Parent Resources

Important Links:

N.C.G.S.§ 115C-150.5 Article 9B Academically or Intellectually Gifted Students

NAGC Focusing on the needs of gifted and talented children

NC AGT Supporting gifted students in North Carolina

SENG: Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted

Supporting the needs of profoundly gifted children

CTY Serving bright learners and their families

Hoagies' Gifted Education

A podcast to learn more about what can be done to ensure that gifted and talented students are provided the resources they need to thrive

Articles & Blogs

A blog about parenting and educating bright and curious kids

15 Tips Guide.pdf

Myths that Persist: A Five Part Series from NC AGT

Books

Becoming a Master Student by David B. Ellis (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994)
The Gifted Kids’ Survival Guide for Ages 10 and Under by Judy Galbraith (Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing, 1996)
Parents’ Guide to Raising a Gifted Child by James Alvino and the editors of Gifted Children Monthly (New York: Random House, 1996)
Stand Up for Your Gifted Child: How to Make the Most of Kids’ Strengths at School and Home by Joan Franklin Smutny (Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing, 2001)
The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids: How to Understand, Live With, and Stick Up for Your Gifted Child by Sally Yahnke Walker (Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing, 2002)
They Say My Kid’s Gifted: Now What? By Richard Olenchak (Waco, TX: Prufrock Press, 1998)
Considerations and strategies for parenting the gifted child (Alvino, J. (1995). Storrs: University of Connecticut, The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented.