Links to Resources We've Developed For Parents and Educators
We do a lot of presentations for parents and educators, and have developed handouts on some different topics. Please feel free to use these as you like, with proper attribution.
Affective Factors (Social/Emotional Factors and Gifted Development)
Lifespan (Giftedness Across the Lifespan)
Ontario High School Provisions for Gifted Learners
Stressors (Giftedness Is a Mixed Blessing! Academic, Social, and Emotional Stressors Experienced by Gifted Learners and Their Parents)
Links to Websites
For specific topics not mentioned here, we recommend that you conduct
searches for your topic of interest on the relevant Gifted Education
websites listed here. For example, if you are interested in Gifted/ADHD, you will find several good articles on this topic
posted on the NAGC, Hoagies, and SENG sites, at these URLs:
Educators of the Gifted of Ontario - The Association for the Gifted of The Council for Exceptional Children for Ontario
http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/gifted/
The Thames Valley District School Board, with many
informative links and resources for parents, teachers, and students.
http://www.apa.org/ed/cgep.html
The American Psychological Association’s Center for Gifted Education
Policy provides access to a rich network of resources and information
on supporting gifted development.
www.ditd.org
The Davidson Institute for Talent Development has the following mission
statement: "To recognize, nurture and support profoundly gifted
young people and to provide opportunities for them to develop their talents
in positive ways to create value for themselves and others." This
website offers a great cyber-source database - lots of resources and
articles for parents, children, and educators.
http://www.ericec.org/gifted/gt-menu.html
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse on
Disabilities and Gifted Education (ERIC EC) - This Virginia-based site
is operated by the Council for Exceptional Children and offers views,
reports, as well information on services and products pertaining to the
education of individuals with disabilities, and individuals who are gifted.
www.hoagiesgifted.org
A wide-ranging variety of resources for parents, children and educators
can be found here. Includes support groups, links, research - a wealth
of information pertaining to all kinds of topics related to giftedness.
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/regional_orgs.htm
Many state, provincial, and national gifted associations have their own
websites. Use this link to find information about your area.
www.hunter.cuny.edu/gifted-ed
The Hunter College Center for Gifted Studies and Education is
creating networks of resources for parents and educators. Go to this
site for many different kinds of learning resources and connections.
www.nagc.org
This is the site for the National Association for Gifted Children – a "non-profit
organization of parents, teachers, educators, community leaders and other
professionals who unite to address the unique needs of all children and
youth with demonstrated gifts and talents as well as those who may be
able to develop their talent potential with appropriate educational experiences."
www.gifted.uconn.edu/NRCGT.html
The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented is a central source of information about research on giftedness and talent, with an emphasis on what works in gifted education.
Teaching for Intellectual and Emotional Learning (TIEL) is an approach to education developed by Dr. Christy Folsom, that helps teachers integrate cognition and emotion and foster gifted development more broadly in children.
FOR PARENTS
www.abcontario.ca/
This is the Ontario website for the Association for Bright Children,
a support and advocacy group established in 1975. ABC works to increase
understanding of gifted children and to provide support to parents,
educators and community members.
Sparked Online. This site has lots of current links, message boards, commentaries, and
material on topics of interest to parents of high-ability children.
www.gifted-children.com/
This site bills itself as "a networking and information medium dedicated
to making a difference in the pursuit of educational excellence for children
of special talents and abilities." It is geared for "the parents
of children with great promise." (There is a $10 yearly membership
fee.)
www.SENGifted.org
SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted) vision statement: "SENG
is dedicated to fostering environments in which gifted adults and children
in all their diversity, understand and accept themselves and are understood,
valued, nurtured, and supported by their families, schools, workplaces,
and communities."
ARTICLES AND BOOKS ON GIFTEDNESS AND GIFTED EDUCATION
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/gifted-ed/links.shtml#readinglists
For reading suggestions for children and adults, go to this link on the
website of the Hunter College Center for Gifted Studies and Education.
Great Potential Press, Prufrock Press, and Free Spirit Publishing are all award-winning publishing companies recognized for their excellent publications addressing giftedness and high level development. The following websites provide books and other learning materials for teens, parents and educators, and counselors.
www.giftedbooks.com/
http://www.prufrock.com/
www.freespirit.com