Gifted+Support

=Gifted Support=

GIEP Writing:
[|Parent's Guide to GIEPs] from Hoagies Gifted Education Page

[|Present Levels of Educational Performance]

Resources for online/off-site learning/acceleration:

 * MOOC -- Massive Open Online Courses -** the following links all provide courses that are mostly free for anyone to take. Earning college credit is rare with these courses (in fact, almost never) - but they are great for extension and learning.

[|Online High School Courses] from Hoagies Gifted Education Page - FREE!

[|A Guide to Free and Open Source Education] from opensource.com

[|Saylor - Free Online Courses Built by Professors]

[|iTunes U] Learn anything, anytime, anywhere

[|Stanford Engineering Courses]

[|Univ. of CA - Berkeley]

[|MIT OpenCourseWare]

[|Duke University on iTunes U]

[|Harvard Open Learning Initiative]

[|UCLA Extension courses]

[|Open Yale Courses]

[|Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative]

Educator Resources:
[|Wrights Law]

[|Hoagies Gifted Education] For "all things gifted" - resources for educators and parents

[|Finding Dulcinea] Librarian of the Internet (current events, today in history, did you ever wonder why?)

[|Who Controls Learning] Beyond the data - what are we preparing our students for?

[|World Council for Gifted Children]

[|Gifted Development Center]

[|Cybrary Man's Educational Web Sites]

[|Exquisite Minds] educational approaches for gifted education

[|Visual Spatial]

[|Gifted Resources for Professionals] from Gifted Homeschooler's Forum - resources on what is gifted, acceleration, testing, levels of giftedness, etc.

printable brochure on educating/understanding the gifted child

Parent Resources:
[|Hoagies Gifted Education] For "all things gifted" - resources for educators and parents

[|Parent's Guide to Gifted IEPs and Gifted IEP Meetings] from Hoagies Gifted Education Page

[|Can Our Gifted Children Remain Gifted?] by Andi Stix, Ed.D. and the Stix Picks for the Interactive Classroom

[|Raising a Gifted Child: A Parenting Success Handbook] link to Amazon's page where the book is available

[|Keys to Successfully Parenting the Gifted Child eBook] link to the ebook available for download for $9.95

[|How the Gifted Brain Learns] Amazon link to the book

[|A Parent's Guide to Gifted Children] Amazon link to the book

Gifted Organizations:
[|National Association for Gifted Children]

[|Child Mind Institute]

[|Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted]

[|Mensa International]

Articles/Blogs for both Educators and Parents:
[|The Misunderstood Face of Giftedness] Marianne Kuzujanakis - Huffington Post blog

[|Beyond IQ Executive Functions Presentation] article that lists lots of resources for the gifted educator and parent.

[|GOODNET: 6 Websites to Boost Your Creativity]

[|What Do You Mean, "She's an Introvert"?!]

[|You Are Gifted If....] Bob Yamtich lists many characteristics of giftedness

[|Gifted Characteristics] from the Twice Gifted blog

[|What is Gifted?] from the Gifted Development Center

[|The Importance of Gifted Identification] Bob Yamtich discusses the importance of letting a child know they are gifted

[|2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter] a bi-monthly publication for those raising and educating twice-exceptional children.

[|Depression in Gifted Kids is No Ordinary Depression] blog entry from Verlin Miller

[|Twice Gifted Depression and Giftedness]

[|Gifted School Pupils are 'Not Challenged Enough'] by Cluadia Calleja - Times of Malta