Rice Psychology group is Tampa, Florida’s leading group of psychologists. They specialize in a complete range of Gifted Testing services that go beyond a one-time cookie-cutter test administration. They also offer executive functioning coaching, therapy, cognitive training, and diagnostic interviews.
Robin Finn, MPH, MA, is an ADHD warrior, spiritual seeker, mother of three, author, essayist, advocate, and coach. She spent years advocating for a twice-exceptional child before she began writing about it. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, ADDitude Magazine, Disney’s Babble.com, and others.
Savannah Behavioral Pediatrics (SBP) offers comprehensive psychological assessment, psychoeducational evaluations, and developmental assessment. Among the evaluations they offer are: behavioral assessment to evaluate interfering behaviors, comprehensive specific learning disorder evaluations, and gifted and talented assessment to help tailor instruction.
This 17-day course was designed to meet the special needs of campers who are both intellectually gifted and ADHD/LD (otherwise known as 2E students). This course addresses their desire to explore and interact with the environment around them and provides experiential and environmental learning opportunities not found in other courses. Campers will be encouraged to keep a journal of their entire experience, and will visit local museums, education centers, and local libraries.
This book contains an annotated bibliography of more than 300 books recommended for gifted students, as well as some good advice about the importance of reading and how to encourage it in children and adolescents. Well-selected books can help gifted children learn new social and emotional skills, while at the same time fostering intellectual and creative development.
Larry Martin has been helping parents across the country navigate the school system, negotiating IEP & 504 Plan intervention, and consulting in complex casework, including Gifted Education, since 1998. An “insiders perspective” as an experienced educator, behavior specialist, administrator, program coordinator, and teacher, through in-depth experience, serves as the foundation for this practice. The services provided are founded upon understanding and a collaborative framework rather than conflict and adversarial relations.
STAR Institute is the premier treatment, research and education center for children and adults with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD). This includes feeding disorders and other disorders with sensory issues such as autism and ADHD.
Stepping Stones Therapy & Learning Academy believes that education is a personal journey for every family. Their program is designed in a variety of ways along this road through helping families identify homeschool/alternative education options to finding the right fit for your learner’s unique learning style. They offer a variety of specialized and individualized programs with the goal to provide an enriched learning environment and ensure each learner feels emotionally safe to explore, discover, and learn at his or her own pace and in his or her own way, with the support of a credentialed teacher and/or learning coach.
Student Advocacy believes that every child has worth, every child has potential, and every child deserves an excellent education. Student Advocacy’s mission is to provide an effective voice for children who face significant obstacles in school, so they receive the resources they need to succeed educationally and rediscover their lives.
Student Rights Attorneys (SRA) is comprised of a team of attorneys who provide help for parents and their children throughout Los Angeles and surrounding areas. SRA was formed with the primary intention of making Educational Representation affordable for Parents and their Children.
Summit Center provides educational and psychological assessments, consultation, and treatment for children, their parents, and families. Summit works with all kids – including those who are gifted, those with learning challenges, and those who are both gifted and have challenges.
Sunland Elementary Gifted/ High Ability Magnet is designed to meet the educational needs of the students through an active, creative, and challenging curriculum, which is based on the Common Core State Standards. Their goal is to enrich students’ knowledge and critical thinking skills, encouraging them to become life-long learners and well-rounded citizens in their community.
The Sunnyside Micro-School educationally and emotionally supports gifted and twice-exceptional students as they develop their talents and abilities. This is accomplished by providing one-on-one educational coaching in the areas of math and language arts, offering an inclusive and compassionate Maker learning environment that values freedom, choice, and creativity.
Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) is a national organization which seeks to inform gifted individuals, their families, and the professionals who work with them, about the unique social and emotional needs of gifted persons. SENG supports programs that foster in gifted individuals the mental health and social competence necessary for them to be free to choose ways to develop and express their abilities and talents fully.
Twice Exceptional Children’s Advocacy, Inc. (TECA) was founded in 2003 by a group of parents seeking to identify, support and unite twice-exceptional (2e) students and their families. Twice-exceptional students are those who are gifted with some form of disability or learning challenge. TECA’s mission is to help parents understand what twice-exceptionality is and help them identify whether their children are 2e. TECA assists parents in finding and advocating for the education and resources their children require. TECA provides a strong, vibrant, accepting community for 2e children and their families.
This presentation by Carolyn Kottmeyer of Hoagie’s Gifted goes through different tests used to identify giftedness, how to interpret scores, levels of giftedness, how to test students with learning disabilities, and recommended resources.
