The Davdison Institute Team designed this guidebook for parents interested in addressing the needs of their exceptionally gifted
children. It is to be used as an organizational tool and informational guide to building a strong foundation for parent advocacy efforts. The information included is presented in a series of steps to prepare you for effective advocacy results.
The Davidson Institute Team and Nancy Robinson, Ph.D., teamed up to write this guidebook designed to help you assess certain aspects of your child’s readiness for early college entrance. Sources and tips are listed for financial aid, distance learning and correspondence options, college guides, alternative schooling and more.
"Gifted & Creative Services is dedicated to providing services that encompass and nourish the whole gifted person and meets emotional, intellectual, physical and educational needs."
Educational Options is about meeting the social, emotional, and academic needs of the intellectually gifted. It is about "thinking outside the box," for people who do not fit the norms. Although Educational Options is centered in Minnesota and especially serves the needs of gifted children in Minnesota, it is possible to arrange for assessments and consultations from anywhere in the country.
This website is Dr. Sylvia Rimm's homepage. It contains links to numerous articles that are relevant to the profoundly intelligent and their parents. Her books are described and there are excerpts from her books on the site as well as ways to order them. She also has tapes, a newsletter, and other items of interest. Dr. Rimm's Family Achievement Clinic specializes in gifted children who have problems in school as well as counseling on other gifted issues.
The mission of the National Parent Information Network (NPIN) is to provide access to research-based information about the process of parenting, and about family involvement in education. We believe that well-informed families are likely to make good decisions about raising and educating their children.
This organization provides parents of profoundly gifted children support, insight, and a number of useful resources. Parents can also access information on the characteristics of gifted children. TPPG provides both an online and in-person support network.
A parent-to-parent book, A Case of Brilliance is the author's personal story of how she and her husband discovered their children are profoundly gifted.
"This book is destined to become the classic guide for parents of gifted children. The key topics covered are essential ones, and this book provides much wisdom and new information." - Jan Davidson, Ph.D., Davidson Institute for Talent Development. Four experts (Webb, Gore, Amend, DeVries) in the field of gifted and talented provide practical guidance in the areas of: sibling & discipline issues, educational planning, gifted children characteristics and more.
What is the right way to handle discipline with young children? With humor and insight Dr. Grace Mitchell uses actual situations to demonstrate her gentle and tested method for disciplining young children.
In this practical book, Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D. introduces the revolutionary idea of "Positive Psychology." Happiness can be cultivated by identifying and nurturing traits that we already possess - including kindness, originality, humor, optimism and generosity.
Every child is a genius to his or her parents, but not every parent has the knowledge or confidence to develop their child's creative, intellectual potential to its fullest extent. Awaken the Genius in Your Child, by Shakuntala Devi, will help to create a constructive, fun and supportive learning environment for children, from babyhood through school. It offers practical, manageable advice and accessible, step-by-step methods designed to bring out natural abilities.
This is a comprehensive resource guide from Jacquelyn Saunders for parents of young gifted children. It contains information on identification, early enrichment activities, school placement issues, and parenting strategies.
Dr. Rudolf Dreikurs, one of America's foremost child psychiatrists, presents an easy to follow program that teaches parents how to cope with the common childhood problems that occur from toddler through preteen years. This book gives the key to parents who seek to build trust and love in their families, and raise happier, healthier, and better behaved children.
Roger Schank offers a philosophy of learning with an emphasis on harnessing the child's natural inquisitiveness and generating in a child a passion for learning and creating. Dr. Schank also offers clear, practical advice on how parents can help their children to learn in hundreds of different ways, and how parents can help their children to get the most out of their school experiences.
This book is the definitive reference book for those searching for a summary and evaluation of the literature on giftedness and gifted education with summaries of important topics in the field, providing relevant research and a guide to how the research applies to gifted education. Sample topics addressed include alternative assessment, counseling, early childhood, highly gifted students, homeschooling, parenting, and policy and advocacy.
Michael J. Bosse and Jennifer V. Rotigela authored this comprehensive, helpful guide to supporting a child's mathematical talent. The authors guide parents in recognizing advanced math ability in their children, working with the school system and tips for connecting a child's math ability to his or her everyday interests.
This book gives advice and parenting strategies for helping students handle homework in a productive and positive manner.
Written in laymen's terms, this book by Carol Addison Takacs offers sound advice on how to let your child discover his/her talents and learning capacity without forcing them at an unnatural pace. Giving them creative outlets ("fun-time") while they learn can lead to more balanced brain development.
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Myla Kabat-Zinn approach parenting from the Zen Buddhist position of moment-to-moment awareness and provides a new way of facing the challenges of parenthood. One discussion shows how a lack of awareness fosters patterns that damage both parent and child, and how mindfulness can bring healing and transformation to this essential relationship.
From the publisher: Do you feel that your family is not what it used to be, or what it has the potential to be? Do you worry that the parenting decisions you're making today may be scarring your child for life? Do you sometimes feel you are in a tug of war with the world over who will shape your child's values and beliefs? Dr. Phil shows parents how to make changes now -- how to put a stop to your children's tantrums, talk to them about peer pressure or self-esteem, instill values like integrity, honesty, and respect for other people and bring order back to your house. If you want your child to have a happy, fulfilled life, you must open your eyes to the crucial role you play in his or her development. Family First offers you and your family hope -- for a phenomenal home life now, and a productive, fulfilling future for your children. As Dr. Phil says, you are not raising children you are raising adults, and everything you do today impacts what kind of adult your child will become. You are building the future.
A mother's story of the early development of her profoundly gifted, extremely mathematically precocious son, Michael, and her struggles to obtain an appropriate assessment and educational provisions for him. Audrey Grost discusses family issues and educational problems as well as how the family dealt with extensive media coverage when Michael became the youngest college student ever.
A humorous and irreverent guide to how "lazy" (i.e. "bored, frustrated, and otherwise sick of school") students can survive the tedium of school, and maybe even have fun doing it.
This book by Arlene Devries and James T. Webb, provides provides the essential information for persons wishing to conduct SENG Model parent support groups for parents of gifted children. The groups are designed to help parents gain a better understanding of their children and to help their children develop positive self-esteem and interpersonal skills.
Read about original concepts that form a framework to help parents better understand their daughters. JoAnn Deak and Teresa Barker give us girls perspectives as they struggle with body image, self esteem, intellectual growth, peer pressure, and media messages.
This comprehensive guide from authors Webb, Gore, Karnes, and McDaniel, enables the reader to identify the signs of advanced development and the special needs of bright children as well as developing education plans, and what to do when a grandparent becomes the parent.
This award-winning practical source for parents and teachers discusses the unique social and emotional needs and concerns of gifted students. Chapters on motivation, discipline, peer relationships, sibling relationships, stress management, depression, and many other issues that parents and teachers encounter daily with these children are included. See also: A Parent's Guide to Gifted Children, an updated version of this book.
Aletha Solter presents a new approach to parenting which respects the child's needs and feelings. Without using punishment nor rewards, children are allowed to reach their highest potential.
Alissa Quart shows how a gifted childhood that is "relentlessly tested, totally overscheduled and joylessly competitive" is being created by some parents and concludes that "enrichment" not only doesn't necessarily work, it may be harmful.
C. Drew Edwards offers alternative parenting strategies by showing your child "Support Through Listening." By applying this technique, the child tends to be less resistant to authority and less prone to temper tantrums.
Thoughtful, clear-eyed, comprehensive, and refreshingly free of jargon, How to Keep Your Teenager Out of Trouble and What to do if you Can't helps parents identify whether their teens are exhibiting typical behavior-such as locking themselves in their room for hours-or are exhibiting real danger signs, such as being secretive, despondent, or constantly angry. And then he tells parents what to do about it.
Dr. Rimm gives practical, compassionate, no-nonsense advice for raising happy, secure, and productive children, from preschool to college. Easy-to-follow parent pointers, sample dialogues, and boxed step-by-step examples show parents how to guide their children.
Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish offer suggestions for giving praise, acknowledging feelings and gaining true cooperation. The authors explain that it is all about effective communication and its strategies are healthy and effective for every relationship.
Cartoonist Jean Watts searches for some perspective on the full-time job of parenting and teaching gifted children. Her original cartoons present amusing viewpoints and thought-provoking insights into life with a precocious child.
In this 45 minute presentation, Dr. James Webb describes the most common basic characteristics of gifted children and shows how some of these traits can actually result in underachievement, power struggles and failure to be recognized as bright.
Sylvia Rimm offer guidelines on how to determine if their children are unusually gifted, and how to prepare them for school. Rimm's guidelines help to ensure that gifted children are sufficiently challenged in the classroom. There is also a section, Parenting Keys, to help parents raise healthy, happy, productive, and well-adjusted children in the demanding contemporary environment.
In this book, Mary Kurcinka helps you to unravel the mysteries of power struggles by offering insights into differences and normal growth patterns. Recognizing that every child is unique and every discipline situation different, Kurcinka views power struggles as an opportunity to teach your child essential life skills.
Author and psychologist Linda Budd offers hope for parents by spelling out the characteristics of "active alerts" and teaches how to help these children thrive in school and family.
This book by Marian Diamond and Janet Hopson, is primarily aimed at parents and educators, but it is an extremely valuable resource for anyone (gifted children included) who are interested in brain development and the influence of appropriate enrichment.
An award-winning book by the author of the acclaimed child-care guide 'The Difficult Child' shows parents how to deal with their child's or adolescent's emotional problems, from aggression to inattention to lack of friends. Topics covered include: lack of friends; poor self-image; sibling rivalry; hyperactivity; sadness and fearfulness; eating problems; nervous habits; aggressive behavior; defiance; sleep problems; lying; and learning disabilities.
Whether your child is a tantrum-prone toddler, a shy third-grader, a rebellious teen, or somewhere in between, this book from Paul Tieger, Barbara Barron-Tieger and E. Michael Ellovichwill give you the power to understand why children are the way they are - and to become the best parent you can be.
James R. Delisle, Ph.D. offers tips and strategies for raising a gifted child today with a humorous and encouraging perspective. Some topics include: understanding personality traits and perfectionism in gifted children, how to work with the school system, setting reasonable goals and more. Click here to read a review of this book.
The fast pace of technology, family breakups and other changes in today's evolving world make parenting more difficult. Learn more than two dozen strategies to set successful limits, avoid power struggles, minimize sibling rivalry and promote self-esteem in this video from James Webb, Ph.D.
When kids hit their teen years, parenting takes on a whole new dimension. As they struggle toward independence and autonomy, some dicey issues emerge. And the real world you want them to be ready for can make you shudder - kids today face life-and-death decisions long before they're on their own.
While this digest includes articles, research reports and advice from Gifted Children Monthly, it also contains original work by James Alvino on emotional needs, perfectionism and the superbaby scourge and gender-specific issues.
Please Stop the Rollercoaster! How Parents of Teenagers Can Smooth Out the Ride is a blog that covers the most important topics for parents to examine when raising teenagers.
Reading the stories in this book by Karen Isaacson will not only help you appreciate your own family, but also give you an informal introduction to the world of giftedness. Isaacson offers a hilarious look at life in a gifted family, with five kids, each as different yet challanging as the one before.
This handbook by Michael Sayler, is designed to help you understand and appreciate your child even more, and it will provide you with practical suggestions for working with your child's school. Raising Champions will help you understand the meanings and implications of having a gifted or talented child in your family.
Barbara Klein holds doctoral degrees in both clinical psychology and early childhood education. In this book, Dr. Klein helps parents understand and cope with the obstacles they face in raising a gifted child by helping them make the best choices for their son’s or daughter’s growth and happiness.
Authors Robert Brooks and Sam Goldstein present a set of 10 essential parenting behaviors ("guideposts") - a prescription of sorts, for nurturing resilience in kids. Each chapter describes a different guidepost and illustrates what can be done to foster psychological strength, hope and optimism.
Alexandra Golon explains how the reader can assess and identify a visual-spatial child then offers tips to parent and educate them. This book also serves to enlighten the rest of the family as well.
In this companion workbook, Mary Kurcinka brings readers into her world-famous workshops, where she offers parents and educators insights, emotional support, and proven strategies for dealing with spirited children.
Through excellent examples and easy-to-read text, this book provides parents with a pathway to understanding their child's temperament and to a place where parents can balance the needs of their child's unique temperament with their own needs and those of their family.
When you understand your temperamental matches--and your mismatches--you can better understand, work, live, socialize, and enjoy spirit in your child. By reframing challenging temperamental qualities in a positive way, and by giving readers specific tools to work with these qualities, Kurcinka has provided a book that will help all parents, especially the parents of spirited children, understand and better parent their children.
This book by Kathryn J. Kvols and Bill Riedler discusses a new approach to discipline. Parents know there should be more to family life than arguments, neglected chores, disrespectful kids, infringed limits, and punishments that don't create self-motivated individuals. This book based on firmness and kindness helps promote peace in families by offering skills to understand why kids misbehave; improve communication and encourage children; set and enforce limits positively; and teach children self-control.
This book by Margaret J. Meeker, M.D., examines some of the pressures that are placed on teens in today's society. It also give parents some information on how to keep communication open between themselves and their teen.
Robert MacKenzie, founder of the Setting Limits Program, gives parents useful strategies for teaching respectful limit setting. Learn how to understand and empathize with your child without giving in, hold your ground threatening, and remove daily power struggles between you and your child. Setting Limits teaches everybody in the family new skills and encourages a more peaceful life in any social setting.
"With compassion and humor, the authors challenge the widespread belief that constant sibling conflict is natural and unavoidable; instead, they offer a positive approach with suggestions parents can use to teach their children how to get along with each other. Topics such as teaching parents to stop treating their children equally instead of uniquely, helping children express their angry feelings acceptably, motivating children to solve their own problems, and handling fighting are expertly covered. This book guides the way to peace and tranquility with humor, compassion and understanding, and the illustrated, action-oriented, easy-to-understand stories will make life easier for both siblings and their parents."
Noted experts, Robert Schultz, James Delisle, Tyler Page, publish their survey of thousands of young people around the world. This candid book helps gifted kids know they're not alone and they're definitely not "weird." Activities help readers relate the information and issues to their own lives.
What does it mean when your child seems "average" at school but brilliant at home? What if your son has a talent–and a learning difference that hides it? You know that your daughter has extraordinary potential in math, but her teacher ignores it. What can you do? If you think your gifted child isn't getting the education he or she needs, this book is for you. It helps you recognize your child's gifts, understand his or her problems at school, find out your district's policy on gifted education, explore various options (pull-out programs, acceleration, grade skipping, clustering, etc.), communicate effectively with the school and district, and provide enrichment at home.
Winner of the prestigious BolognaRagazzi Award, this intriguing book provides parents and educators with a springboard for discussions on life's questions. No answers are provided in Stormy Night. Rather, the questions prompt readers to explore their own place in the world. With imaginative drawings and simple but thought-provoking text, Stormy Night is the perfect place for children, regardless of age, cultural background or religion, to start looking for their own answers to all the really important questions.
This book provides a refreshing look at what children really need to grow into happy adults. Hallowell argues that kids do not need straight A's, a crammed schedule of activities or even a traditional family to become contented adults. What children really need are unconditional love from someone (not necessarily a parent) and the opportunity to revel in the magic and play of childhood. Kids do not need perfect lives, and learn from adversity and failure, but for the best chance of future happiness, Hallowell says, they need five basic tenets: to feel connected, to play, to practice, attain mastery and receive recognition.
The authors show how to help--and cope with--the difficult child. Temperamentally difficult children can confuse and upset even experienced parents and teachers. They often act defiant, stubborn, loud, aggressive, or hyperactive. They can also be clingy, shy, whiny, picky, and impossible at bedtime, mealtimes, and in public places.
Bob Chase, a veteran teacher and leading advocate for public education, provides parents with a roadmap for navigating today's increasingly complex public school system. Click here to read a review of this book.
The overstuffed backpack, the missing homework, the unused planner, the test he didn't know about. Sound familiar? When the disorganized child meets the departmentalized structure of middle school, everything can fall apart.
In The Overachievers, journalist Alexandra Robbins delivers a poignant, funny, riveting narrative that explores how our high-stakes educational culture has spiraled out of control.
Tracy Cross, Ph.D. is considered the nation's leading authority on the psychology of gifted children. In this book, he helps provide a framework for understanding the wide range of needs gifted students have and the potential role that differing groups of adults undertake to help these students. Cross' Continuum of Psychological Services, makes it evident that parents, teachers and counselors need to work together to cover most of the services gifted students will need and that no one person can assume all of the necessary roles.
This book by authors Sally Yahnke Walker and Susan Perry offers up-to-date, authoritative information about giftedness, gifted educucation, problems, personality traits, and more. You'll learn what 'giftedness' means, how kids are identified as gifted, and what's good—and bad—about the label. You'll find out how to keep from raising a 'nerd,' how to prevent perfectionism, and how to advocate for your child at school.
This website has a variety of books written by Dr. Myrna B. Shure, Ph.D. Here is a list of the few of the books features on this site:
Thinking Parent, Thinking Child
Raising a Thinking Child
Raising a Thinking Preteen
Raising a Thinking Child Workbook
This guide book offers parents over 700 common-sense suggestions for helping children succeed in life. Authors Peter L. Benson, Ph. D., Judy Galbraith, M.A., and Pamela Espeland, offer ideas backed by research and findings from a recent nationwide survey. This book focuses on ways parents can become asset-builders, because the authors believe there are 40 assets that all children need in order to lead a healthy, productive and positive life.
Practical advice and proven solutions show how to teach children manners without turning one's home into a boot camp. 50+ color photos & illustrations.
Designed for parents and teachers to enjoy with children, this revised second-grade volume of The Core Knowledge Series, presents the knowledge and skills that should be at the core of a challenging second-grade education.
Dr. Rimm offers help for parents of underachieving children. Drawing on both clinical research and years of experience counseling families, she has developed a “Trifocal Model” to help parents and teachers work together to get students back on track. Previously published in an earlier edition as Underachievement Syndrome: Causes and Cures.
"An entry level book [by Judy Galbraith] for parents of children ages two to eight. Includes characteristics of gifted, descriptions of terms used in gifted education, perfectionism, parenting the gifted child, working with the schools, the rights of parents etc."
This book is the result of a group effort of more than 6500 members of The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Many of the most common physical, emotional, behavioral, cognitive, social and moral issues and the challenges of parenting that you will confront in raising a child are discussed.
This article offers parents helpful and applicable tips on introducing themselves to and communicating effectively with their child's school. A number of advocacy resources are provided.
This article, hosted by the North South Wales Association for Gifted and Talented Children website, provides general advice and suggestions for parents of school-aged children whose children exhibit some/all of the characteristics of academically gifted children. Author, Jane Beattie, outlines nine informative steps parents can follow to better understand the process of raising a gifted child.
This online brochure by Sandra Berger, discusses early steps parents and their gifted children can take to prepare for college and to ensure that the college experience is positive.
This guide, published by The Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing, seeks to help parents determine the best educational options for their child. The characteristics of what constitutes a good school are presented in this report; listed are the qualities of effective administrators, teachers and counselors. There is also an emphasis on good schools meeting the needs of a diverse student body, providing a broad curriculum geared toward students on many levels.
Quarterly magazine-type newsletter with articles and book/product reviews of general interest to the parents of gifted and highly gifted children. Regular features include product tips, highlights of educational programs, social and emotional needs of gifted children, technology, parents platform, consultant feedback on questions, expert views and opinions, research briefs and relevant book reviews.
FamilyFun, the country's number one family magazine, is about all the great things families can do together. We are the family experts on travel, food, crafts, parties, holidays, games, activities, and products. FamilyFun magazine's Toy of the Year (T.O.Y.) Awards, announced each year in our November issue, has created an industry standard for child-testing products.
This periodical offers information on issues related to gifted children for parents, teachers and administrators. Topics such as teaching strategies, building effective gifted and talented programs and working with learning-disabled gifted children are often covered. Journal articles also offer advice on identifying gifted children, building effective gifted education methods in specific subjects and much more. In addition, some of the nation's most respected gifted education experts share their knowledge in regular columns.
Parenting for High Potential is the quarterly magazine designed for parents who want to make a difference in their children's lives, who want to develop their children's gifts and talents, and who want to help them develop their potential to the fullest. Each issue will include special features, expert advice columns, software and book reviews, ideas from parents, and a pullout children's section.
Published by Open Space Communications, this publication is focused on helping the gifted and allowing them to reach their full potential. Subscribers can access both printed issues and online journals, as well as free back issues.
With information on independent schools and programs across the nation, this website can be useful when searching for opportunities for gifted students. Articles on schools from a number of viewpoints are also provided.
Time Timer LLC is taking the idea of a simple, visual depiction of elapsed time and turning it into a line of products that helps solve time perception problems. These proven products are so easy to use that even young children and those with learning disabilities can monitor their own timed activities.
This website is a principal online destination for people interested in dismantling bigotry and creating, in hate's stead, communities that value diversity.
Through its online resources and ideas, expanding collection of print materials, outreach efforts, and downloadable public service announcements, Tolerance.org promotes and supports anti-bias activism in every venue of American life.
This About.com site is filled with articles, a blog and other useful information for anyone interested in learning more about gifted students. Topics include how to identify gifted young people, their educational needs and parenting help.
With over 30 years experience, Dr. James R. Delisle talks about writing Parenting Gifted Kids and shares his perspectives on guiding the gifted.
"According to some psychologists and researchers, praising everything children do does not build self-esteem -- eventually the praise becomes meaningless. Instead of continually praising students, teachers should substitute descriptive comments or cite specific improvements in work."
This article by Barbara Kerr offers sugestions on where and when to discuss the career path. Although parents and teachers may be concerned about academic planning for gifted and talented young people, they often assume that career planning will take care of itself. Unfortunately, evidence is mounting that youthful brilliance in one or more areas does not always translate into adult satisfaction and accomplishment in working life.
Citrus Organization for the Gifted (COG) is a new and dynamic parent-teacher organization designed with the particular needs of the gifted student and his/her family in mind. The primary purpose of the Citrus Organization for the Gifted is to serve the needs of the gifted child.
This website, CapabilitiesInc.com, offers advice and products for parents and teachers who would like to take a different approach to raising capable young adults.
This web site is an easy-to-use, free, one-stop destination for parents of preschool through grade 12 aged children where parents can search for cutting-edge editorial, useful tools, community features, and over 2,000 reference articles on education and child development from the most respected universities, government agencies, and nonprofits in the U.S.
ERIC EC gathers and disseminates professional literature, information, and resources on the education and development of individuals of all ages who have disabilities and/or who are gifted.
Through FamilyEducation.com parents are able to find practical guidance, grade-specific information about their children's school experience, strategies to get involved with their children's learning, free email newsletters, and fun and entertaining family activities. FamilyEducation brings together leading organizations from both the public and private sectors to help parents, teachers, schools, and community organizations use online tools and other media resources to positively affect children's education and overall development.
This article by Gwen Morrison discusses the obstacles that gifted children may face in school and in life. It even touches on some of the "gifts" and rewards that come out of being a gifted child.
Gifted Monthly has evolved from a monthly newsletter to an online bookstore and information source for parents of gifted children and education professionals. The site sells books related to giftedness and children of high ability, and provides free access to articles and copies of the original Gifted Monthly newsletter.
This article discusses the history of media coverage of extremely gifted children, and provides parents with a series of very specific suggestions and guidelines to consider when deciding whether or not to allow press coverage of a profoundly gifted child and his or her accomplishments.
This website is the most comprehensive website about giftedness on the Internet. Links to many interesting articles, resources, and all the major national programs for gifted children are included. A separate section of the website provides resources for families with highly, exceptionally, and profoundly gifted children. To learn about giftedness, begin here!
This is a great resource for new homeschoolers, gifted and twice exceptional homeschoolers and veteran homeschoolers. Content includes the basics of homeschooling along with actual curriculum ideas and online resources
This website, maintained by concerned parents, offers links to related websites and articles regarding various educational issues. It offers in-depth and timely education and healthcare information that will make a difference in the lives of parents and children. There are also resources available regarding gifted students.
This website offers tips for parents, articles on parenting issues and child development topics, a free e-zine and more.
KidsBoston.com is an online tool that has various useful resources for parents. This website even highlights gifted kids under their "Education for fast learners" section.
This website offers articles, resources, and activities for parents of gifted children, including a calendar of activities and resources, links to other websites, discussion forums, and books.
This article gives advice on how to handle your child's first day at school, and the different emotions that go with this exciting event. Whether your child is starting day care, nursery school or kindergarten, there are many simple things you can do to help prepare for this new adventure.
For residents in Canada this website may be useful for parents when networking with others in the gifted community. Share ideas on message boards, find events and read about testing & assessment and schooling options.
This online article by David Farmer provides some ideas on identifying and parenting gifted preschoolers. Farmer suggests parents should take notice of milestones other than the common ones of walking, talking etc., such as advanced thinking, reasoning, particular creativity, humour and joke telling, spontaneity and being competitive.
As adults, it is important that we recognize and support the strengths of our children. We can do this best when we are armed with the most current educational research and philosophies. We will provide you with basic information about gifted education and ways to help your children. Through our blog, you will also have an opportunity to ask questions, voice your opinions, and view the responses of others. This is a site to serve your needs, so visit it often.
This is a list of articles authored by Center for Talent Development's director and other works referencing 27 years of experience. Includes:
- A Research-Based Primer on Terminology and Educational Options for Gifted Students
- Tracking Your Child's Achievement Using NUMATS
- Research Evidence Regarding the Validity and Effects of Talent Search Educational Programs
- Talent Search: Purposes, Rationale, and Role in Gifted Education
CyberSafety: How do you take care as good parents to ensure your children are not meeting the wrong type of stranger online? Safe2read allows you to allocate everyone in your family their own email account, with a level of automatic supervision appropriate to their age.
Posted on her webiste, Deborah L. Ruf outlines the do's and don'ts for parents dealing with the challenges of raising bright young children.
The beginning of a new school year is a good time to think about what direction you want your child's education to take. Before that first parent-teacher conference, before the first IEP meeting, before the first call from the principal, plan your strategy, assess the situation and your child's abilities, and learn some new tactics for obtaining what your intellectually gifted child needs for a successful school year.
Sylvia Rimm, Ph.D, presents a practical list of suggestions about how to deal with sibling rivalry and perhaps prevent it altogether. One tip is related to having one child "tutor" another child and how this can lead to greater sibling rivalry.
RaisingTheGifted.com provides a resource list for parents of gifted students, including articles, associations, blogs, books, events, institutes and schools.
Zero to Three's mission is to support the healthy development and well-being of infants, toddlers and their families. As a national nonprofit multidisciplinary organization, Zero to Three informs, educates and supports adults who influence the lives of infants and toddlers.