The Indiana Association for the Gifted educates and advocates for meeting the academic and social/emotional needs of gifted youth.
The Indiana Association for the Gifted educates and advocates for meeting the academic and social/emotional needs of gifted youth.
In this book, Wendy Skinner shares her family’s story of struggle and eventual success in working with the schools and trying out various educational options to meet her children’s needs. Anecdotes of the author’s experiences and discussions of a variety of educational approaches will help parents reading this book discover effective strategies for minimizing parent-school conflict. Learn how to build trusting relationships with teachers and administrators, as well as how your voice can influence school decisions that will allow your gifted child to learn and thrive.
The Iowa Talented and Gifted Association is a 501c3 nonprofit organization which was formed more than 40 years ago with a vision that gifted and talented children in the State of Iowa should receive an education commensurate with their abilities and needs. The mission of the Iowa Talented and Gifted Association is to recognize, support, and respect the unique and diverse needs of talented and gifted learners through advocacy, education, and networking. ITAG is an affiliate of the National Association for Gifted Children.
This article is the second in a series of three on the processes parents go through in raising an exceptionally gifted child. This article, based on a study of 12 exceptionally gifted students, is a discussion of the educational experiences of these students and the controversies that their parents confronted regarding schooling, specifically regarding: gifted stereotypes, friendships with like-minded peers, and educational resolutions for reading, writing and mathematics.
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is dedicated to advancing the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need. Since 2000, the Foundation has awarded $190 million in scholarships to nearly 2,500 students from 8th grade through graduate school, along with comprehensive counseling and other support services. The Foundation has also provided over $100 million in grants to organizations that serve such students.
JAGC (pronounced Jag-C) works in positive partnership with the Jeffco School District’s Gifted & Talented (GT) Department to provide leadership by promoting information about the educational and social-emotional needs of our advanced students.
The Journal for the Education of the Gifted offers information and research on the educational and psychological needs of gifted and talented children. Devoted to excellence in educational research and scholarship, the journal acts as a forum for diverse ideas and points of view on gifted education, counseling, and parenting.
Kansas Association for Gifted, Talented and Creative is a not-for-profit advocacy group in the state of Kansas dedicated to promoting idenfitied gifted and other high achieving students. KGTC is affiliated with the National Association for Gifted Children.
The Kentucky Association for Gifted Education (KAGE), officially organized in 1979, is a non-profit volunteer group of parents, teachers, administrators, other educators, and all citizens interested in promoting appropriate educational opportunities for gifted and talented youth in Kentucky.
Negotiation, mediation, due process, and court cases. This article by Frances A. Karnes and Ronald Marquardt explains the importance of knowing appropriate state and local statutes and regulations for successful advocacy.
In this article, Susan Johnsen PhD. explains how identification and programming affect gifted service and provides some tips for parents on how to find information about the identification procedure and work with school districts to develop appropriate services for their child.
Laughing at Chaos is a blog started by Jen Torbeck Merrill, the mother of a twice-exceptional child. She is the author of If This Is a Gift, Can I Send It Back?: Surviving in the Land of the Gifted and Twice Exceptional, a book which many 2e families found extremely relatable and comforting. The topics discussed on her blog focus mainly on gifted families and gifted advocacy.
LD OnLine seeks to help children and adults reach their full potential by providing accurate and up-to-date information and advice about learning disabilities and ADHD. The site features hundreds of helpful articles, multimedia, monthly columns by noted experts, first person essays, children’s writing and artwork, a comprehensive resource guide, very active forums, and a Yellow Pages referral directory of professionals, schools, and products.
The Maine Educators of the Gifted and Talented (MEGAT) mission is to further the common good of gifted education in the State of Maine by supporting the development of programs for gifted and talented youth in Maine.
Marianne is a pediatrician, homeschool educator, gifted advocate, and writer. You can follow Marianne on Facebook, Twitter, and the Huffington Post.
The Maryland Coalition for Gifted and Talented Education (MCGATE) strives to ensure that the academic, social and emotional needs of all children having special gifts and talents are met. They believe it is the basic right of every child to experience the joy of learning each day.