This 2015 NPR article by Anya Kamenetz is an introduction to early signs of giftedness, how identification occurs, and how to best serve this population. It is full of both personal anecdotes and research-based evidence.
This 2015 NPR article by Anya Kamenetz is an introduction to early signs of giftedness, how identification occurs, and how to best serve this population. It is full of both personal anecdotes and research-based evidence.
Allison Edwards guides readers through the mental and emotional process of where children’s fears come from and why they are so hard to move past. Edwards focuses on how to parent a child who is both smart and anxious. She brings her years of experience as a therapist to offer fifteen specially designed tools for helping smart kids manage their fears.
In this 2016 article in the New York Times, Susan Dynarski explains how Black and Hispanic students are more likely to be underestimated academically, as well as policy changes that are making an effort to change that trend.
Is it possible to make sense of something as elusive as creativity? Based on psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman’s groundbreaking research and Carolyn Gregoire’s popular article in the Huffington Post, Wired to Create offers a glimpse inside the “messy minds” of highly creative people. Revealing the latest findings in neuroscience and psychology, along with engaging examples of artists and innovators throughout history, the book shines a light on the practices and habits of mind that promote creative thinking. Kaufman and Gregoire untangle a series of paradoxes— like mindfulness and daydreaming, seriousness and play, openness and sensitivity, and solitude and collaboration – to show that it is by embracing our own contradictions that we are able to tap into our deepest creativity. Each chapter explores one of the ten attributes and habits of highly creative people.
Wrightslaw is a resource website that includes the Advocacy Libraries, Law Libraries, and thousands of articles, cases, and resources about dozens of topics related to Advocacy, Assessment and Testing, Due Process, Twice Exceptional, to name a few. Parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, reliable information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities.
Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd edition will teach you how to plan, prepare, organize and get quality special education services. In this comprehensive, easy-to-read book, you will learn your child’s disability and educational needs, how to create a simple method for organizing your child’s file and devising a master plan for your child’s special education. You will understand parent-school conflict, how to create paper trails and effective letter writing. This book includes dozens of worksheets, forms and sample letters that you can tailor to your needs. Whether you are new to special education or an experienced advocate this book will provide a clear road-map to effective advocacy for your child.
XYZA offers both print and web newspapers for kids who want to stay up to date on current events, including national, world, arts, science, sports, technology, world, entertainment, and more! They also have a Jr. Reporter program that allows kids to submit their own articles, pictures, videos, or comments.