From early childhood through elementary, middle and high school, Center for Talent Development (CTD) gifted summer programs encourage gifted kids to explore academic areas of interest and connect with a community of peers. CTD offers life-changing residential and commuter programs providing challenging enrichment, honors and Advanced Placement courses taught in a highly supportive environment.
Cubes in Space, a program by idoodledu inc., is the only global competition, offered at no cost, for students 11-18 years of age to design and propose experiments to launch into space or a near space environment on a NASA sounding rocket and zero-pressure scientific balloon.
Cyprus Classical Academy is designed for advanced and gifted children who have the ability to learn beyond the typical school curriculum. Located in Burnsville, Minnesota, Cyprus offers customized and individualized classes and pacing for each student, and each subject is assessed individually. Currently they enroll students in Pre-K through Sixth grade.
Da Vinci Center began in 2009 in Catherine Cook’s home in Alameda as various members of the gifted community came together to design and create an environment that would truly serve gifted children. Da Vinci Center provides opportunities far beyond the norm of traditional schools. They engage in high level scientific experiments, monthly field trips for exploration, discovery and connection to nature, design and build intricate projects, as well as support low income families with gifted children who need a highly specialized environment.
Dr. Stuart has spent over 25 years in environments with gifted individuals and has received special training in the treatment of gifted children and adults. She is committed to offering quality support and attention for their often misunderstood, unique emotional needs.
The Davidson Academy offers two educational options for profoundly gifted students – an online high school option (both full-time and single-course enrollments available) and a free public day school for middle and high school students. Since 2006, Davidson has offered a unique educational environment for gifted and 2e learners, grouping students not by age but by ability. To attend, students must score in the 99.9th percentile on accepted intelligence and/or achievement tests, as well as demonstrate motivation, social and emotional maturity, and an overall readiness for a fast-paced educational environment.
The Davidson Institute is a national, nonprofit organization offering much-needed support to profoundly gifted young people through programs and services: the Davidson Young Scholars, Davidson Fellows, THINK Summer Institute, the Educators Guild, and the Davidson Academy.
Dawson College Bound, in affiliation with The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain, is a program intended to build a bridge to college for high-achieving students in the Las Vegas Valley who are from diverse backgrounds and may encounter barriers to educational resources and opportunities. Students begin participating in the summer following sixth grade and graduate from the program as they matriculate on to high school.
The Statewide Advisory Council for the Gifted and Talented (SACPGT) is an advisory body consisting of representatives from Delaware School Districts, Charter Schools, and Institutions of Higher Education. The purpose of the council is to provide leadership, advocacy, and guidance for informed decision making involving programs for the gifted and talented.
At Design39Campus, learning experiences are designed with the individual learner in mind. As a collaborative community, they nurture creative confidence, practice design thinking, learn through inquiry, connect globally, use technology and real world tools, and promote the courage and growth mindset necessary to change the world.
Destination Imagination Challenges Program Inspires and equips participants to achieve anything they can imagine in life. Their mission is to engage participants in project-based challenges that are designed to build confidence and develop extraordinary creativity, critical thinking, communication, and teamwork skills
The authors, nationally recognized math education experts, offer a focused look at educating gifted and talented students for success in math. More than just a guidebook for educators, this book offers concrete suggestions for identifying mathematically talented students, tools for instructional planning, and specific programming approaches.
Digital Media Academy is a nationally recognized organization that provides hands-on summer residential and day computer camps for teens as well as youth (ages 9-13).
Super Saturday is a program located in Downers Grove, IL and offers Saturday enrichment courses with small class sizes, challenging curriculum, and unique topics. Past class topics have included coding, sewing, medical science, and cooking.
Dr. Alisa Klinger, Ph.D, founder of MarinWrite, is an independent educational consultant who specializes in achievement, working with gifted and talented students who are applying to independent elementary schools, private high schools, and highly selective colleges and universities, as well as for competitive scholarships and internships. She helps families identify appropriate opportunities and create succinct, storied, and successful applications. Her private practice is located in the San Francisco Bay Area; she also works remotely with clients from across the US and with international students.
Dr. Ellen Littman is a clinical psychologist licensed in New York State, with a focus on high IQ adults and adolescents and specializing in identifying and treating complex presentations of ADHD. Dr. Littman has been recognized by the American Psychological Association as a pioneer in the identification of gender differences in ADHD, with special expertise understanding issues affecting women and girls with ADHD. She also has advanced training in trauma, eating disorders, self-harm, and crisis intervention.
As a clinical psychologist in practice for over 30 years, Gail Post Ph.D. specializes in gifted adults and adolescents. Through private practice, she offers individual, couples, family and group therapy for adults and adolescents; consultation and supervision for treatment professionals; and educational consultation services for gifted children and adolescents. Dr. Post also writes and curates the online blog, Gifted Challenges, which explores the social and emotional aspects of giftedness.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Joanna Haase Ph.D., MFT, offers tools and information for helping parents raise their gifted child, with a focus on asynchronous development, overexcitabilities, and twice-exceptional.
Lesli Preuss, PhD, is a Licensed Clinical Child and Family Psychologist with more than fifteen years of experience practicing in leading medical centers and schools across six states. She specializes in the treatment of Twice Exceptional (2e) and intellectually-gifted children and adolescents, as well as children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Asperger’s Syndrome, and anxiety-related issues. Dr. Lesli Preuss operates a private practice located in Studio City, CA and she works with families from the greater Los Angeles area on her ranch in Agoura Hills, CA.
Dr. Maria Paasivirta provides comprehensive assessments at Summit Center’s Los Angeles location, including evaluations for giftedness, learning differences, developmental functioning, and psychological functioning. Dr. Paasivirta received her Ph.D. from Hofstra University in New York. She has a Master’s Degree from NYU and an undergraduate degree from University of Edinburgh in Scotland. She completed an APA accredited internship at Pacific Clinics in Pasadena, where she worked in an intensive outpatient program with children with emotional disturbances. She was a postdoctoral fellow at UCLA TIES For Families, providing evaluations and interventions to children who were adopted or in foster care through LA County Department of Children and Family Services. Dr. Paasivirta also has expertise in assessment and treatment of selective mutism, ADHD, and disruptive behaviors. Dr. Paasivirta is currently based in Pasadena, California.
Over the past 30 years, Dr. Patty has provided individual, couple, family, and group counseling to gifted and profoundly gifted individuals across the life span, from very young children to people in their elder years. Her therapeutic orientation is holistic with a relationship focus.
Dr. Newman offers services such as giftedness assessment, school consultations, therapy for children suffering from anxiety, and serving the needs of gifted or twice-exceptional children and their families. Her practice is located outside of Atlanta in Tucker, Georgia.
Since 1981, the Center for Gifted Education has provided programs for gifted children, their families and educators. Each summer more than 700 children from pre-kindergarten through high school attend Drury’s residential and nonresidential pre-college programs—Summer Pals, Summer Quest, Summerscape and Drury Leadership Academy.
Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving academically gifted and talented youth from fourth through twelfth grade. Duke TIP works with students, their families, and educators to identify, recognize, challenge, engage, and help students reach their highest potential. Duke TIP also offers gifted students a wide range of independent and distance learning courses.
The Duke TIP eStudies Program offers an exceptional academic and social experience for students who are seeking challenging coursework over the summer. eStudies participants connect with a vibrant online community of students and a TIP instructor while exchanging ideas with academically gifted youngsters from around the world.
