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Unwrapping the Gifted

A gifted education blog written by Tamara Fisher, a K-12 gifted education specialist for a school district located on an Indian reservation in northwestern Montana and president-elect of the Montana Association of Gifted and Talented Education. In this blog, Fisher discusses news and developments in the gifted education community and offers advice for teachers on working with gifted students.

This site is named after the book Uniquely Gifted: Identifying and Meeting the Needs of the Twice-Exceptional Student, edited by Kiesa Kay. Twice-exceptional children (that is, intellectually gifted children with special needs such as AD/HD, learning disabilities, Asperger Syndrome, etc.) have a hard time of it in our education system - because their giftedness can mask their special needs and their special needs hide their giftedness, they are often labeled as "lazy", "unmotivated", "not trying". Many people don't even realize that a child can be both gifted and learning disabled; however, Linda Silverman, Ph.D., the director of the Gifted Development Center has found that fully 1/6 of the gifted children tested at the GDC have a learning difference of some type.

Hoagies' Gifted Education Page is a comprehensive resource for parents, teachers and students. Scholarly articles, real life stories and even some humor are included. One of the best resources on gifted children on the web.

Gifted-Children.com: Identification, Encouragement, and Development (GCC) is an online parents' newsletter with networking and information dedicated to making a difference in the education of children with special talents and abilities.
 

GT World is an on-line support community for parents of Gifted and Talented children.
 

The National Parent Information Network (NPIN) is a project of the ERIC system and is administered by the National Library of Education and the U.S. Department of Education. The mission of NPIN is to provide access to research-based information about the process of parenting, and family involvement in education.
 

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Organizations

The National Research Center on Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT) is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to investigate, develop, and disseminate new methods for identifying and teaching gifted students. The site has articles to download and others to purchase for a nominal fee.

The National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) is a non-profit organization of parents, teachers, educators, community leaders and other professionals who unite to address the unique needs of all children and youth with demonstrated gifts and talents as well as those who may be able to develop their talent potential with appropriate educational experiences.

Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) focuses primarily on the adults (parents, educators, etc) in the lives of gifted children. SENG provides information on identification, guidance, and effective ways to live and work with gifted individuals.

The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or gifted students.

The Association for the Gifted (TAG) was organized as a division of The Council for Exceptional Children in 1958 to help both professionals and parents deal more effectively with gifted children.

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education is part of the National Library of Education (NLE), Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC is operated by The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and provides information on a wide-variety of education topics such as ADD, gifted, behavior disorders, early childhood, inclusion, and learning disabilities.

The Gifted Development Center serves parents, schools, and advocacy groups with information about identification, assessment, counseling, learning styles, programs, presentations, and resources for gifted children and adults.

Davidson Institute recognizes, nurtures and supports profoundly gifted young people and provides opportunities for them to develop their talents in positive ways to create value for themselves and others.

American Association For Gifted Children at Duke University is the nation's oldest advocacy organization for gifted children. AAGC continues to focus its energies to provide parents of gifted students with information that will assist them in raising their exceptional children.
 

Kids College is a non-profit organization offering educational workshops which challenge individual potential. Our mission is to support gifted children, their families and educators. Four semesters of workshops are offered each year held on Saturday and Sunday in several locations, Sept - June. A week long camp is offered during Summer.
Thomas More College in Merrimack, N.H.
Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, N.H.
Locations in Concord and elsewhere!
 

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Books

Helping Gifted Children Soar: A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachers
Strip, Carol
Scottsdale, AZ: Gifted Psychology Press, 2000
 

Guiding the Gifted Child
Webb, J., Meckstroth, D., Tolan, S.
Dayton Oh: Ohio Psychology Press, 1982.
 

Bringing Out the Best: A Resource Guide for Parents of Young Gifted Children
Saunders, J. and Espeland, P.,
Minneapolis: Free Spirit, 1986.
 

Growing Up Gifted: Developing the Potential of Children at Home and at School
Clark, Barbara,
New York: Macmillan, 1992.
 

Smart Girls, Gifted Women
Kerr, Barbara
Dayton, Oh: Ohio Psychology Press, 1985.
 

Perfectionism: What's Bad About Being Too Good?
Adderholdt-Elliot, M.,
Minneapolis: Free Spirit, 1987.
 

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Journals

Gifted Child Today Magazine.
Prufrock Press
PO Box 8813
Waco, TX 76714-8813

Imagine: Opportunities and Resources for Academically Talented Youth
P.O.Box 3073
Langhorne, PA 19047
1-215-826-0707
 

Roeper Review - A Journal on Gifted Education
PO Box 329
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48013
 

Gifted Child Quarterly - NAGC: Gifted Children Quarterly
1155 15th Street, N.W. #1002
Washington, D.C. 20005
 

Journal for the Education of the Gifted
Prufrock Press
University of North Carolina Press
PO Box 2288 Chapel Hill, NC 27515-2288
 

Understanding Our Gifted - Open Space Communication
1900 Folsom, Suite 108
Boulder, CO 80302
Phone: 303-444-7020
 

Gifted Education Press Quarterly
10201 Yuma Court
PO Box 1586
Manassas, VA 22110
 

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Books for Teachers

Uniquely Gifted: : Identifying and Meeting the Needs of the Twice-Exceptional Student
edited by Kiesa Kay

Counseling the Gifted and Talented
by Linda Kreger Silverman, Ph.D.

Counseling the Gifted and Talented
by Barbara A. Kerr, Ph.D.

Counseling the Gifted and Talented
edited by Linda Kreger Silverman, Ph.D

The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners
Carol Ann Tomlinson

Curriculum Compacting
Sally M. Reis, Deborah E. Burns, Joseph Renzulli

Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use to Meet the Academic Needs of the Gifted and Talented
Susan Winebrenner, Pamela Espeland (Editor)
 

Teaching Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom : Identifying, Nurturing, and Challenging Ages 4-9
Joan Smutny, Sally Walker, Elizabeth Meckstroth
 

Developing the Gifts and Talents of All Students in the Regular Classroom: An Innovative Curricular Design Based on the Schoolwide Enrichment Model
Margaret Beecher
 

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