Helpful Resources

Online resources:

An awesome website for family education, with an entire section on gifted students.  Has lots of information and articles on topics in gifted including organization, time management, gifted challenges, and many more.

http://school.familyeducation.com/gifted-education/parenting/34390.html

This website is a tremendous resource for anything gifted.  Has book lists, articles, communities of gifted parents, resources for students that are twice exceptional – lots of everything!

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/parents.htm

A excellent website that provides lots of lists and articles regarding parenting a gifted child.  Lots of information, including teaching your child how to explore the internet and what to put on their Christmas list!

http://www.exquisite-minds.com

A website of enrichment opportunities with Saturday morning classes and summer camp experiences for gifted and talented youth.

http://www.masaflorida.com


Books on Gifted Topics (available for loan from Mrs. Parfet):

The Organized Student by Donna Goldberg

Developing Positive Assertiveness by Sam R. Lloyd

Raising Champions by Michael Sayler

Perfectionism:  What’s Bad about Being too Good?  by Miriam Adderholdt and Jan Goldberg

Girls Who Rocked the World by Amelie Welden

Get Off My Brain – A Survival Guide for Lazy Students by Randall McCutcheon

Guiding the Gifted Child by James Webb, Elizabeth Mechstroth, and Stephanie Tolan

The Gifted Kids Survival Guide (Ages 10 and Under) by Judy Galbraith

The Gifted Kids Survival Guide II (Ages 11-18) by James Delisle and Judy Galbraith

The Gifted Kids Survival Guide – a Teen Handbook by Judy Galbraith and Jim Delisle

Fighting Invisible Tigers – Stress Management Guide for Teens by Earl Hipp

Girls Know Best compiled by Marci Roth

Coping for Capable Kids by Dr.LeoNora M. Cohen & Dr. Erica Frydenberg

Kid Stories by Jim Delisle

Girls and Young Women Leading the Way by Frances A. Karnes and Suzanne M. Bean

Parents and Kids Together by Lisa Lyons Durkin

Family Math by Jean Kerr Stenmark, Virginia Thompson and Ruth Cossey

How to Talk so Kids can Learn – At home and in School by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

Stick Up for Yourself by Gershen Kaufman

Smart But Scattered by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare

Bringing Out the Best – A guide for Parents of Young Gifted Children by Jacquelyn Saunders

Brave New Girls – Creative Ideas to Help Girls be Confident, Healthy, and Happy by Jeanette Gadeberg