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• Guidebooks: Davidson Institute Guidebooks

  Advocating for Exceptionally Gifted Young People: A Guidebook

  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.

• Organizations: International

  Gifted and Creative Services Australia

  Gifted & Creative Services is dedicated to providing services that encompass and nourish the whole gifted person and meets emotional, intellectual, physical and educational needs.

  InterGifted

  InterGifted is an adult community and an adolescent community of nearly 1,000 gifted peers which also offers qualitative giftedness assessments, gifted coaching & mentoring, gifted therapy search & advocacy, workshops/courses, training for helping professionals working with gifted clients, and literature and advocacy on gifted personal development.
  

  James T. Webb Scholarship for Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) Conference

  The James T. Webb Scholarship currently extends the opportunity for identified gifted and talented students from minority populations and their parents to participate in the SENG Annual Conference. Students attend the program for children or teens. Parents attend concurrent adult sessions.

• Organizations: Local

  Beyond Giftedness Conference (Arvada, CO)

  This long-standing conference is held on the last Friday in February in Arvada, Colorado. With a focus on practical tools that can be used with the gifted children in your life, it features keynote presentations and breakouts given by leaders in the field of gifted education, exhibitors, a parent workshop, and the opportunity to connect with others in the field of gifted education.
  

  Stoller Parent Coaching

  As a collaborative, compassionate expert in the complexities of (un)identified gifted/2e families, Sheryl Stoller works to pragmatically equip parents to transform struggles into thriving, connected growth. In addition to coaching individuals and couples, she leads parent groups, staffings, workshops, and presentations.

  Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) Parent Groups

  In 1981, SENG established guidelines for SENG Model Parent Support Groups. SENG Parent Groups are structured to bring together 10 to 20 interested parents of gifted and talented children to discuss such topics as motivation, discipline, stress management, and peer relationships. The groups meet weekly for a set number of weeks – usually 10 weeks. Visit this web page for links that access lists of local SENG group facilitators across the nation, and information on how to start a group in your community.
  

• Organizations: National

  Challenge Success

  The mission of Challenge Success is to partner with schools and families to provide kids with the academic, social, and emotional skills needed to succeed now and in the future. Their website provides resources for educators and parents to help young people engage in learning, build healthy life skills, and define success in his or her own way.

  Davidson Institute for Talent Development

  In 1999, Bob and Jan Davidson founded the Davidson Institute for Talent Development to support our nation's brightest young people. This national nonprofit, headquartered in Reno, Nev., provides a variety of programs including: Davidson Young Scholars, Davidson Fellows scholarships, the THINK Summer Institute, Educators Guild and the Davidson Academy. Additionally, the Davidsons co-authored the book Genius Denied: How to Stop Wasting Our Brightest Young Minds, published by Simon & Schuster in 2004.

  Family Achievement Clinic - Dr. Sylvia Rimm

  This website contains links to numerous articles are relevant to the profoundly intelligent and their parents. Dr. Rimm's Family Achievement Clinic specializes in gifted children who have problems in school as well as counseling on other gifted issues.

  Take on Talents

  Take on Talents is an organization focused on gifted children and their parents/educators. What does it mean to be gifted? How does one deal with the challenges of giftedness? They do this through coaching, an e-course for parents, the book ‘the 7 challenges of the gifted child’ and much more.

• Printed Materials: Books

  ABCs of Raising Smarter Kids: Hundreds of Ways to Inspire Your Child

  In this book, gifted education expert Dr. Joanne Foster reveals ways to help kids thrive. Moving from A to Z, she offers helpful information on child development, and shares hundreds of current resources and practical suggestions. Each letter/chapter features a different thematic focus such as Education, Health and Happiness, Motivation, and Productivity. Beautifully illustrated, ABCs is a comprehensive, reader-friendly, and unique parenting book.

  Coping for Capable Kids: Strategies for Parents, Teachers, and Students

  From solving social problems, to dealing with perfectionism, and developing time-management strategies, to mastering goal setting, this book is the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide for gifted kids, their parents, and teachers. Based on years of research and experience, this book is actually two books in one—an exciting easy-to-read, high-interest book for bright students and a book for parents and teachers. Click here to read a review of this book.

  End Peer Cruelty, Build Empathy

  This book utilizes the strongest pieces of best practices and current research for ways to stop bullying. Presented in a practical, six-part framework for reducing peer cruelty and increasing positive behavior support, it includes guidelines for implementing strategies, collecting data, training staff, mobilizing students and parents, building social-emotional skills, and sustaining progress.

  Healing the Heart: Helping Your Child Thrive After Trauma

  This book: provides parents with specific tools to help their trauma-impacted children; combines the research on adverse childhood experiences and other traumatic events, positive psychology, and resilience; uses evidence-based strategies, inspirational stories, and role-playing scenarios; and, more. With specific strategies to address diverse forms of trauma and diverse populations, this book is a must-read resource for anyone wanting to reestablish safety, increase resilience, and help heal the long-term impact of trauma.

  Peak Performance for Smart Kids

  This book provides success strategies, activities, tools, real-life examples, and checklists for parents to employ to help their kids to achieve their highest potential. Maureen Neihart, a psychologist and leading authority on talent development in children, examines seven mental habits of successful kids, providing practical approaches for developing them in talented children of all ages in this easy-to-read guide for parents and teachers.

  Teach Your Children Well

  This book aims to dispel the myth that good grades, high test scores, and college acceptances should define the parenting endgame. This book discusses the value of internal satisfaction and growth, and takes a long-term approach to parenting strategies and success.
  

  The Caring Child: Raising Empathetic and Emotionally Intelligent Children

  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. This book 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. With specific strategies to address diverse populations and LGBTQ youth, The Caring Child is the must-read resource for anyone dedicated to cultivating a more compassionate world.

  The Diverse Schools Dilemma: A Parent's Guide to Socioeconomically Mixed Public Schools

  This book discusses the concerns and considerations associated with educating one's children in a socioeconomically diverse community, including common quandaries such as how to select a school that is both progressive and high-achieving.

  The Power of Self-Advocacy for Gifted Learners: Teaching the 4 Essential Steps to Success

  Gifted learners are full of potential, but sometimes they’re also frustrated, bored, and even disruptive in class. Many bright students struggle because they have never been taught how to ask for what they really need to improve their school experience. This research-based guide shows educators how to teach self-advocacy skills in four essential steps. Gifted students will: understand their rights and responsibilities; develop their learner profiles; investigate available options and opportunities; and, connect with advocates. These simple yet comprehensive strategies are brought to life in triumphant true student stories. Also included are a facilitator’s guide with complete instructions for conducting a day-long self-advocacy workshop with gifted students.

• Printed Materials: Online Documents

  Parent and Educator Resource: Guide to Section 504 in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools

  This user-friendly, easy-to-read publication covers the process schools must go through to determine if a student is eligible for a 504 Plan.

  What Makes a Good School? A Guide for Parents Seeking Excellence in Education

  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.

• Printed Materials: Periodicals/Reports & Studies

  Gifted Child Today

  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.

  Gifted Education Communicator (GEC)

  The Gifted Education Communicator is an online journal for educators, parents, and students published by the California Association for the Gifted (CAG). GEC issues include articles by leaders in the field exploring specific topics in gifted education, hands-on curriculum for professional development and the latest in research, parent information, tips, and resources for gifted learners, articles written by gifted students for gifted students and reviews of relevant books and resources.

  Journal for the Education of the Gifted (JEG)

  The Journal for the Education of the Gifted (JEG) is committed to the analysis and communication of knowledge and research related to the field of gifted education. JEG is the official publication of The Association for the Gifted.
  

  Parenting for High Potential

  Parenting for High Potential is the quarterly magazine for parents who want to make a difference in their children's lives, to develop their children's gifts and talents, and to help them develop their potential to the fullest. Each issue includes special features, expert advice columns, software and book reviews, ideas from parents and a pullout children's section.

• Schools & Programs: College Affiliated

  Center for Talent Development (CTD) - Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

  The Center for Talent Development (CTD), housed at Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy, is an accredited learning center and research facility serving gifted students, their families and educators for nearly 30 years. Some of their programs include: the Midwest Talent Search, summer programs for pre-K through grade 12, Saturday enrichment programs for pre-K through grade 9, an Accelerated Weekend Experience (AWE), Gifted Learning Links for K through grade 12, a Civic Education Program for grades 7 through 12, scholarship programs for underrepresented students, and educator and parent programs.

  University of Northern Colorado (UNC) - Center for the Education & Study of Gifted, Talented, Creative Learners (Greeley, CO)

  The purpose of the Center is to support and promote all aspects of gifted and talented education, including three summer programs for children and youth. Graduate level programs are offered for teachers in all content and grade levels as well as education and support to parents. There is also a program to earn a Masters degree in Special Education with Gifted and Talented emphasis.

  Vanderbilt Program for Talented Youth - Parent Support Groups (Nashville, TN)

  Vanderbilt Programs for Talented Youth offers support group opportunities for parents on Saturdays in the fall and spring. The meetings are held on Vanderbilt’s campus. The groups are facilitated by experienced counselors and psychologists with extensive training and knowledge of the needs of gifted children.

• Schools & Programs: Independent

  Scholar Search Associates

  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.

• Websites & Other Media: Commercial

  Gifted Children Monthly - Gifted-Children.com

  This networking and information provider (offering a newletter and website) is dedicated to making a difference in the pursuit of educational excellence for children. Gifted Children Monthly offers a wide variety of gifted and talented resources for parents, teachers, students, mentors and other professionals in the GT arena.

  Is My Child Gifted? If So, What Can I Expect?

  In this 45-minute video presentation on a VHS tape, Dr. James Webb describes the most common 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.

  Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

  This is a place for parents to find information, activities, and many other resources to help support childrens' education.
  

  SuperKids

  SuperKids is a website for parents and teachers who want the best in education for their children. SuperKids provides: reviews and ratings of educational software; practical and fun tools for online and offline use; news about important educational issues; and views of visionaries and policymakers.
  

  Time Timer LLC

  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.
  

• Websites & Other Media: For Educators

  HistoryTeacher.net

  This website is amazing! It offers AP quizzes and a lot of different history options. This website fits into many different categories. For educators, parents, students, for fun, etc.

• Websites & Other Media: Informational

  Advanced Psychology Resources - Resources for Parents of Gifted Children

  This organization contains a number of articles related to gifted education on topics such as identification, emotional complexity, asynchronous development, twice-exceptionality, and more.

  An Interview With Dr. James R. Delisle, Author of Parenting Gifted Kids

  With over 30 years experience, Dr. James R. Delisle talks about writing Parenting Gifted Kids and shares his perspectives on guiding the gifted.

  Bright Now Podcast - Center for Talented Youth (CTY)

  Produced by Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY), this podcast is about parenting and educating gifted and talented kids.

  Byrdseed

  Byrdseed is a website dedicated to understanding gifted learners with information about how to differentiate lessons, teach across content areas and appreciate gifted kids’ unique social and emotional needs. Subscribe to articles or watch videos by gifted education teacher and former gifted student, Ian Byrd.

  Can parents praise children too much?

  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.

  Characteristics Checklist for Gifted Children

  This checklist hosted by the Austega.com webite provides a characteristics checklist for teachers and parents looking for signs of giftedness in young children. Characteristic traits are listed by broad category of giftedness and include general intellectual ability, specific academic aptitude, creative thinking and production, leadership, psychomotor ability and visual and performing arts.
  

  CYFERnet.org

  CYFERnet is designed to be used by anyone who needs comprehensive children, youth, or family information including: educators, researchers, parents, youth agency staff, community members, human services and health care providers, students, policy makers, youth and media.

  Davidson Institute's Gifted Issues Discussion Forum

  With more than 10,000 members, the Davidson Institute's Gifted Issues Discussion Forum is a free, public, constantly-growing online forum where parents of gifted students can share their experiences and post information about advocacy, research and other gifted education issues.

  Developing Capable Young People

  This powerful training program developed by H. Stephen Glenn prepares adults who work with young people at developing the three perceptions and four skills which determine how effectively they'll deal with life.

  Duke TIP - Gifted Today

  Duke TIP's Gifted Today provides articles on the practical issues that parents of academically gifted children often face, including how to advocate for your child, weigh different educational options, evaluate best practices, and address common social and emotional needs. The blog houses almost two decades’ worth of articles from TIP’s researchers, whose work appears in leading academic journals, as well as reviews of other important findings in the field of gifted education.

  Education.com

  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.
  

  Education: Gifted and Talented Students - KidSource Online

  This website offers articles relating to gifted education, home schooling, twice exceptionalities, college and career planning, and more.

  ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education

  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.

  FamilyEducation.com

  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.
  

  Free Spirit Webinars

  Free Spirit’s online professional development brings experts in education right to your screen. The free on-demand webinar recordings address timely and relevant topics in early childhood education, bullying prevention, gifted education, and more.

  Gifted Monthly

  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.

  Gifted Resources - Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP)

  Duke TIP's Educational Opportunity Guide is a comprehensive online directory of educational programs designed to inform students, parents, and educators about the numerous educational opportunities available for gifted students. The site includes detailed information on over 380 programs located throughout the nation and abroad.

  GT World

  This website hosts an online community supporting the needs of parents of gifted children. There are elists, a collection of articles, books, links and other information regarding gifted children.

  Hand in Hand Parenting

  Hand in Hand Parenting sets out to provide parents with insights, skills, and support they need to listen to and connect with their children in a way that allows each child to thrive. This is done through easy-to-access support, classes, and literature. They offer vital information to help parents deal with issues from children biting and kids' temper tantrums to learning issues and bullying on playgrounds and in schools.

  Highly gifted children and the press

  This article discusses the history of media coverage of extremely gifted children, and provides parents with 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.

  Hoagies' Gifted Education Page

  This is a comprehensive website about giftedness, with links to articles, resources, and major national programs for gifted children. A separate section of the website provides resources for families with highly, exceptionally, and profoundly gifted children.

  Home Educator's Family Times

  Home Educator's Family Times is the homeschool publication for new or veteran homeschool families. The website offers a variety of homeschooling resources for parents, educators, and other professionals.

  Homeschool Diner

  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

  Homeschool Facts

  Homeschool Facts is the brainchild of a consortium of homeschool parents, licensed educators, counselors and researchers. We are passionate about education choice, and especially the parent's right to choose their child's education.

  HomeschoolingTaglets

  This Yahoo group is for those homeschooling gifted children. HomeSchoolingTaglets is a place to discuss resources and issues related to homeschooling gifted children. Although homeschoolers of all persuasions are welcome to join, the list itself is secular and inclusive.

  Houghton Mifflin Education Place

  This website provides students, teachers and parents with a number of useful social studies, math, science and language arts activities and resources. Education Place has something for everyone: teachers and parents can access information on state resources, textbook support, and receive newsletters; the kids' section contains many games and fun, educational activities. The site's resources are geared for students in grades K-8 and those who interact with them.

  Kid Source

  This website offers links to websites and articles regarding various educational issues. There are also resources available regarding gifted students.

  Kids Goals

  This site offers tips for parents, articles on parenting issues and child development topics, a free e-zine and more.

  KidsBoston.com

  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.

  Mind Matters Podcast

  The Mind Matters 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. Mind Matters explores parenting, counseling techniques, and best practices for enriching the lives of high-ability people.

  Parent Footprint

  Dr. Dan Peters, Ph.D. and Payman Fazly have founded their project, Parent Footprint whose mission is to create a compassionate world with loving people, one parent and one child at a time. Available on their website is an interactive training program called Parent Footprint Awareness Training that is designed to simulate the experience of sitting down with a trained professional and receiving individualized responses and content based on current thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Also featured on their website is “The Parent Footprint Podcast with Dr. Dan” and the Parent Footprint blog.

  PickyParent Guide

  Based on the book, Picky Parent Guide, Choose Your Child’s School with Confidence, this companion website helps parents choose the best learning environment that fits their child and family. The author's goals include keeping parents informed about the latest research and happenings in the education arena and how these trends impact your children, and generating a productive dialogue among all the adults who play roles in educating children.

  Project M3

  Project M3, Mentoring Mathematical Minds, was a 5-year collaborative research effort of faculty at the University of Connecticut, Northern Kentucky University, and Boston University and teachers, administrators, and students in 10 schools of varying socioeconomic levels in Connecticut and Kentucky. A team of national experts in the fields of mathematics, mathematics education, and gifted education created a total of 12 curriculum units of advanced mathematics. This website, maintained by the University of Connecticut, provide smathematics education through a series of online learning units geared toward educators, students and parents.
  

  Psycom.net - ADHD

  The ADHD portion of the Psycom website contains numerous articles and resources related to ADHD.

  Social Thinking

  The term social thinking encompasses many treatment programs described as "teaching social thinking and related social skills." These strategies share common traits: How their own social minds work - why they react and respond the way they do, The behaviors that make others feel good and bad, How these behaviors are affecting their own emotions, responses to and relationships with others across different social contexts.

  Some do's and don'ts for raising gifted kids

  Posted on the Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) website, Deborah L. Ruf outlines the do's and don'ts for parents dealing with the challenges of raising bright young children.

  Strategy, Assessment, and Tactics

  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.

  TiLT Parenting

  TiLT is an online destination aimed at helping parents raising differently-wired kids do so from a place of confidence, connection, and peace. TiLT currently features a weekly podcast and a call to action for parents raising unique kids to take the lead in shifting the current parenting paradigm. The longterm vision for TiLT is to foster a welcoming online community where parents raising atypical kids can tap into resources such as e-courses, ebooks, toolkits, guides, and more, that will help them feel informed, inspired, optimistic, and supported in their own parenting journeys.

  Tips for Reducing Sibling Rivalry

  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.

  Twice Exceptional Students: Supporting the Achievement of Gifted Students with Special Needs

  The state of Maryland has adopted into law and the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Board of Education has adopted into its policy the key concepts of the defi nition of gifted and talented students originally stated in the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act (1988). This guidebook meets that requirement of the state and county policy. It does so with the goal of helping to increase the number of students realizing their true potential.

  VeryWell: Gifted Children

  The VeryWell Family site about gifted students is filled with articles, a blog and other useful information. Topics include how to identify gifted young people, their educational needs and parenting help.

  With Understanding Comes Calm

  This website, run by Julie Skolnick, is designed to support parents of twice exceptional children through education, tailor-made strategies and advocacy training. Julie conducts half-day and hour-long teacher workshops and supports gifted and twice exceptional adults in navigating their relationships.

  Word Finding Difficulties

  This site provides information about Word Finding for professionals, parents, and learners with word finding difficulties. Topics include definition, characteristics, assessment, intervention, and available course work.

  Wrightslaw Game Plan: Writing Good IEP Goals & Objectives

  This article answers questions like: Why are IEP goals and objectives so difficult? What makes this IEP process so confusing?

  Zero To Three

  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.
  

• Websites & Other Media: Learning Tools

  HomeschoolRecess

  A virtual community for homeschooling parents which gives each member a range of tools to use on the website. These tools include: An event calendar that lets you easily see what's going on near your home, Flexible networking options that allow you to communicate with homeschoolers you know either by adding them to your “friend list” or through groups, similar to yahoogroups, Free classified ads to buy and sell curriculum, We make it easy to list books, websites, and places that help with your homeschooling and share them with your friends or the entire community.

  The Quirkles

  The Quirkles® are 26 imaginary scientists that help children everyday, all over the world, develop a love and appreciation for science. They offer a fresh new way to integrate literacy and science at school, for educational programs, or at home. Vocabulary builders, two related science experiments, and a character education lesson are also included in each of the 26 alphabet-series books. For a complete introduction and to get to know each Quirkle, start with "About The Quirkles" and work your way across the main menu bar above. Have fun exploring and please contact us with any questions you may have!