Getting started for parenting gifted children

School District Quick links

Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District

• Advanced Academics
  • Advanced Placement – pre-AP and AP
  • Gifted and Talented
• Examinations for Acceleration, Math Telescoping, and Credit by Examination
• College Readiness and Entrance Exams
• Counseling
  • Social/Emotional Support links
  • Referral list of mental health resources and professionals
• Arena Scheduling (course selection)
• Online Textbooks

Organizations and associations

Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT)

• TAGT Parent Conference Presentations
• “Tempo” (peer-reviewed journal of TAGT) archives
• Global GT Chat

National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)

• Parent Advocacy Tip Sheets

 Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)

Duke University Talent Identification Program

Counseling

Fundamental Foundations Counseling – James Bishop, jbishop@theffccenter.com

Web sites about gifted children

Hoagies – the “all things gifted” page

Uniquely Gifted – resources for gifted children with special needs

A Nation Deceived – PDF download the Templeton research report on acceleration and high-ability youth

Gifted Child Quarterly – from the Gifted Education Press

Highly Gifted Children

Roedell, W. “Vulnerabilities of highly gifted children,” Davidson Institute

Books about gifted children

• A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Children – by James T. Webb, Janet L. Gore, Edward R. Amend, & Arlene R. DeVries
• Living with Intensity edited by Susan Daniels & Michael M. Piechowski
• The Gifted Kids’ Survival Guide for Ages 10 & Under – by Judy Galbraith
• Guiding the Gifted Child: A Practical Source for Parents and Teachers – by Judy Galbraith
• In the Mind’s Eye: Visual Thinkers, Gifted People with Dyslexia and Other Learning Difficulties – by Thomas G. West
• Some of My Best Friends are Books: Guiding Gifted Readers from Preschool to High School – by Judith Wynn Halsted
• The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids – by Sally Yahnke and Caryn P. Walker
• Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades And What You Can Do About It – by Dr. Sylvia Rimm
• When Gifted Kids Don’t Have All the Answers: How to Meet Their Social and Emotional Needs – by Jim DeLisle
• Gifted Parent Groups: The SENG MODEL, 2nd ed. – by Arlene DeVries and James Webb
• Ayudando a Los Ninos Dotados a Volar: Una Guia Practica Para Padres Y Maestros – by Carol A. Strip and Gretchen Hirsch
• Tu Hijo: ¿SUPERDOTADO? Your Gifted Child – by Sandy Tirson
• Re-Forming Gifted Education: How Parents and Teachers Can Match the Program to the Child – by Karen B. Rogers
• Grandparents’ Guide to Gifted Children by James T. Webb, Janet L. Gore, Frances A. Karnes & Stephen McDaniel
• Smart Girls: A New Psychology of Girls, Women and Giftedness – by Barbara A. Kerr
• Smart Boys: Talent, Manhood, and the Search for Meaning – by Barbara A. Kerr & Sanford J. Cohn
• Raisin’ Brains: Surviving My Smart Family by Karen L.J. Isaacson
• Life in the Fast Brain: Keeping Up with Gifted Minds – by Karen L.J. Isaacson
• Love for Learning: Motivation and the Gifted Child – by Carol Strip Whitley & Gretchen Hirsch