Web Sites for Parents

Hoagies' Parent Site
Hoagies has the most complete resource site in gifted parenting.

Hoagies' Gifted Education Page
The largest comprehensive gifted education page in the world, for both parents and educators, covering:

	Characteristics	Highly Gifted
	Education Programs for Kids and Teens	Home Schooling
	Parenting	Identification
	Special Needs / Twice Exceptional	Topics
	Resources	Parent to Parent
	Young Children

There are even pages for the kids themselves, including a links page, hot topics book page, reading lists, magazine and software lists, and more...
David Elkind, noted developmental scholar and author of the Hurried Child discussed the appropriateness of acceleration for gifted children.

NAGC Parent Information

The National Association for Gifted Children's Parent web site

Nieman El Center

A rich resource; the top right column has links for parents of gifted children.

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Activities

 

Activities for gifted children in Texas

These are summer and school year enrichment activities, some specifically designed for

gifted children. See pgs. 12-14 of "Worthwhile Adventures," compiled by Barbara Hoggan.

 

TAGT Activities for gifted children in Texas

The Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented publishes a list of summer programs in their Insights publication, available to members of TAGT.

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Character Development

 

Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character

Their mission is to serve as a resource for administrators, teachers and parents as they seek to fulfill their responsibilities as moral educators.

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Competitions

 

Competitions in Texas

The beginning on page 4, "Choosing Worthwhile Adventures," lists competitions, summer camps, and enrichment courses.

 

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Conferences for Families of Gifted Children

 Dr. Sayler's address

Text of Dr. Sayler's address to parents, gifted children and their honored teachers at the Australian Primary Talent Search Awards ceremony, January 13, 2000, Sydney AU.

TAGT Parent Conference
Annual convention for parents with workshops for children.

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Glossary

by Steven M. Nordby

Commonly used terms in gifted education.

 

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Institutes and Organizations

CEC: Council for Exceptional Children
International organization for students with disabilities and/or the gifted.

 

Davidson Institute for Talent Development
The Davidson Institute for Talent Development, founded by Jan and Bob Davidson in the fall of 1999, is a non-profit operating foundation located in Incline Village, Nevada. It is one of only two national foundations supporting the highly gifted.

        *****   Genius Denied   *****

by Jan & Bob Davidson with Laura Vanderkam

Davidson Institute for Talent Development

Excellent book. "Genius Denied is an inspiring book that provides a beacon of hope for children at risk of losing their valuable gift of intellectual potential."

ERIC Materials on Gifted Education

A large depository of materials that contains many parent and parenting of the gifted resources

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

NAGC: National Organization for Gifted Children
The National Association for the Gifted and Talented is the premier gifted organization in the world. It offers a family-oriented journal "Parenting for Potential."

 

National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (Javits Center)

The NRC/GT is guided by emerging research about the broadened conception of human potential and the need to develop "high-end learning" opportunities for all of America's students.

 

National Society for the Gifted and Talented
The National Society for the Gifted & Talented (NSGT) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) foundation committed to creating an organization of gifted and talented (GT) K-12 student members. It will celebrate and advance the abilities and potential of those currently identified and work to identify more students who are traditionally underrepresented in GT programs.
The goal of the NSGT is to develop a society where more GT children and youth can expect to find information and opportunities that directly relate to, and cultivate, their abilities and desires to achieve at a high level.
 

Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)

SENG is dedicated to fostering environments in which gifted adults and children, in all their

diversity, understand and accept themselves and are understood, valued, nurtured, and

supported by their families, schools, workplaces and communities.

TAG: The Association for the Gifted
The Association for the Gifted 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.

TAGT: Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented
The Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented is the largest advocacy group for gifted children in the world. TAGT has a major conference each fall which has special parents sessions and many regular sessions parents would enjoy. They also have a parenting division which offers much help to parents and in starting parent support groups. TAGT also gives numerous scholarships to students to attend summer gifted programs.

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Journals

 

Roeper Review

Published by The Roeper School in Michigan, the Roeper Review applies the highest standards of peer review journalism to cover a broad range of issues - for professionals who work with teachers and psychologists, and for professionals who work directly with gifted and talented children and their families.

 

Understanding Our Gifted

Dedicated to helping gifted children reach their full potential.

 

Gifted and Talented International

 The purpose of Gifted and Talented International is to share current theory, research, and practice in gifted education with its audience of international educators, scholars, researchers, and parents.

 

World Gifted

World Gifted, the newsletter of the World Council, is published three times each year. It contains the latest news and information concerning the organization, its membership, and the international gifted education community.

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Just for Fun

A Lighter Note
Hoagies Page

 

Mensa Workout

Practice items that are like those found on intelligence tests so you can "test" your own intellectual aptitude.

 

Cool Tests Collection

A list of public domain "tests"...mostly "pop psychology" and invalidated, but free and fun to try

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Just for Kids

 

Games

Hoagies Kids and Teens

 

Homework Helpers

Hoagies Kids and Teens

 

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Just for Parents

 

Dads Den

A great web site for Dads on being a good father. 

 

Parents Page-Hoagies
A wealth of information

 

The National Network of Families with Gifted Children

The National Network of Families with Gifted Children posts information on the national legislation regarding gifted education. To subscribe, send an e-mail with "subscribe nnfgc" to: majordomo@scri.fsu.edu

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Scholarships and Foundations for 8th Graders and older

 

Rankings of US Colleges and Universities
A list ofweb sites that contain information on finding, applying to, and understanding college selection and readiness. U.S. News and World Report rankings of US Colleges and Universities.

 

TAGT Announcement of Scholarships and Awards

The Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented annually publishes scholarship opportunities and TAGT awards in their publication, Insights.

 

Texas Society of Professional Engineers

Provides scholarships, contests, and much more. Gifted students interested in engineering as a career should explore this site.

 

Young Scholars Program
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Scholarships for gifted youngsters (rising 8th graders) throughout the country. The link will provide more information for the sponsoring center in your region. Beginning the summer before ninth grade, scholars receive individualized educational services.  If scholars maintain high achievement, financial support continues throughout high school.  Services may include summer studies participation, academic counseling, distance learning materials, or other services intended to maximize student potential. Rising eighth grade students from low to moderate income families are eligible. Applicants should demonstrate outstanding academic ability, leadership skills, motivation to learn and to achieve, and extracurricular talents.

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Testing Services

 

UNT Testing Services

The University of North Texas provides testing services.

Testing available includes:

• Individual intelligence testing (with use of the Stanford-Binet LM for those who approach the ceiling of the Stanford Binet 5 or WISC-4 which are given first)

• WIAT-2 (individual achievement testing)

• Woodcock Johnson Full Battery (individual achievement testing)

• other assessments

 

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