A Glossary of Gifted Education - A Glossary of Gifted Education from the perspective of sociologic social psychology.
A to Z Home's Cool - Homeschooling Gifted Children - Support, advice and suppliers of programs and materials for gifted youth who are being homeschooled.
Air Academy Summer Youth Programs - Young people between the ages of 12 and 18 can participate in the aviation experience of a lifetime at EAA’s 2001 summer aviation camps. Not only are there on-the-ground, hands-on activities but actual flight simulation and, weather permitting, an in-the-air experience as well.
Aphelion School - An internet-based private school for "gifted" and "talented" students. Site has a FAQ, sample assignments, interviews with students, details about the curriculum and staff, and contact information.
Brandeis Summer Odyssey: A Pre-college Program - Catalog of summer courses for gifted high school students. Curriculum supports hands-on student inquiry in Brandeis classrooms and laboratories in current topics in science, math and technology.
Britesparks - A site for families and teachers of gifted children with special needs. This site attempts to provide a community atmosphere with on-site resources, documents, children's area, educational resources, links to international organisations, message boards for children and parents.
Children's development and education - Some advice for guiding your gifted children's development and education
Coping With Unbearable People, Places, and Situations - Understanding the role of defense mechanisms in determining human behavior, specifically our children's behavior, can help us to understand why we must advocate for changes in the classroom and school environments.
COSMOS: California State Summer School in Mathematics & Science - Four week residential summer school at UC Santa Cruz for academically motivated students entering grades 9-12.
Dandy Lion Publications - A leading publisher of educational teaching materials for gifted and talented students. Award-winning, innovative reproducible books used by teachers, homeschoolers and parents who wish to provide enriching opportunities for their children in logic, math, science, reading, writing and learning skills for grades K-8.
David Baird's Gifted Children Web Site - to help parents and teachers of gifted children at the elementary school level. Issues of teaching and parenting a gifted chold, projects and activities, designing an educational program for the gifted, 10 tips for beginning teachers.
Dual Exceptionalities - Gifted students with disabilities are often called twice exceptional or students with dual exceptionalities.
EastCentral - Gifted & Talented Resources - Resources on gifted and talented education.
Education Program for Gifted Youth - EPGY (at Stanford) provides computer based distance learning for gifted youth in mathematics, physics and writing from the elementary school level through university level.
Educators of Gifted, Talented, and Creative Children in B.C. - Links to brochures, journals, newsletters, and other resources related to gifted education.
Edweek Issues Page: Gifted and Talented Education - Educational and political issues surrounding gifted and talented education programs.
ERIC Clearinghouse: Gifted Education - Links to bibliographies, discussion groups, and other resources for gifted education.
ERIC EC Gifted Education - If there is only one resource you have time to check out, let it be the ERIC Digests
F. L. A. G. Homepage - A resource for those interested in learning more about home educating high ability learners
Free Spirit Publishing Home - We're an award-winning publisher of books and other learning materials for children and teens, parents, educators, counselors, and everyone else who cares about kids.
GATE/AP ChatBoard - discussion board for discussions related to Gifted and Talented Education/Advanced Placement.
Gifted Adventrues in Hawaii - A unique travel program for gifted students in 6/7/8th grade and high school. Groups of select students will spend twelve days exploring the scientific and cultural diversity of our fiftieth state.
Gifted Advocacy - Parent and teacher advocacy for gifted education.
Gifted and Talented Resources - Contains links to resources, enrichment programs, talent searches, summer programs, mailing lists and early acceptance programs, including CTY, EPGY, CTD, NRC/GT, TIP, RMTS, ERIC, NCSSSMST, Odyssey of the Mind, and others. Also contains contact information for many local gifted associations and government (mostly US state) programs.
Gifted Children - Parenting of K-6 Children Net Links - Parenting the gifted child, resources from About.Com
Gifted Children with Learning Disabilities - Dr. Linda Silverman's Charts. Finding and Serving Gifted/Learning Disabled Children
Gifted Education - Resources for parents, teachers and others interested in gifted children and their education in Australia
Gifted Psychology Press - a publishing company devoted to books for parents and teachers of gifted children
Gifted Resource Council Kids Page - Just For Kids!
Gifted Resources ERIC Parents Bibliography Page - Bibliography for Parents
Gifted Resources Publications Page - Electronic Access
Gifted Students Institute - dedicated to the education and development of talented and gifted students in Texas and the Southwest. The mission of the Institute is to advance the intellectual, social and psychological development of gifted children/students.
Gifted-JOURNALS/PERIODICALS - JOURNALS/PERIODICALS
Girls First! Summer Leadership Camp - Summer leadership camp for girls in the 7th and 8th grades, on the Madeira School campus in McLean, Virginia, 12 miles from Washington, DC. It is an overnight camp that lasts one week and is centered around empowering pre-high school young women.
GT World! A Meeting Place for Families and Friends of the Gifted and Talented - GT World Home--A place for families dealing with the complexities of raising intellectually gifted and talented children
GT-FAQs - from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
GT-Links - Selected Internet Resources for Gifted Education, by the Council for Exceptional Children.
GT: Gifted and Talented Publications - Publications and publishers concerning gifted, talented and motivated children.
Helping Your Highly Gifted Child - Describes what it means to be a Highly Gifted Child, by Stephanie S. Tolan.ERIC EC Digest #E477
HighlyGifted - The Gifted Development Center has gained permission from the major journals in the field of gifted education to make available to parents articles on the highly gifted for a nominal fee. This service saves you a trip to the library, hours of research, and perhaps a wait for interlibrary loan if your library does not carry all of these journals.
Hoagies' Gifted Education Page - Parent Wish List for Gifted Education - Parents wish list for schools, administrators and teachers of our gifted children.
Hollingworth Center for Highly Gifted Children - Center provides information, support and regional networking for parents of highly gifted children
Homeschooling Gifted Students - Internet resources for parents homeschooling gifted students.
Homeschooling List for the gifted - Resources to aid in the homeschooling of gifted students.
Homeschooling the Gifted Child - Information and help on homeschooling the gifted or bright child.
How To Be A Pushy Parent - Linda Kreger Silverman, Ph.D."Until there are federal laws protecting gifted children and assuring that they get an education commensurate with their needs, parents will have to bear the burden of being their children’s advocates – even when it means being branded "a pushy parent.""
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy - A competitive-enrollment, publicly-funded school for gifted Illinois students.
Institute for the Academic Advancement of Youth - of The Johns Hopkins University. The Institute offers assessment, programs, services, and publications and resources for academically talented pre-college students.
Is It a Cheetah? - Describes the plight of the gifted child in a world that chooses to believe that gifted children don't exist;written by Stephanie S. Tolan
Kids Work Studios Inc. - Helping kids reach their full potential through inventing programs... We are the Southeast coordinators for Kids Invent Toys Summer Camps & introducing the FIRST ever, Kids Invent Robots this summer!
Lifeline to the Net's Gifted Resources - Contains articles and links to other gifted, learning disabled, and homeschooling resources on the internet.
Logan School for Creative Learning - K-8 school for gifted children in Denver, Colorado emphasizing experiential learning and individualized curriculum.
MonTAGe: The TAGFAM E-Journal Vol. 1, No. 2 - "Meetings At School", includes great articles "Gifted? I See No Gifted Children Here," "The Fine Art of Debate" and "Called To The Principal's Office." Great stuff!
NAGC Summer and Enrichment Programs and Special Schools Listing - National Association for Gifted Children's's year 2001 Summer and Enrichment Programs and Special Schools listing in the U.S. for gifted and talented children in K-12 grades.
Neither Freak Nor Geek: The Gifted Among Us - Education Week (October 27, 1999) article by James R. Delisle
Nurture Your Child's Visual-Spatial Intelligence - How parents can value and encourage this ability in order to build the self-esteem of a learning-disabled child.
Nurturing Social-Emotional Development of Gifted Children - An ERIC digest article from 1994 with references to other sources at the end.
Parent's Resources for the Gifted - The thousands of links for gifted and talented issues out there would make the searcher dizzy. We have listed what we perceive to be the best sources for parents.
Parents for Enrichment Programs - P.E.P. is a parent-sponsored support group for the parents of students (K-12) who are involved in enrichment and extended education programs.
Problem Solving 101: What's Really Going On Here? - How do you turn parent-teacher meetings into information goldmines? Look at some questioning techniques that will help you "get the facts" and "opinions" that you need in order to understand "what's going on here."
Programs for Gifted Kids - Lists programs available for gifted kids
Queens Teen College - Located in Charlotte, NC. Provides summer classes for gifted youth including Law, Money Management, Robotics and several computer courses.
Research-Based Decision Making Resources - A list of gifted resources available for purchase from the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented.
Rocky Mountain Gifted Resources - Contains links to information of interest for parents and educators of gifted students.
Rocky Mountain School for the Gifted and Creative - The Rocky Mountain School for Gifted and Creative, dedicated to the education of gifted children since 1990, challenges, supports, and inspires gifted children. Located in Boulder, Colorado.
Saturday Academy - Designed to provide enrichment experiences for academically talented students. This program is free to all students, but acceptance is not guaranteed. Site describes the program and admissions requirements.
Shad International - Shad International operates Shad Valley, Canada's premier program in science, technology, and entrepreneurship for gifted high school students all over the world. Each summer, 500 high school students attend one of ten universities and work for one of our 250 partner companies.
Silva Magnet High School - A school for higher learning! An opportunity to explore an experience the medical field hands on. A school for students geared toward the health science field.(El Paso, TX)
Stanford Youth Environmental Science Program - Summer residence program for exceptionally gifted, low-income and other underprivileged high school juniors and seniors from California who are concerned with the environment
Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program - NASA’s program for enrichment of high school students is the Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (SHARP). SHARP is designed to attract underrepresented minorities and women to aerospace careers.
Summer Science Program in the Ojai Valley - The Summer Science Program exposes selected high school students to advanced topics in mathematics, astronomy, and computer science. SSP challenges its students to calculate the orbit of a minor planet using their own telescope observations.
Susan Winebrenner-Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom - Your one-stop for teaching students with exceptional learning need.
TalentEd - Aims to promote the sharing of information and ideas of teachers and parents on the education of the gifted and talented.
Talented and Gifted Bibliography - A list of articles about gifted and talented children. Social and emotional needs, gender issues, learning disabilities, parents, families, teachers, counselors.
Ten Tips For Parents of Gifted Students - A list to help parents keep perspective in dealing with the problems associated with the parenting of a gifted child.
The Gifted & Talented Development Center in Charlotte, North Carolina - We have provided challenging and innovative programs for both academically and artistically advanced youngsters, since 1985
The Lifeline to the Net's Gifted Resources Index - Diane's gifted resources page.
The Odyssey School - Odyssey is a middle school in San Mateo,CA for gifted/talented students without significant learning disabilities or emotional/behavioral problems.
Uniquely Gifted: Identifying and Meeting the Needs of Twice Exceptional Students - This book includes 40 articles by parents, teachers, researchers, administrators, and students concerning the best educational possibilities for gifted students who also have a learning disability. This book provides new pathways to understanding and creating solutions to how to reach and teach twice exceptional students.
University of Toronto Schools - The University of Toronto Schools (UTS)is a secondary school that provides a unique alternative learning environment for students of exceptionally high academic ability. It is affiliated with the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. UTS offers students an enriched curriculum, as well as a diverse and varied extracurricular life.
Virtual School for the Gifted - A place where like minds can meet regardless of age, gender and geography. It is an online community, where courses are taught and students are not only involved in classes with specialist teachers, but also with co-curricular activities. Parents and the student's "real" school are welcome as part of our extended community.
What Do Gifted Children Need? - How parents can get help at school for their gifted student.
What Works! - Some parents of gifted students have found creative and inventive ways to resolve poblems.
You Know You're The Parent of a Gifted Child When... - Classic hints that you are parenting a child who's a little bit "more"...