Required Reading
Required Reading:
Foundational Understandings for Parents and Teachers:
Emotional Overexcitability:
Existential Crises:
Deep Dives:
Social-Emotional Learning
Emotional Overexcitability:
State Plan for the G/T Students Approved by SBOE
From TAGT: "Last week [mid-June 2019], the SBOE approved recommended changes from the Committee on Instruction, to the Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted/Talented Students. The State Plan is expected to be implemented for the 2019-2020 school year."
Click the image of the Plan to read your G/T rights.
Spanish Version may be found here
US Department of State
Internet Resources for Gifted and Talented
www.depts.washington.edu/~cscy - Halbert and Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars.
www.ditd.org-The Davidson Institute on Talent Development offers help for families of profoundly gifted children and internet resources for all families of gifted, including many complete articles.
www.hoagiesgifted.org - well reviewed resources for gifted children.
www.nagc.org - National Association for Gifted Children.
www.giftedbooks.com and www.prufrock.com - Publishers specializing in education books for parents, teachers, and educators of gifted, talented and creative children.
http://epgy.stanford.edu/ohs/index.html - Stanford University has established a three-year fully accredited, diploma-granting, online, independent high school for gifted children.
http://epgy.stanford.edu - Education program for gifted youth at Stanford University offering multimedia computer-based distance learning courses.
www.advancedacademy.org, Advanced Academy of Georgia, a residential, fulltime, early-entrance-to-college program for high school-aged students located on the campus of the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Ga.
www.cty.jhu.edu - Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth offers summer academic programs, and distance education programs.
www.ctd.northwestern.edu/learning/index - Northwestern University's Center for Talented Youth.
www.ApexLearning.com - Online standard based curriculum for secondary education in the core academic subjects and Advanced Placement.
www.calvertschool.org - Enrichment coursework which could be incorporated into an independent study period.
http://highschool.unl.edu/Academics/Course-Information/Course-Development.aspx- University of Nebraska Independent High School offers Advanced Placement courses in English literature and composition, calculus, environmental science, and U.S. history.
www.greatbooks.com - Junior Great Books. Devdlops essential literatcy skills: read carefully, think critically, listen intently, speak and write persuasively.
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us - Computer software for problem-solving in history and social studies.
www.tipstore.tip.duke.edu - Course packages from the Talent Identification Program at Duke University.
www.nctm.org - Site of National Council of Teachers of Mathematics offering math enrichment resources.
www.challengemath.com - A series of intriguing books designed to enhance the love of math.
www.ericec.org/minibibs/eb18.html - Homeschooling resources for gifted student.
www.state.gov/m/dghr/flo/19359.htm - Gifted Education and the Foreign Service Child.
www.prufrock.com - a great website for resources for the gifted (i.e. workbooks, books, enrichment units, journals and magazines).
www.privateschoolsdirectory.com.au - Information on private schools in Australia. Searchable indices by school name, curriculum, special needs, boarding schools, alternative education, and religion.
http://www.roeper.org/netcommunity/page.aspx?pid=1176 - A day camp for gifted students in all grades.
www.khanacademy.org - A site with videos and interactive lessons on a variety of subjects for all ages.
www.ocw.mit.edu - Free online college courses offered by MIT.
www.giftedstudy.org - Offerss a variety of programs for gifted children
April 2019 - TAGT Parent Webinar
"A healthy partnership between school and home doesn’t necessarily happen on its own. Like any true partnership, it requires clear communication, collaboration, cooperation, and trust. Above all, it takes intention. Join us as we discuss how to develop such a relationship with your child’s school." -TAGT
September 2018 - TAGT Parent Webinar
Major Takeaways from the Webinar:
Resources for G/T Awareness Day: