RESOURCES
What follows is a list of organizations, websites and books that can help us all better understand giftedness, intelligence and the education of neurodiverse learners. If you would like to suggest a resource for this page, please email: thegwordfilm@gmail.com.
Organizations
National Association for Gifted Children
Definition, Glossary of Terms, FAQs, Gifted Education in the U.S., Myths about Gifted Students, Motivation & Learning, Social & Emotional Issues, For Parents, For Educators, By State.
Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted
Programs, Conferences, Library, Facilitator Resources, Mental Health Professional Listing
Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University
Identifies and develops the talents of the most advanced K-12 learners worldwide.
Gifted Development Center
Assessment, Education Planning, Advocacy, Counseling, Blogs, Media, Articles, Speakers Bureau, Self-Assessment Instruments, Schools for the Gifted.
GRO-Gifted — Gifted Research and Outreach
Committed to further the world’s understanding of giftedness through scientific research and to promote a comprehensive and accurate understanding through outreach.
GHF Learners
Empowering gifted families to make strategic, proactive, and intentional educational choices.
MENSA
A society which welcomes people from every walk of life whose IQ is in the top 2% of the population.
Davidson Institute for Talent Development
Recognizes, nurtures and supports profoundly intelligent young people (under 18) and to provide opportunities for them to develop their talents to make a positive difference.
National Society for the Gifted and Talented
Identifies and provides information and opportunities that directly relate to, and cultivate, abilities and desires for gifted and talented children and youth to achieve at a high level.
Stanford University Gifted and Talented Resource Web Site
Provides innovative personalized programs that help students become advanced learners in Mathematics, English, and Science, including Computer Programming and Physics.
The Council for Exceptional Children / The Association for the Gifted
Professional association of educators dedicated to advancing the success of children with exceptionalities.
Twice Exceptional Children’s Advocacy
Provides parents with a one-stop source for 2e.
Center for Gifted Education Policy at the American Psychological Association
To generate public awareness, advocacy, clinical applications, and cutting-edge research ideas that will enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with special gifts and talents in all domains, including the academic disciplines, the performing arts, sports and the professions.
TEACH
Teaching gifted education.
Talent Identification Program (TIP) at Duke University
Identifies academically talented students and provides innovative programs to support the development of their optimal educational potential.
Gifted Education Resource Institute
Discovery, study, and development of human potential.
Belin-Blank Center for Gifted and Talented Development
To empower and serve the international gifted community through exemplary leadership in programs, research, and advocacy.
Outschool
Helping families customize their learning from a variety of institutions and teachers, public and private, professional and amateur; offering online and in person classes.
Understood
For parents with children with learning and attention issues.
Northwest Gifted Child Association (NWGCA)
The Northwest Gifted Child Association (NWGCA) is a support and advocacy organization for parents of gifted children. Organized in 1963 (20 years before the state legislature provided grant money to school districts for gifted education programs), NWGCA provides support and information to parents of gifted children.
Online G3
Online G3 nurtures critical and creative thinking in a diverse community of gifted learners by providing a supportive and flexible online learning environment. By pairing passionate teachers with engaging and interactive academic content, G3 offers appropriate acceleration within an accredited, secular, and affordable education program.
Blogs / Online Publications
Hoagies Gifted Education Page
The all-things-gifted site, full of resources, articles, books and links to help and support parents, teachers, and gifted children alike.
2E Twice Exceptional Newsletter
Published bi-monthly in electronic form for those who raise, educate, and counsel high-ability (gifted) children who also have learning challenges.
Books
Uniquely Gifted by Kiesa Kay
High IQ Kids by Kiesa Kay
Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth by Paula Prober
Far from the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity by Andrew Solomon
A Parent's Guide to Gifted Children by James T. Webb
Living With Intensity by Susan Daniels
Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students: Helping Kids Cope with Explosive Feelings by Christine Fonseca
Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnosis by James T. Webb
5 Levels of Giftedness by Deborah Ruf Ph.D.
Bright,Talented & Black: a Guide for families of African American gifted learners by Dr. Joy Lawson Davis
Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined and Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind by Scott Barry Kaufman
Living with Intensity: Emotional development of gifted children, adolescents, and adults edited by Susan Daniels and Michael M. Piechowski
High IQ Kids edited by Kiesa Kay, Deborah Robson, and Judy Fort Brenneman
Exceptionally Gifted Children by Miraca U.M. Gross
Off the Charts: Asynchrony and the Gifted Child edited by Christine S. Neville, Michael M. Piechowski, and Stephanie S. Tolan
Guiding the Gifted Child: A practical source for parents and teachers by James T. Webb, Elizabeth A. Meckstroth, and Stephanie S. Tolan
Upside-Down Brilliance: The Visual-Spatial Learner by Linda Kreger Silverman
Talented Teenagers: The Roots of Success and Failure by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Kevin Rathunde, and Samuel Whalen
Cradles of Eminence: Childhoods of more than 700 famous men and women by Victor Goertzel and Mildred George Gertzel
Stand Up for Your Gifted Child by Joan Franklin Smutny
Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth by Paula Prober
Perfectionism: What’s Bad About Being Too Good? by Miriam Adderholt and Jan Goldberg