Resources on Gifted Education
Compiled by MCGT

The Center for Talent Development, part of Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy, is the Midwest's regional center on gifted education. The Web site includes links describing resources for educators, students and parents, Northwestern University's Midwest Academic Talent Search (NUMATS) program, the Summer Program, and CTD's Gifted LearningLinks distance learning program for gifted students.

The Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland is a leader in the education of pre-collegiate students of high academic ability. It is also the regional center on gifted education for the northeast and the Pacific states. The Center's site includes links describing CTY's Talent Search program, and CTY's online (distance) education program for gifted students, the most recent issue of Imagine, and numerous links to articles and other websites.

The Davidson Institute for Talent Development (DITD) is dedicated to supporting profoundly gifted students under 18, their parents and educators. The Davidson Institute maintains the massive Davidson Gifted Database a collection of online articles, gifted-friendly resources, an archive of news articles, and an events calendar. It also includes many hard-to-find writings by experts on gifted education, along with reader comments. Other features of the site include links to information on DITD programs such as the Young Scholars Program, the Davidson Fellows Program, and the Educators Guild program for teachers of gifted students.

EPGY at Stanford University is a distance education program for gifted young people dedicated to developing and offering multimedia computer-based distance-learning courses. EPGY provides high-ability students of all ages with an individualized educational experience, optimized in both pace and content. Through EPGY, students have access to courses in a variety of subjects at levels ranging from kindergarten through high school and beyond. EPGY also offers residential summer institutes for academically talented middle and high school students.

Gifted and Talented Education is part of the MN Dept. of Education's Academic Excellence initiative, and provides leadership, coordination and consultation services for educators, administrators and parents of gifted students.

The Gifted Development Center in Denver, CO, serves parents, schools, and advocacy groups with information about identification, assessment, counseling, learning styles, programs, presentations, and resources for gifted children and adults. The Center is directed by noted author and psychologist Linda Silverman. The website includes articles about a variety of topics, as well as a link to www.VisualSpatial.org with more information about visual-spatial learners, one of the Center's specialties.

This website is the creation of a software engineer and mom of gifted kids. Carolyn Kottmeyer organized her burgeoning bookmarks file of favorite gifted references into Hoagies' Gifted Education Page in 1997. It has grown to over 400 pages of information on every aspect of raising and educating gifted children, including more than 500 pages of articles from ERIC Clearinghouse for Disabilities and Gifted Education (ERICEC) and a separate page for kids and teens (www.hoagieskids.org).

Julie Knapp, an MCGT member, has compiled a full menu of articles, curriculum ideas, helpful suggestions, friendly advice, links to lots of online resources, and a little homeschool humor, on the side. The focus is on homeschooling gifted kids, but the banquet you'll find here includes links to all kinds of information about and resources for gifted kids and their educational needs.

Intermediate District 287, a consortium of 13 suburban school districts on the west side of Minneapolis, offers math programs, the Mentor Connection, West Suburban Summer School, and coordinates the state Destination ImagiNation program.

MEGT is an advocacy network of teachers and other educational professionals who have responsibility for the education of gifted and talented students.

This national association's website includes resources and information for administrators, educators and parents that is gleaned from around the world -- ABCs of Gifted, NAGC's Position and Policy statements, state organizations, and more.

PROJECT2EXCEL is designed to change the way we look for, serve, and support learners who are gifted and also have various additional exceptionalities, including attention deficit disorders, autism spectrum disorders, behavioral and emotional disorders, and learning disabilities. These children are frequently overlooked for gifted services.Results of the 5-year Javits* funded project will include:

• A comprehensive identification protocol for grades K-8
• Modified gifted curriculum for grades 3-8 in Mathematics and Language Arts
• A graduate twice-exceptional certification program for teachers
• A parent education and support model for parents of twice-exceptional children

The intended outcome of this project is an improved system for supporting and educating twice-exceptional kids so that their academic giftedness can be developed while their learning deficits are addressed through the use of appropriate educational interventions.

SENG, a 25-year-old national association which focuses on the unique social and emotional needs of gifted children and adults, provides guidance, information, and resources for gifted individuals, their families, and the professionals who work with them, as well as a forum to communicate about raising and educating these children.