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 students.
Gifted Information Sessions & Advocacy (GISA)
The goal of GISA is to help parents and caregivers gain a deeper understanding of their gifted child and giftedness as it pertains tot he many aspects of his/her life.
Extra-Curricular Activities at Gregory
Battle of the Books
Odyssey of the Mind
Science Olympiad
Math Counts
School-Wide Clubs
Girls on the run/STRIDE
School Patrol - 4th and 5th grade students who help with morning traffic
NHCS Subject Acceleration Procedures: NHCS Subject Acceleration Guidelines
Transitioning 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.
Resources to Support the Social & Emotional Needs of Gifted Students:
Websites:
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
Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted
http://www.sengifted.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.
Hoagies
www.hoagiesgifted.org This website includes resources for "all things gifted".
Literature:
"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:
http://www.slideshare.net/aarmau/27-strategies-by-sue-jackson-of-damien-institute
This video discusses some ideas about gifted individuals. It is from the Damien Institute