The mission of GT Parent Connection is to provide information, support, and educational opportunities for parents and educators of gifted and talented students in Washoe County, Nevada.
The mission of GT Parent Connection is to provide information, support, and educational opportunities for parents and educators of gifted and talented students in Washoe County, Nevada.
Published by James T. Webb, Elizabeth A. Meckstroth, and Stephanie S. Tolan in 1981, this book has become a classic in the field. For years, parents have referred to it as “the Dr. Spock book for parents of gifted children.” Gifted children have unique social and emotional concerns, and this book provides the guidance that parents need to support them. Each chapter features problems or issues common to gifted children and their families. Topics include communication, discipline, friends, sibling rivalry, and educational needs.
Gwinnett Alliance for Gifted Education (GAGE) is a non-profit organization committed to the support, encouragement and advancement of gifted, accelerated, and advanced content students. The organization is made up of volunteers, mainly teachers, parents, and community leaders, working together to ensure the quality of gifted education.
As a local affiliate of the Georgia Association of Gifted Children, GAGE researches and develops resources that could meet the unique learning needs of gifted students in Gwinnett County, Georgia.
Located in Maryland, Hand In Hand specializes in helping families and schools create unique educational plans for their special learning situation for children who are gifted and/or have special learning needs. They offer private consultations, educational testing, home-school compliance evaluations and more, in addition to offering many online resources and helpful guides.
Harris Buller is an attorney specializing in education advocacy services that include IEPs and 504 plans, college and post-grad disability accommodations and Parent-Teacher and Administrative Conferences.
Heidi Molbak M.S., NCC, CEP is the founder and president of Seed Starter Educational Consulting, an independent educational consulting practice that helps families from around the world find appropriate educational options for their gifted and twice-exceptional children.
Tessa Currivan at Help My Child Thrive Coaching provides coaching for parents of highly sensitive, highly creative, gifted and 2e Children. The site also includes helpful articles to help parents identify their children’s needs in order to best support them. Tessa offers phone and video coaching sessions.
High Ability is a blog and information aggregator for parents, guardians and teachers of high ability children managed by the Ohio Association of Gifted Children (OAGC) for the benefit of high ability students in the State of Ohio.
A blend of personal stories and practical strategies, scholarly articles and entertaining essays from a community of voices—parents, educators, authors, researchers, and other experts—this book addresses the joys and challenges of raising and teaching, living with and understanding exceptionally gifted kids of all ages. Recommended for any adult who wants to know more (and may be desperate to know more) about high-IQ kids and how to support them, advocate for them, and meet their social, emotional, and learning needs. Contributors include Karen Rogers, Ph.D., Carolyn Kottmeyer, Sally Reis, Ph.D., Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Ed.D., Miraca U. M. Gross, Ph.D., and many more.
Hoagies’ Gifted Education Page is an all-things-gifted website, filled with resources, articles, books and links to help and support parents, teachers, and gifted learners.
This article retells a parent’s successful advocacy story about how her daughter achieved academic acceleration in school.
Idaho: The Association for the Gifted brings together parties interested in gifted from many perspectives. They strive to connect parents, teachers, or other interested parties to resources for gifted education opportunities. The Association serves as the voice for gifted students throughout the State of Idaho through advocacy, education, legislation and networking.
Lack of access to gifted education is prevalent, yet preventable for Black and Hispanic students. In this article, Brian L. Wright, Donna Y. Ford, and Jemimah L. Young share data on under-representation in the U.S., along with contributing factors and recommendations.
The Illinois Association for Gifted Children empowers educators, families and communities by advancing effective practices, programs and policies to promote the development of gifted and talented children throughout Illinois.
This blog by the mother of a gifted child focuses on the importance of advocacy for gifted learners and the ins and outs of gifted homeschooling as she finds what works best for her daughter’s learning needs.
The Independent School Alliance for Minority Affairs (The Alliance) is a leading access organization in independent school admissions counseling and placement for students in grades K-9. The Alliance recruits, educates, counsels, and advocates on behalf of families of color seeking to gain access to independent schools of Greater Los Angeles. Working in partnership with families and schools, the Independent School Alliance helps students of color access an independent school education and supports and guides the family after a student is enrolled in a school.