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Tips for Parents: Motivation – What Really Works with Kids and Music Practice

The following article shares highlights and insights from one of our Expert Series events, which are exclusive for Young Scholars and their parents. Authored by: Barbie Wong How do you motivate your child to practice their…

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Gifted Testers and Therapists List

The map below is a tool that can help families find testers and therapists. If you are just starting your gifted or twice-exceptional journey, your first step might be to have your child tested.…

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Tips for Students: Exploring Ancient Babylonian Astronomy

The following article shares highlights and insights from one of our Expert Series events, which are exclusive for Young Scholars and their parents. Authored by: John Steele The earliest known texts to contain detailed records of…

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Tips for Students: Using math to invest in the real world, to save the next generation from ChatGPT

The following article shares highlights and insights from one of our Expert Series events, which are exclusive for Young Scholars and their parents. Authored by: Po-Shen Loh The scale of global societal problems looks daunting. One person,…

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Tips for Parents: Differentiating Giftedness from Achievement and Mitigating the Risks of Each

The following article shares highlights and insights from one of our Expert Series events, which are exclusive for Young Scholars and their parents. Authored by: Dr. Chris Wells and Nicole Mattingly Is giftedness who you are…

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Individual Instruction Plan Menu for the Gifted Child

This article by Joyce VanTassel-Baska offers more than 100 curriculum ideas for gifted children. Ideas are geared for educators and organized by subject. In addition to academic subjects, there are suggestions for developing creativity…

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How to Start a School or Program like the Davidson Academy

This article is based on a collection of resources that the Davidson Institute and Davidson Academy staff compiled to send to people asking how to start a similar school or program. The Davidson Institute…

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Tips for Parents: The Paradox of Gifted Children – Why are they SO advanced in some areas and NOT in others?

The following article shares highlights and insights from one of our Expert Series events, which are exclusive for Young Scholars and their parents. Author: Joanna Lee Haase, Ph.D., MFT Gifted children are challenging to parent in…

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