Resources/SEARCH
Neighboring Support Groups:
Pasco: The Gifted Round Table
Pinellas: GAP (Gifted Association of Pinellas)
For Educators:
Educators Guild: Free National Service - access an online community, free consulting services, and free educators' newsletters.
NAGC's Content Connections: Whether you're looking for lesson plans, interesting websites, or recommendations for challenging advanced students in a particular academic discipline, this is a great place to find innovative ideas.
Florida DOE:
Associations:
Online Courses (accredited):
EPGY: Stanford University's Education Program for Gifted Youth
CTY Distance Education: Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth
FLVS (Florida Virtual School): Free, online middle and high school courses (also available to elementary students).
Programs:
Davidson Young Scholars Program: A free service for parents of profoundly intelligent children (IQ 145+, full scale or part, see qualification criteria). Offers individualized consulting services, an online community, assistance locating resources, and access to nationally recognized experts.
Publishers of Gifted Books and Periodicals:
("2e kids" are exceptional because they're gifted and because they have learning disabilities, learning disorders, attention difficulties, or just plain learning differences.)
Gifted Potential Press: Subscribe and win free books. Call for 50% off bruised book items.
Prufrock Press: The Nation's leading resource for gifted and advanced learners.
Free Spirit Publishing: "Self-help for kids that really helps."
General Interest Web Sites:
Hoagies Gifted Education Page: The most comprehensive site on the Net for "all-things-gifted."
PAGES Recommends the Following Books & Reports:
Reports:
A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students (The Templeton Nat'l Report on Acceleration). A free downloadable report.
State of the States (Executive Summary) - the National Association of Gifted Children's biennial report on gifted education. View the full report here.
High-Achieving Students in the Era of NCLB - The Fordham Institute Report's findings show that with the introduction of accountability, lowest-achieving students made rapid gains while the performance of top students was languid. Duke University's research brief on this report can be accessed here.
OPPAGA Reports (Florida's Office of Program Policy Analysis & Government Accountability):
- Some Progress Made in Monitoring Gifted Students; Additional Steps Needed (Report No. 10-36)
- Florida's Gifted Student Population Grew Faster than the Overall School Enrollment (Report No. 08-01)
- Additional Reports can be accessed here (scroll to the bottom of the page).