gifted program due to 'lack of funds' We have a meeting planed for this Wed. Oct. 19. Could anyone offer up some ideas as to what I can do as a parent to be helpful."

10/7/2005:

"Hello, I am a mother of an autistic child. That is High functioning Autism, Aspergers. My son is also gifted, Highly IQ'd (this is also a part of his diagnosis). Anyone out there tell me if there are any resources with such services as we need?"

03/10/2003:

"I want to know how I go about enrolling a child or children into a gifted school, and how I should go about comfirming, if my child or children are indeed gifted. "