Gifted Children's Resource Guide

Links for Parents & Educators of Gifted Children

The following links provided by Mensa in Georgia

Georgia Links for Gifted Children

• Georgia Association for Gifted Children

Foundations and Associations

• National Association for Gifted Children (US)
• Families of Talented & Gifted Network (TAG)
• Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education (PAGE)
• North Carolina Association for Gifted & Talented
• California Association for the Gifted
• Iowa Talented and Gifted Association (ITAG)
• Texas Association for the Talented and Gifted (TAGT)
• Gifted Child Society, NJ
• Gifted Education: The Australian Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented Ltd (AAEGT)
• Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
• Michigan Mathematics and Science Centers Network
• National Consortium for Secondary STEM Schools (NCSSS) (NCSSSMST)

Educational Programs

• Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Education Program
  Grants for developing programs  from U.S. Department of Education
• Summer Scholars Program at Miami University, OH
• Center for Talented Youth (CTY) at Johns Hopkins University, MD
• Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) at Stanford University, CA
• Academic Talent Development Program (ATDP) at U.C. Berkeley, CA
• The Mississippi School of Mathematics and Science (MSMS)
• Center for Excellence in Education Summer program in Science and Math, VA
• Gifted Students Specialization Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
• Center for Talent Development (CTD) Northwestern University, IL
• Governor's Program for Gifted Children, LA
• Talent Identification Program (TIP) at Duke University, NC

Other Educational Resources

• Center for Gifted Education  at William and Mary, VA
• Awesome Library organizes the Web of education resources
• Sasha Thackaberry’s List: Open Educational Resources
• Indiana Department of Education High Ability website
• Puyallup Highly Capable Program, WA
• EdWeb, a general education online resource tool
• Academic Resource Center in Leon County, Tallahassee, FL
• Center for Talent Development (CTD)  at Northwestern University
• The Khan Academy non-profit with mission of providing a world-class education to anyone, anywhere with thousands of videos
• Ted Ed short, entertaining videos on a huge variety of subjects. One can "Discover" videos by subject or age as well as signing up for a daily e-mail of age appropriate lesson plans.
• Coursera – Take the world’s best courses online
• Hour of Code – Online Coding Tutorials
• Open Yale Courses
• MIT Open Courseware – OCW makes the materials used in the teaching of MIT’s subjects available on the Web including material that can be used for high school teachers/students.
• Encyclopedia of Life – when completed, the EOL will provide trusted, comprehensive information for every named species on Earth.
• Affordable Colleges Online - Masters – Search for Online Public & Non-Profit
• Affordable Colleges Online - Doctorate – Search for Online Public & Non-Profit
• How to Identify Effective STEM Activities for Children – includes resources for activities and lessons that can be taught in the classroom or home (Baylor’s EdD Online in Learning and Organizational Change).
• The Ultimate STEM Guide for Kids
• Best Coding Tools & Resources for Kids While Learning from Home

List Servers/Newsgroups

• GiftedNet  — Centre for Gifted Children at the College of William and Mary
• American Mensa Young Mensan Magazine
• Hoagies’s List of Online Communities

Surfing the Net for Resources

• Family Education
• Northwestern University Center for Talent Development (CTD) Resources
• Investing in Gifted and Talented Children – Resources for Parents and Teachers
• Hoagies All Things Gifted – links to articles, sites and recommended reading
• Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (MSTE) College of Education @ University of Illinois Online Resources – useful links to sites related to Math and Science from the University of Illinois
• Davidson Institute for Talent Development – useful links to sites related to Day Schools, Enrichment Programs, Summer Programs, etc.
• IT Glossary and Tech Tools for Kids – computer-related nomenclature, internet safety, educational apps, and other resources.

Software Aids for Parents

• CyberSitter
• Cyber Patrol

Publishers and Suppliers of Gifted Materials

• Prufrock Press — A publisher of Gifted Ed. Materials
• Educational Toys — Seller of Materials

The following links and commentary provided mostly by Steve Nord.

Need Help?

• Discovery Education
  Need homework help or just want to learn something new? This site has a most comprehensive list of links.

Giftedness

• Journal for the Education of the Gifted
• Hollingworth Center for Highly Gifted Children
  A volunteer, non-profit corporation providing links to other sites.
• The Rocamora School
  Located in California
• The Gifted Development Center
  This is Linda Silverman's organization in Denver. Read her information on visual-spatial learners and IQ testing.
• Is It A Cheetah?
  Stephanie Tolan's metaphor on what it is like to be gifted. EXCELLENT!
• Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted
  (SENG) A NY non-profit organization centered around the social/emotional aspects of giftedness, with a mailing list (sign up!)
  James T. Webb's publisher. He was co-author (with Stephanie Tolan and Elizabeth Meckstroth) of one of the best books on giftedness: Guiding the Gifted Child (1989).
• National Association for Gifted Children
  A school-centered (as opposed to student-centered or parent-centered) national organization.
• School Is Dead: Books on IQ and Human Intelligence
  If you are interested in the validity of IQ tests, this is a great bibliography.

Other Education Sites

• Dyslexia, the Gift
  The incidence of learning disabilities and giftedness in the same person seems to be very common. Be sure to check out this site!
• Rethinking Schools
• Middle Web
  Resources for those who, like me, deal with those most diverse - middle schoolers.
• Education and Policy Analysis Archives at Arizona State University.
• National Association of School Psychologists
• Northwest Education Magazine
• Books Online: Call Numbers Starting With L (Education)
• U.S. Department of Education

Sociology, Psychology, Development, etc.

• A Sociological Social Psychology
• Social Psychology Network
• SocioSite
  The most comprehensive and user-friendly site for sociological resources on the Web.
• Tillier's Dabrowski
  An understanding of Dabrowski's theories is extraordinarily valuable.
• Multiple Intelligences
  A summary of the work of Howard Gardner, et al.
• International Sociological Association
• American Sociological Association
  General and career-related information
• Pacific Sociological Association
• Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
  (SSSI) An international professional organization of scholars interested in the study of a wide range of social issues with an emphasis on identity, everyday practice, and language.
• Psych List of Scholarly Psychology Resources
  Contains lots of psychology-related information for students and teachers of psychology.
• EEG Spectrum Articles for Professionals
  Biofeedback is the most effective treatment for (what is currently diagnosed as) ADD or ADHD, but CIBA-GEIGY and C.H.A.D.D. would rather that you didn't know.

Resources for Educators

• Guide to Finding Lesson Plans
• K-12 Student Financial Literacy Lesson Plans
• University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies: K-12 Lesson Plans
• Engineering the Future: The Educator's Guide to Building and Construction
• New England Primate Conservancy: Lessons & Activities
• The Educator's Guide to Real Estate Lesson Plans
• Storytelling in the Classroom as a Teaching Strategy
• Strategies for Fostering Inclusion in the Classroom
• Encyclopedia of Life Lesson Plans
• Stem Works Activities
• Mensa for Kids’ Lesson Plans

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