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A veritable library of informative articles pertaining to exceptional children of all sorts.
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A great site developed by a parent of an exceptionally gifted child. Includes many links such as, homeschooling, the highly gifted, and educational sites for our children.
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A Canadian Based site which is in French. As quoted from GT World: "Practical Guide to the Gifted Child" Comprehensive French language site on giftedness, referred to as "douance" in Canada, "surdouement" in France. Includes a growing collection of ERIC digests translated into French, dictionary of French gifted terminology and important people in the field, hosts the "Douance" mailing list. "Guide Pratique de l'Enfant Surdoué" Site francophone complet sur la "douance" ("surdouement" en français métropolitain), avec entre autres la traduction en français de plusieurs digests ERIC, un dictionnaire des termes et des personnes importantes du domaine, et l'hébergement de la liste de diffusion francophone "Douance".
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A fun site. Has an IQ converter which will convert IQ scores from various tests into percentiles and corresponding scores to other tests.
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A page listing a variety of useful articles relating to gifted children.
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A wealth of information can be found on this site. This includes such information as: many articles by experts in the field of giftedness, assessment, and information on visual- spacial learners.
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A very thorough site dedicated to supporting the needs of gifted and talented individuals. Great links and well maintained! |
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Based in Massachusetts, this site is well developed and contains very useful information for both the parent and the professional concerning gifted children. A prototype for this site to aspire to. From the home page: The Massachusetts Association for Gifted Education is a non-profit organization of parents, administrators, educators, and professionals in both business and human services who share a recognition of the need to foster the growth and development of gifted and talented individuals in our state.
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As quoted from their home page, "NAGC is a non-profit organization of parents, teachers, educators, community leaders and other professionals who unite to address the unique needs of all children and youth with demonstrated gifts and talents as well as those who may be able to develop their talent potential with appropriate educational experiences."
(Thanks to 'N'
for pointing out my oversight of this wonderful resource!) |
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Founded by Marie Friedel and based in the US. From the home page: The National Foundation for Gifted and Creative Children was formed over 30 years ago. The main goal of The Foundation was to get much needed information to the parents of gifted children. The need is still there. Many gifted children are being destroyed in the public education system. Many gifted children are being falsely labeled with ADD as well as ADHD. And many parents are unaware their child/children could be potentially gifted. The Foundation's main objective is to reach out and help these precious children. The National Foundation for Gifted and Creative Children is a non-profit, non-sectarian, organization. Please feel free to download the complete packet of information provided by the Foundation as well as the informative news articles.
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National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented
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Slightly more academic, yet readable information. |
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An organization dedicated to the 'other' side of our gifted children -- the emotional side.
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From the above site, this article outlines the special needs our children have because, not inspite, of their giftedness.
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A site dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge, resources, and research in Canada.
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A site dedicated to our provincial ABC. Membership information and useful links.
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From the web
page: "The ABC Cornwall Chapter is a small group of dedicated
individuals who have maintained a chapter here since 1997, supporting
the Cornwall/Brockville/Quebec border region." (Page created by
Marc from ABC Ottawa) |
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An
exceptionally well maintained web site for those of you lucky enough
to live in the Ottawa/Carleton region. ABC Ottawa has many
programs and services for parents of bright and gifted children,
including the upcoming 10 week program entitled, 'Parenting Bright
and Gifted Children'. DO check them out! |
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A Canadian Based site which is in French. As quoted from GT World: "Practical Guide to the Gifted Child" Comprehensive French language site on giftedness, referred to as "douance" in Canada, "surdouement" in France. Includes a growing collection of ERIC digests translated into French, dictionary of French gifted terminology and important people in the field, hosts the "Douance" mailing list. "Guide Pratique de l'Enfant Surdoué" Site francophone complet sur la "douance" ("surdouement" en français métropolitain), avec entre autres la traduction en français de plusieurs digests ERIC, un dictionnaire des termes et des personnes importantes du domaine, et l'hébergement de la liste de diffusion francophone "Douance".
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A talent search organization. Located at OISE/University of Toronto.
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A great Canadian site written by a former gifted teacher and author. Includes suggestions for parents and teachers in assisting our gifted children.
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A site regarding the Center for Gifted Education at the University of Calgary.
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A wonderful site that lists all educational schools and opportunities pertaining to Alberta's gifted children. A great model for this site!
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Assoc. of Educators of Gifted, Talented and Creative Children in B.C.
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A site covering an array of gifted children and their talents. |
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A site run by parents for the dissemination of information and support of gifted children.
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Assoc. for Bright Children of Nova Scotia
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A simple information page introducing this advocacy group |
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Affiliated with ABC, this site is dedicated to advocacy for our gifted children |
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A great collection of links pertaining to highly gifted and profoundly gifted children
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The Hollingworth Center for Highly Gifted Children
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A wonderful site and organization with lots of articles regarding highly gifted children. |
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Another great site and organization for highly gifted/profoundly gifted children and their families. Only downside, it is American and doesn't offer similar services for foreigners. Perhaps someday we may have this in Canada?
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An article on the experiences of parents and their profoundly gifted children.
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Exceptionally and Profoundly Gifted Students: An Underserved Population
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From the Davidson Foundation. A good article summarizing the exceptional (plus) gifted child's experience. Includes plenty of references to further examine. What I found most helpful from this article was that it addressed the whole experience of the child, and not just the academic perspective.
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Helping your Highly Gifted Child
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A great article for parents. |
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A story by Stephanie Tolan. Highly recommended to anyone starting out on the 'gifted' road.
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Stuck in Another Dimension: The Exceptionally Gifted Child in School |
Another story by Stephanie Tolan. Wonderfully written and highly recommended reading for parents whose children are entering into or who already are in the school system.
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What We Have Learned About Gifted Children
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A great and concise summary of research completed by the Gifted Development Center. |
Message Boards Discussing Gifted Children
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Hosted by 'Parents Place', this board is for parents discussing their gifted children. Focus is on the younger group of gifted children.
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This online
discussion board is intended for parents of gifted children to
discuss current concerns including, but definitely not limited to,
parenting and educational issues. It is also a place for
companionship and a hearty laugh amongst friends who live miles to
continents apart. |
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This moderated board is: "A support and discussion board for parents and teachers of highly, exceptionally, or profoundly gifted children." |
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Hosted by 'Parents Soup', this board is for parents discussing their advanced preschoolers.
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Hosted by 'Parents Soup', this board is for parents discussing their gifted school aged child.
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Homeschooling the Gifted Message Board
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This in an
international, non denominational message board dedicated to parents
who are homeschooling/afterschooling or otherwise academically
enriching their gifted children. |
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A message board also dedicated to the discussion of gifted children and their issues. Also contains a board for the gifted and highly accelerated teen. Moves slower than most boards.
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The Newfoundland and Labrador Association for Gifted Children has started a discussion group for residents of the province. Moderated by David McKenzie.
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A message board for parents and teachers of the profoundly or highly gifted child.
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A message board for teachers (based in the U.S.A.) who discuss gifted education and programming.
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From KidSource Forums. A small, but interesting message posting board regarding gifted children. |
This is still under construction!
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