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For Educators: Parent/Teacher Interaction
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Developmental: Twice Exceptional
Educational Options: Tips for Teachers
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Parenting: Tips for Parents
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Talent Development: Advocacy
Developmental: Twice Exceptional
The Role of Parents in Helping Gifted Children with Learning Problems
In this article, Joyce VanTassel-Baska provides information on principals parents of twice-exceptional learners can apply in working with their own children who may have learning problems.
Educational Options: Tips for Teachers
14 Things Gifted Students Want Teachers to Know
In this article, Joshua Raymond reflects back on his time as a gifted student and what his daughters are experiencing now. Here are some items he wishes his teachers (and theirs) knew.
Basic educational options for gifted students in schools
Joyce VanTassel-Baska explores the options available to educators for working with gifted children by offering strategies to employ with gifted students to prevent them from being bored in the classroom and to challenge them intellectually. She stresses cooperation between parents and educators in implementing any of these strategies.
The Teacher-Parent Connection: Tips for Working with the Parents of a Gifted Student
This article offers advice to teachers for working with the parents of a gifted student. It's important to remember: "if parents trust that you have their child's best interest at heart, they are more likely to work with you. Check in with them often. Let them feel welcome in your office or classroom. Prepare yourself, and always remember to ask their opinion. As a team, you can be more effective in the education of bright students."
Tips for Teachers: Successful strategies for teaching gifted learners
This article by the Davidson Institute for Talent Development offers a list of tips for teachers. It focuses on suggestions any teacher can use in the classroom to aid their gifted students and promote their achievement in positive ways. Common blunders are also discussed as well as why they can be detrimental to the gifted student.
Parenting: Parenting Strategies
Paving the Path to Meaningful Engagement for High-Potential Children
This article describes the concept of "meaningful engagement" and how to incorporate it into a plan for gifted students.
Roles in Gifted Education: A Parent’s Guide
This article offers parents in the "gifted world" a wealth of information on the staff and administrators that can help them and their students navigate the gifted experience. Each of these staff members have different roles, responsibilities, and levels of training.
Six tips for communicating with your gifted child's teacher
This article provides parents insight on how to communicate with gifted students' teachers.
Parenting: Tips for Parents
8 Sentence Starters to Use When Talking to Teachers
Sometimes it’s not what you say but how you say it. If you want to effectively communicate with your child’s teacher, try these sentence starters.
Tips for Parents: Advocacy - Working with Your Child’s School
This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Ann Lupkowski-Shoplik, Ph.D. She provides numerous strategies on how to advocate for your gifted student in his/her school setting.
Tips for Parents: Collaborating with School Personnel - Strategies for Successful Partnering
This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Kara McGoey, who highlights ten helpful tips for parents who are looking to collaborate with their child's school personnel. If you are a parent looking to build a successful relationship with your gifted student's school, this article should prove helpful.
Tips for Parents: Forging Partnerships with Teachers, and Why They Often Don’t Work!
This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Dr. Nancy Robinson. She addresses ways parents can take the lead to improve their relationship with a child's teacher.
Support Materials: Book Reviews
Up From Underachievement: How teachers, students, and parents can work together to promote student success
BOOK REVIEW (Davidson Institute) - Written by Diane Heacox, this book has a step-by-step process for students, parents, and teachers to work together towards success in school and break the pattern of underachievement.
Wrightslaw: All About IEPs
BOOK REVIEW (Davidson Institute) - The book provides practical advice on implementing effective strategies for the best possible IEP outcomes.
Talent Development: Advocacy
Advocacy for Gifted Students
In this article, Jeanne Bernish provides a series of tips on how parents can advocate for their gifted students. It is a summary of an Advocacy Roundtable she hosted at the OAGC Conference.
Communicating Effectively with Your Gifted Child’s School
This article provides parents with a wealth of advice on communicating with their gifted students' teachers.
Families and Schools: Partnership and Collaboration
This article takes a look at the interpersonal, emotional, and intellectual benefits that can result from a close connection between the home and the school.
Taking on Advocacy as a Negotiator
The concept of principled negotiating is covered in this article.