Student Advocacy believes that every child has worth, every child has potential, and every child deserves an excellent education. Student Advocacy’s mission is to provide an effective voice for children who face significant obstacles in school, so they receive the resources they need to succeed educationally and rediscover their lives.
Located in Northridge, California, Balboa Gifted/High Ability Magnet engages students from all social, cultural, economic and linguistic backgrounds in a comprehensive and challenging educational program that fosters academic excellence and responsible citizenship through the timeless basics of teaching: strong discipline, character education, high expectations of students, and the development of effective work habits.
Seattle Country Day School started as a simple idea: a small group of parents were determined to find an educational program attuned to the needs of gifted children. Located in Seattle, Washington, Seattle Country Day School serves gifted students in K-8th grade. They seek to inspire gifted children to reach their potential through inquiry, curiosity, and wonder.
North Wall Schools is Spokane’s only accredited private school which offers a gifted program both in K-6th grades and the Early Childhood program (Infants, Toddlers, Preschool).
Bellevue Discovery supports highly capable children, their families and the community by nurturing children’s limitless potential and creativity, supporting families in the development of each child’s unique gifts, and fostering understanding in the community of the educational, social and emotional needs of highly capable young children.
Dr. Dahlgren specializes in gifted and talented evaluations, testing for the AAP (Advanced Academic Program), private school admissions evaluations, and kindergarten readiness assessments. She also conducts pschological and educational tests to assess attention, learning, emotional, or psychological problems that may keep children from working to their full potential in school.
Rice Psychology group is Tampa, Florida’s leading group of psychologists. They specialize in a complete range of Gifted Testing services that go beyond a one-time cookie-cutter test administration. They also offer executive functioning coaching, therapy, cognitive training, and diagnostic interviews.
Arizona Child Psychology PLLC provides comprehensive gifted testing and evaluations of children and adolescents, ages 3 through 18. They are a member of SENG and custom tailor each assessment to the specific needs of the child.
Veronica Johnson at Envision Counseling Clinic administers IQ tests to assess the full range of learning needs, including children with intellectual strengths that may benefit from higher-level work (e.g. gifted) and children with intellectual challenges that may require specific intervention (e.g. intellectual disability or specific learning disability). She is based out of Castle Rock, CO.
Savannah Behavioral Pediatrics (SBP) offers comprehensive psychological assessment, psychoeducational evaluations, and developmental assessment. Among the evaluations they offer are: behavioral assessment to evaluate interfering behaviors, comprehensive specific learning disorder evaluations, and gifted and talented assessment to help tailor instruction.
The team at Infinite Therapeutic Services offers evaluations of children for giftedness, which they recommend to families who notice their children are not happy in their learning environment, observe some of the common characteristics, suspect they may have a learning disability, or are looking to apply to a gifted school or program.
Dr. Saul, based out of Syosset, New York, offers IQ Testing, Gifted Evaluation, and Psychoeducational Evaluation. Psychoeducational Evaluation includes 3-5 of direct assessment, questionnaires administers to family and/or school personnel, background interview, and behavioral observations. After evaluation is complete, families receive a detailed written report and meet in person to go over the findings.
Our team at Pathfinder Counseling is dedicated to helping individuals reconnect with their authentic selves, build resilience, and develop the tools they need to navigate life with confidence. We specialize in supporting neurodivergent clients, as well as those experiencing anxiety, depression, identity challenges, and life transitions. Our approach is affirming, inclusive, and tailored to each person’s unique needs.
Dr. Newsom offers comprehensive assessments for a wide range of problems from early childhood through adult. One of his specialties is assessment of neurodevelopmental disorders as well as assessment for Gifted and Talented students. He is based in Austin, Texas.
This article outlines gifted education advocates’ belief that while many educators feel that the common-core standards fall more in line with the pedagogy of gifted education than previous states’ standards, the standards in and of themselves will not be sufficient to challenge a school’s most advanced learners.
This helpful guide walks parents through the terminology, signs, and challenges associated with twice exceptionality, as well as information about testing and the best ways to empower children who are 2e.
This thought-provoking, encouraging book explains the differences between healthy ambition and unhealthy perfectionism and gives strategies for getting out of the perfectionism trap—from recognizing the symptoms to rewarding yourself for who you are, not what you do.
Psychologist and best-selling author Dr. Sylvia Rimm provides solid answers and practical advice for parents of gifted children. This book includes 40 helpful keys to help children experience the joys of learning and counter a range of issues.
What does it mean to be “gifted”? What’s good—and not so good—about being identified as gifted? How can parents make sure their gifted children get the learning opportunities they need? How can parents cope with the unique challenges gifted kids present? Every parent of a gifted child has questions like these. Since 1991 when the original edition of this guide was published, parents have looked here for answers. Now revised and updated with information about current research and legislation, new examples, new resources (including Web sites), and more, it’s the first place to turn for facts, insights, strategies, and sound advice. You’ll learn what giftedness is (and isn’t), what makes gifted kids so special, how kids are identified as gifted, and why some kids fall through the cracks during the identification process. You’ll discover encouraging, practical tips for living with your gifted child—and handling the endless questions, high energy, and too-smart mouth that often go along with giftedness. You’ll find out how to keep from raising a “nerd,” how to prevent perfectionism, and when to get help. And you’ll learn how to advocate for your child’s education at school and in your state. The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids is for any parent who has ever wondered, “Now what?”
This is a comprehensive resource guide from Jacquelyn Saunders for parents of young gifted children. It contains information on identification, early enrichment activities, school placement issues, and parenting strategies.
This article unpacks the trap of making the student who is gifted a perpetual “teacher’s helper.” The author reflects on her own past experience as a gifted student used as an aid and counters that option with more viable alternatives.
Educational neuroscience consultant David A. Sousa continues his tradition of translating new findings into effective classroom strategies and activities in this updated version of his bestselling text. This fifth edition integrates recent developments in neuroscience, education, and psychology and includes
Is it possible to make sense of something as elusive as creativity? Based on psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman’s groundbreaking research and Carolyn Gregoire’s popular article in the Huffington Post, Wired to Create offers a glimpse inside the “messy minds” of highly creative people. Revealing the latest findings in neuroscience and psychology, along with engaging examples of artists and innovators throughout history, the book shines a light on the practices and habits of mind that promote creative thinking. Kaufman and Gregoire untangle a series of paradoxes— like mindfulness and daydreaming, seriousness and play, openness and sensitivity, and solitude and collaboration – to show that it is by embracing our own contradictions that we are able to tap into our deepest creativity. Each chapter explores one of the ten attributes and habits of highly creative people.
This book contains an annotated bibliography of more than 300 books recommended for gifted students, as well as some good advice about the importance of reading and how to encourage it in children and adolescents. Well-selected books can help gifted children learn new social and emotional skills, while at the same time fostering intellectual and creative development.
Richard M. Cash, Ed.D connects the unique learning differences among gifted students to the specific teaching methods used to tailor their educational experiences. Differentiated instruction for gifted and talented students must go beyond adjusting content levels, task complexity, or product choice.