Resources for Parents of

Gifted Children

If you have just discovered that your child is gifted, visit Hoagie's Gifted 101: A Guide for First Time Visitors.

Sometimes parents need to advocate for their children in order for them to receive a free and appropriate education. You'll need to learn about differentiation and acceleration strategies and buzz words before your EP/IEP meetings.  Read about Florida EP rules.

Visit the FL DOE website for your free parent handbook, list of district gifted supervisors and contact information, state laws and policies, information on identification and staffing, procedural safeguards and services.

Mensa's National Gifted Child Program Director, Dr. Deborah Ruf has an interesting article about the Levels of Giftedness.

Acceleration

Email Groups and Newsletters

  • BrightKids--The list for parents, guardians, teachers and others who are interested in bright children to discuss issues related to educating the gifted, raising gifted children, and exchanging information or resources for gifted children. BrightKids is a public mailing American Mensa mailing list. It is open to the public, and Mensa membership is not required. To join, email brightkids-request@lists.us.mensa.org with the one-word subject: subscribe.
  • About The TAGFAM and other Gifted Education Mailing Lists
  • GiftedNet
  • Tag-L
  • Duke University's Talent Identification Program (TIP) publishes the Duke Gifted Letter. The online version of the newsletter that is free and accessible to all the parents in search of guidance in raising and educating their gifted child.
  • FL DOE Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services - Gifted Student Education  provides information such as state laws and regulations, publications, technical assistance papers, and resources and school district contacts.
  • FLAG Florida Association for Gifted Children (FLAG) is an Affiliate of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) whose mission is to support educationally appropriate programs for gifted students through exchanging information, promoting research, supporting constructive changes.
  • The National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) is an organization of parents, educators, other professionals and community leaders to address the unique needs of children and youth with demonstrated gifts and talents as well as those children who may be able to develop their talent potential with appropriate educational experiences.
  • World Council for Gifted and Talented Children (WCGTC) is an organization that focuses attention on gifted and talented children and ensure the realization of their valuable potential.
  • 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 the gifted.
  • 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 the gifted child.
  • Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) focuses primarily on the adults in the lives of gifted children. SENG provides information on identification, guidance, and effective ways to live and work with gifted individuals.
  • 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 about family involvement in education.
  • Hoagies' Gifted Education Page is a resource guide for the education of gifted children with links to resources on nearly every aspect of gifted education available on the Internet, plus annotations and first hand information provided by parents.
  • Gifted-Children.com: Identification, Encouragement, and Development (GCC) is an on-line 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 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 for Talent Development is currently one of only two national foundations supporting the profoundly gifted population. The Davidson Institute's mission is to recognize, nurture and support profoundly gifted young people and to provide opportunities for them to develop their talents in positive ways to create value for themselves and others.
  • FREE Gifted and Talented Newsletter from Family Education.
The links above are provided as informational resources and in no way indicate an endorsement of or any particular partnership with any organization. American Mensa is not responsible for the content of any of the linked Web sites; this includes updates to or availability of linked sites and the accuracy, reliability or helpfulness of the information on these sites.