Links and Resources

Info and Background:

• Understanding Our Gifted is a quarterly publication of Open Space Communications in Boulder, CO. It encourages a wide range of viewpoints on education and the gifted.
• Hoagie's Gifted Education Page is a great site for parents and students. It has extensive resources and connections.
• Davidson Institute for Talent Development hosts an extensive gifted database and offers free programs and resources for students, parents and educators.

Distance Learning, Talent Searches, Scholarships:

• Apex Learning provides commercial online Advanced Placement courses.
• Duke University Talent Identification Program
• Johns Hopkins University Center For Talented Youth (CTY)
• Stanford University Education Project for Gifted Youth (EPGY)
• Purdue's Gifted Education Resource Institute (GERI)
• Centrum
• WAETAG Scholarships
• Washington Search for Young Scholars - Registration deadline is January 19, 2007.

Groups Like Us

• Northwest Gifted Child Association (NWGCA)
• P.O. Box 1226, Bellevue, WA 98009
• Email Ann Koch
• Council for Exceptional Children
• National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Publishes 'Parenting for High Potential and Gifted Child Quarterly'
• National Research Center on Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT) is a consortium of research universities and is an organization funded by Federal Javitts Grants.
• California Association for the Gifted (CAG)
• Washington Council for Honors and Advanced Placement (WCHAP)
• Email Mac Willems, President
• Washington Imagination Network (WIN)
• Washington Future Problem Solving

Teaching Materials / Curricula

• A suggested 'authentic' research site: AwesomeLibrary.com
• Also see the CAG mentioned above
• WOATRA (Washington Oregon Alaska Textbook Representatives Association)

Training and Professional Development

• Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) is an organization that offers training and other resources for educators and parents.

Political lobbies and other Links

• GeniusDenied.com

• Washington Coalition for Gifted Education
• Lobbying coalition of supporters of gifted education, open to individuals and groups.
• Email Barbara Poyneer

Official Information

• Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for Washington State
• Email Gayle Pauley, Director of Program Integration
• Washington Administrative Code (WAC) regarding Highly Capable Students

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