The brightest, most creative children and adults are often being misdiagnosed with behavioral and emotional disorders such as ADHD, Oppositional-Defiant Disorder, Bipolar, OCD, or Asperger?s. Many receive unneeded medication and inappropriate counseling as a result. Physicians, psychologists, and counselors are unaware of characteristics of gifted children and adults that mimic pathological diagnoses. Six nationally prominent health care professionals describe ways parents and professionals can distinguish between gifted behaviors and pathological behaviors. These authors have brought to light a widespread and serious problem: the wasting of lives from the misdiagnosis of gifted children and adults and the inappropriate treatment that often follows.
The purpose of the Montana AGATE (Association for Gifted and Talented Education) is to support an understanding of all gifted children and their exceptional needs, and to advocate for appropriate education through partnerships with educators, parents, administrators, legislators, and the general public. It is our mission that all children develop their full potential.
Edited by Don Embrose, and Tracy Crsoss, Morality, Ethics, and Gifted Minds brings together the leading thinkers from diverse scholarly fields to share and integrate their perspectives on morality and high ability (giftedness, talent, creativity). These two broad areas of inquiry should have much more overlap and interconnection than currently exists. One of the many justifications for such connection making is the pressing need for the application of intelligent, creative minds to the many ethical dilemmas facing the world today.
This Facebook page aims to serve as a forum for people to exchange comments, suggestions and ideas about gifted and talented education in Texas and around the world. Angie French shares resources, articles, and discussion points that resonate with the international gifted community.
MyGiftedGirl.com is a community of support for gifted and talented girls and women, parents and family members, educators, mentors, and support services.
My Little Poppies is a blog run by school psychologist and mother to twice-exceptional children. Topics on this blog include homeschooling, education (regular ed, gifted ed, and special ed), motherhood and family, nature, games, and literacy. She also provides homeschooling and “gameschooling” curriculum.
NASA Education has created a kid-friendly resource to learn more about NASA and their work.
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) is a national gifted organization comprised of staff and leaders who support and develop policies and practices that encourage and respond to the diverse expressions of gifts and talents in children and youth from all cultures, racial and ethnic backgrounds, and socioeconomic groups. NAGC supports and engages in research and development, staff development, advocacy, communication, and collaboration with other organizatoins and agencies who strive to improve the quality of education for all students.
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is a professional membership organization that works to promote high-quality early learning for all young children, birth through age 8, by connecting early childhood practice, policy, and research. NAEYC advances a diverse, dynamic early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children. The association comprises nearly 60,000 individual members of the early childhood community and more than 50 Affiliates, all committed to delivering on the promise of high-quality early learning. Together, the organization work to achieve a collective vision: that all young children thrive and learn in a society dedicated to ensuring they reach their full potential.
One of the goals of the National College Advocacy Group (NCAG) is to inform students, families, and advisors about college topics impacting their college decisions.
The Neurodiversity Podcast features discussions with leaders in the fields of psychology, education, and beyond, with an emphasis on gifted/talented and 2e (twice-exceptional) children and adults. Neurodiversity explores parenting, counseling techniques, and best practices for enriching the lives of high-ability people.
This page connects you with news articles, op-ed, and relevant research related to gifted children featured on the Huffington Post.
This page provides news about Gifted Students, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
This page connects you with news articles, op-ed, and relevant research for parenting gifted children featured on the Huffington Post.
