The LEA provides an array of K-12 programs and services by the total school community to meet the diverse academic, intellectual, social and emotional needs of gifted students.
Resources for the Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted Children
Websites:
The Rhode Island State Advisory Committee on Gifted and Talented Education (General Information for Parents)
Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted: This website includes resources for supporting the social/emotional needs of the gifted. The archived newsletters contain great articles to share with parents and teachers.
Hoagies Gifted: This website includes resources for "all things gifted".
Literature to Read:
The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children by Neihart, Reis, Robinson, Moon
This book spans all aspects of gifted children’s struggles and includes strategies for helping students and families cope and interventions to try.
A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Children by Webb, Gore, Amend, DeVries, and two more. Amazon $14.40
The four authors, who have decades of professional experience with gifted children and their families, provide practical guidance in areas such as: Characteristics of gifted children; Peer relations; Sibling issues; Motivation & underachievement; Discipline issues; Intensity & stress; Depression & unhappiness; Educational planning; Parenting concerns; Finding professional help; and much, much more!
Other:
This video discusses some ideas about gifted individuals. It is from the Damien Institute.
Extra-Curricular Programs at Pine Valley:
Battle of the Books
Girls on the Run
Science Olympiad
Stride
Chess Club
NH Soil & Water Conservation Poster Projects
STEM Fair
Science Fair
LEGO Engineering Club
Frog Watch
NHCS Subject Acceleration Procedures: NHCS Subject Acceleration Checklist.doc
Transiting to Middle School
Elementary AIG identification transfers with students to middle school. The elementary Gifted Education Specialist completes a middle school transition form on each identified AIG student. The form is hand delivered to the middle school gifted specialist along with work samples and other data.