This book by Susan Winebrenner and Dina Brulles is the definitive guide to meeting the learning needs of gifted students in the mixed-abilities classroom—seamlessly and effectively with minimal preparation time. Included are practical, classroom-tested strategies and step-by-step instructions for how to use them.
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.
In this book, Annemarie Roeper explains her view of the inner self of a gifted child and how that leads to her philosophy of education for gifted children. She believes that parents and teachers who understand the child can maximize the unique Self of that child and, in turn, create a more harmonious world, both now and in the future.
Despite changing rhetoric, fifty years of educational reforms largely relied on deductive, didactic pedagogy focused on rote memorization and knowledge consumption. This article focuses on inductive, investigative approaches to school that lead to enjoyment, engagement, and enthusiasm for learning.
“We live in a self-centered world, despite the call from employers and thought leaders for more cooperation and compassion. Empathy, or the ability to understand other people’s thoughts and emotions from their point of view, is a vital component of cooperation and necessary in our increasingly diverse world. “The Caring Child: Raising Empathetic and Emotionally Intelligent Children” by Christine Fonseca, pulls together the latest research from positive psychology to provide parents specific tools to help their children develop healthy empathy and emotional intelligence. Presented in an easy-to-read, conversational style, the book uses a combination of evidence-based strategies, real-world examples, and role-playing scenarios to provide parents with the tools needed to develop these important skills. It also includes specific strategies to address diverse populations and LGBTQ youth.
The Common Mom is a blog started by the mother of a gifted child. She discusses her journey of raising a gifted child, as well as other topics in the field of gifted education. She hopes to create a space for networking and sharing resources within the gifted community.
The Deep End is a blog written by Stephanie Tolan, which she hopes will help create a space to discuss the needs and challenges of being a gifted child. Tolan has been in the field of gifted education for 30 years, focusing specifically on highly to profoundly gifted children. She has been a speaker at numerous conferences and co-authored the book “Guiding the Gifted Child.” Her experience and passion for gifted education motivates her to share her insights with parents and educators through her blog.
This article focuses on kids need to be creative, and understanding how creativity works by understanding the difference between convergent and divergent thinking, and how to address the lack of divergent thinking in education.
The Fissure is created by NuMinds Enrichment, a revolutionary educational enrichment company based out of Dallas, Texas. This blog is an outlet for real, inspired writing on education and the evolution of learning in the 21st century. There are several articles focused on gifted education.
The Fringy Bit is a website started by the parents of three “fringy” kids. They use this term to describe children who are gifted and those who experience other forms of neuro-diversity. Through their website, they have created a blog and podcast, focusing on creating a community for the parents of gifted children.
This documentary focuses on the mythology of what it means to be gifted in the 21st century. It aims to reveal the educational challenges, social isolation, emotional sensitivities and physical threats faced by many gifted individuals in our society, then examine the search for solutions. Viewers of The G Word will come away understanding the risks of maintaining the status quo and the need for new approaches to harness the potential of gifted individuals.
Psychologist Mary-Elaine Jacobsen’s book draws on a wide range of groundbreaking research and her own clinical experience to show America’s twenty million gifted adults how to identify and free their extraordinary potential. Demystifying what it means to be a gifted adult, this book offers practical guidance for eliminating self-sabotage and underachievement.
Young readers of this upbeat and informative book by Judy Galbraith, MA learn how to cope with high expectations, perfectionism, labels, bullying, friendships, and more.
In this workbook, a therapist offers fun activities and strategies to help children ages 7 to 12 boost self-confidence, reduce stress and overwhelm, and balance emotions.
The Gifted Resource Center of New England is located in Providence, RI and serves the needs of gifted children, adolescents and their families. The Center offers clinical psychological and educational services in assessment, psychotherapy, curriculum design, school consultation and teacher in-service. They also offer articles, resource lists, and suggested readings.
