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Recommended Links
Being Smart
Dona Matthews, Ph.D. and Joanne Foster, Ed.D. have a wonderful site full of links, resources, and workshop information. Their book, Being Smart, published by Great Potential Press, is for children who love to learn, and for parents and educators who seek to provide the necessary supports in that process: guidance, challenge, and encouragement.
Belin-Blank Center
The Connie Belin & Jaqueline N. Blank Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development is located at the University of Iowa. In addition to sponsoring the biennial Wallace Symposium on Talent Development, the Belin-Blank Center offers enrichment opportunities as well as guidance and counseling services to gifted children and their families.
California Association for the Gifted
The members of CAG are parents, educators and community members -- anyone interested in the education of gifted and talented young people.
Council for Exceptional Children
This site has information about training and events, the Foundation for Exceptional Children, and a legislation action center. It also presents resources and information found in the ERIC Clearinghouse.
Davidson Institute for Talent Development
This organization supports the young, profoundly gifted and provides them with opportunities to develop their talents in positive ways to create value for themselves and others.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
This site contains discussion and email groups, frequently asked questions regarding giftedness and gifted education, book reviews, and information on the U.S. Department of Education and the National Parent Information Network.
Frances A. Karnes Center for Gifted Studies
Located on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi, this center is dedicated to furthering the education of gifted students and leadership abilities through teaching, research, and services.
Genius Denied
This Web site contains information about the new book, Genius Denied: How to Stop Wasting Our Brightest Young Minds, by the Davidson Institute for Talent Development founders Jan and Bob Davidson. The site also offers a wealth of information regarding gifted education for students, parents, educators, and mentors, and contains information about gifted education policies.
Gifted Child Society
The Gifted Child Society is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1957 by the parent's of New Jersey's gifted children to further the cause of gifted children.
Gifted Development Center
The Gifted Development Center is run by noted psychologist Linda Silverman, Ph.D. This site contains information about such gifted topics as identification, assessment, counseling, learning styles, and programs. It also contains a list of resources.
Hoagies' Gifted Education Page
This exciting web site contains links to gifted education resources all over the world. It contains carefully annotated and organized content areas including academic acceleration, gifted learning disabled, profoundly gifted, educational theories, and lots more. In addition, you can find resources for kids, including magazines, software, web links and books, plus first hand success stories by parents of gifted kids. There is also a list of international organizations and conference.
Hunter College Center for Gifted Studies and Education
The goal of the Hunter College Center for Gifted Studies and Education is to build a vibrant Center with a robust agenda of activities that are beneficial to children and youth with exceptional gifts and talents, their teachers, and their parents. Situated at Hunter College, located in the heart of New York City, and part of the City University of New York network, we are also committed to understanding and encouraging high level achievement in diverse kinds of learners, with a particular focus on urban settings.
National Association for Gifted Children
NAGC provides national and state convention information, awards and grant updates, summer gifted and talented programs, public policies, publications and materials pertaining to gifted and talented education, and contact information about state gifted organizations. This site also includes an extensive job bank.
SENG
Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted is dedicated to informing gifted individuals, their families, and the professionals who work with them about the unique social and emotional needs of gifted persons. It supports programs that foster in gifted individuals the mental health and social competence necessary for them to be free to choose ways to develop and express their abilities and talents fully.
TAG Families
TAG Families is a community of parents who support the value of individuality in giftedness. This site includes three different sections where parents can come to find answers, discussions, reviews, and other issues dealing with giftedness. The sections depend on the method of schooling.
World Council for Gifted and Talented Children
This is the Web site dedicated to information regarding worldwide efforts involving gifted and talented education. It contains international resources, current international research and projects, publications, and affiliated organizations around the world. The site also has information about The World Council's biannual conference.
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