Standard Two: Comprehensive Programming within a Total School Community
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 learners.
Social and Emotional Needs Links and Resources:
The Rhode Island State Advisory Committee on Gifted and Talented Education (General Information for Parents): http://www.ri.net/gifted_talented/parents.html#General
Families of the Talented and Gifted: http://www.tagfam.org
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.: http://www.sengifted.org/
This website includes resources for "all things gifted". www.hoagiesgifted.org
Slideshare to view: 27 Strategies
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. - 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!
NHCS Subject Acceleration Guidelines/Procedures:
North Carolina and NHCS give administrators the right to grade and place students. Seeing a need for guidance in making these decisions, the AIG program adopted the Iowa Acceleration Scale and created a Subject Acceleration Checklist to assist schools.
Whole Grade Acceleration is typically used at the primary level, or grades K-5. In NHCS we use the Iowa Acceleration Scale to guide decisions about whole grade acceleration. This research-based scale considers a child's ability, aptitude, achievement, interpersonal and intrapersonal skills, social and emotional needs, and a number of other factors. In addition, there is a planning tool to assist schools in monitoring the progress of accelerated students.
Subject Acceleration is typically used at the secondary level, or grades 6-12. In NHCS we use the NHCS Subject Acceleration Checklist to guide decisions about subject acceleration. Like the Iowa Acceleration Scale, many factors, including assessment data, student performance, and social/emotional skills are considered. Schools are encouraged to develop a monitoring plan for students during their first year of acceleration.
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 your child's DEP, work samples and other data.
AIG Middle School Transition Form
Parent and Teacher Resources:
NHCS AIG website - http://www.nhcs.net/aig/
NAGC website - http://nagc.org/
NCAGT website - http://ncagt.org/
SENG website - http://www.sengifted.org/
Glossary of Gifted Education Terms - http://www.nhcs.net/aig/Glossary%20of%20terms.pdf