Links to Helpful Gifted & Talented Resources

Reference Sites

• Hoagie's Gifted Education Page - Carolyn K's ever-growing collection of articles, books and other good stuff. A must-read! 
• Uniquely Gifted - Meredith Warshaw's unique collection of resources, centered around the "twice special" gifted/special needs child.
• Davidson Institute for Talent Development - The mission of the Davidson Institute for Talent Development is to recognize, nurture and support profoundly intelligent young people and to provide opportunities for them to develop their talents to make a positive difference.
• ERIC Digests - searchable database of highly readable research syntheses
• KidSource Online - A search using the key word "gifted" will lead to over 60 articles dealing with TAG issues. 
• The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented - Links to abstracts and summaries are provided.
• Council for Exceptional Children
- Permits searches on the ERIC database for abstracts of useful journal articles. Also offers askERIC Q &A service 
• CTD's Annotated Bibliography for Parents - A book list for the gifted and their families
• Gifted Education Resources Across the Nation: State Organizations and Contact People
• Teacher's Gifted and Talented links
• The Australian Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented - 42 papers on giftedness 
• Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education (PAGE) - includes lots of great information on gifted, Not just residents of PA.
• National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
• Understanding Tests and Measurements for the Parent and Advocate
• Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
• Douance.org - "Practical Guide to the Gifted Child" Comprehensive French language site on giftedness, referred to as "douance" in Canada, "surdouement" in France. Includes a growing collection of ERIC digests translated into French, dictionary of French gifted terminology and important people in the field, hosts the "Douance" mailing list.
  
  "Guide Pratique de l'Enfant Surdoué" Site francophone complet sur la "douance" ("surdouement" en français métropolitain), avec entre autres la traduction en français de plusieurs digests ERIC, un dictionnaire des termes et des personnes importantes du domaine, et l'hébergement de la liste de diffusion francophone "Douance".

Books

• Johns Hopkins IAA publications.

Early Entry College Programs for Talented Youth

• Simon's Rock College of Bard, Massachusetts
• California State University, Los Angeles Early Entry Program (EEP)
• Mary Baldwin College, Virginia - Program for the Exceptionally Gifted

Talent Searches and Academic Programs

• Duke University's Talent Identification Program
• Carnegie Mellon Institute for Talented Elementary Students (C-MITES)-offers programs and services for academically talented students throughout Pennsylvania.
• Center For Talent Development at Northwestern University- Midwest Talent Search for grades 5-9, Saturday Enrichment Programs, Conferences and more - Evanston, IL
• Belin Elementary Student Talent Search (BESTS)) - talent search (EXPLORE) for grades 3-6, summer programs in Iowa, Illinois, Maine and Nebraska
• University of Denver's Rocky Mountain Talent Search- talent search for grades 5-9, summer programs - Denver CO
• UC-Berkeley's Academic Talent Development Program- summer programs for grades K-11 - Berkeley, CA
• Johns Hopkins Institute for the Academic Advancement of Youth 
• Stanford University's Educational Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY)- Distance Learning Program in mathematics for grades K-college, physics and expository writing courses
• International Baccalaureate program- Internationally available (800 schools, several hundred in the US), rigorous middle and high school education program
• Foothill College- Summer Youth College and Distance Learning Programs in Los Altos, California

Advocacy Groups

• United States 
• The National Foundation for Gifted and Creative Children
• Northwest Gifted Education Connection
• World Council for GT Students
• Canada 
• The Leading Edge for Gifted Education (Canada)
• Australia 
• Northern Territory Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented 
• NSW Association for Gifted and Talented Children Inc 
• United Kingdom 
• The Support Society for Children of High Intelligence 

Readings for Parents of Gifted Children:

• "Ten Tips for Parents of Gifted Children" 
• "Getting Change in the System " 
• An interview with poet/novelist Stephanie Tolan - Interesting insights regarding the need for parents to come to terms with their own giftedness in order to help their children
• One size fits all? Age based tracking versus ability grouping in elementary school mathematics. - Mike Robison reviews the literature supporting ability grouping and its implications for math instruction
• Learning Problems at School: Whose FAULT Is It? Pamela Darr Wright, M.A., M.S.W. Licensed Clinical Social Worker, reviews a startling 1988 study by Dr. Galen Alessi, Professor of Psychology at Western Michigan University, in which school psychologists assert that in 5000 cases handled by them, student learning problems could always be traced to problems with the students themselves, while curricula, teaching methods, and school administration are never identified as causative factors.
• The Australian Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented - 42 conference papers on giftedness
• "Acceleration - A legitimate means of meeting the needs of gifted children"
• "Acceleration - an expanded vision"
• "We Always Knew He was Bright"
• "Don't Throw Away the Old Binet"
• "Stay out of the way and let them learn..."
• "Why College So Young?" - a parent's testimonial on CSULA's EEP
• IEP Common Talk - Answers common questions: What is an IEP?, etc.
• ERIC digest listing - lots of great research summaries on gifted education
• Giftedness and the Gifted: What's it all about?
• Helping Your Highly Gifted Child
• Should Gifted Students be Grade Advanced?
• Gifted Child Quarterly - abstracts of articles included in the actual publication
• Gifted Children Monthly - subscription based monthly WWW publication for parents of gifted children

Resources for Gifted Adults

• The Rocamora School - offers "transformational resources for personal actualization and talent development" and many interesting articles. 

Miscellaneous Useful Sites

• TAG Family Network
• Bruce User's Gifted Resources Home Page
• The TAG Project
• Homeschooling the Gifted
• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education
• A manual for IEP-writing:
• Links to State Education Agencies
• Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Education Program
• 1996 Digest of Education Statistics-- State Legislation on Gifted and Talented Programs(Data from 1993-94)
• Mensa: Nurturing the Gifted Child

GT World does not endorse commercial products or services, but provides the links below as a convenience to our members. To qualify for inclusion here, a commercial site must offer compelling value to the non-buying gifted community, or products and services already recommended frequently by our membership.

• The Gifted Development Center Linda Silverman's consultancy in Denver, Colorado. Makes some useful articles available for download, others are for sale.



• Free Spirit Publishing -Publishers of  The Gifted Kid's Survival Guide  and other self-help titles.



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This page last updated on November 15, 2004 by Valerie Bock