Resources for Supporting Gifted Students
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Visit this site to learn more about supporting your gifted student from the National Association of Gifted Children Parent Resource page.
This downloadable resource from the National Association for Gifted Children discusses how gifted children vary in abilities and growth patterns. Learn about how this can affect their social and emotional well-being.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, gifted children may experience intense emotions or anxiety. This NAGC Parent Tip Sheet offers suggestions for how families with gifted children and teens can manage anxieties in a healthy way and channel energies to support positivity in themselves and in the community.
Watch this video by Dr. Edward R. Amend, a clinical psychologist at The Amend Group, a comprehensive center for psychological, educational, and gifted services for tips on supporting gifted children during these unusual, often anxiety producing times.
Dr. Denise Fleith, a psychologist and professor at the University of Brasilia and a former president of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children, shares ideas for helping your gifted child cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
This article from NAGC’s parent publication, Parenting for High Potential, December 2017, is directed at gifted adolescents. It explains the concept of mindfulness and the pathways to mindfulness. The article includes apps, books, and online resources for gifted students.
In Parenting for High Potential, Summer 2016, Dr. Sal Mendaglio describes frequent sources of fear and worry in gifted children and what parents can do to help reduce anxiety at home..
Tips from the National Association of School Psychologists to help parents reassure children that they are okay and the situation will get better
Guidance, recommendations, and resources from child trauma experts at Child Trends and the Child Trauma Training Center at the University of Massachusetts.