Publications on Giftedness
Early Gifts: Recognizing and Nurturing Children's Talents, by Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, Lisa Limburg-Weber and Steven I. Pfeiffer.
Educating Your Gifted Child by Vicki Caruana
Gifted Children: Myths and Realities, by Ellen Winner
Guiding the Gifted Child: A Practical Source for Parents and Teachers, by James Webb, Elizabeth Meckstroth and Stephanie Tolan
Perspectives in Gifted Education: Young Gifted Children, edited by Norma Hafenstein, PhD, and Brooke Walker
Re-forming Gifted Education: How Parents and Teachers Can Match the Program to the Child, by Karen B. Rogers, PhD
"Small, Smart and Sensitive: The Young Gifted Child," by Norma Hafenstein, PhD, in Smarter Kids: At Home and School, edited by E. Katz
The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children: What Do We Know?, edited by Maureen Neihart, et al.
When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers: How to Meet Their Social and Emotional Needs, by Jim Delisle and Judy Galbraith
Your Gifted Child: How to Recognize and Develop the Special Talent in Your Child from Birth to Age Seven, by Joan Franklin Smutny
Websites
TALENT SEARCH PROGRAMS
These programs, located at several universities throughout the United States, provide opportunities for assessment, recognition and special summer programs for academically talented youth.
Center for Bright Kids
- This is the Regional Talent Center for the Rocky Mountain region, including Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, New Mexico, Montana and Wyoming.
- CBK offers K-12 enrichment and acceleration programming for high-interest and high-ability kids.
http://www.centerforbrightkids.org/
Duke University Talent Identification Program
- This program operates in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
http://www.tip.duke.edu/
Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University
- This program runs in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/
Center for Talented Youth at The Johns Hopkins University
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States using this program: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.
http://cty.jhu.edu/