Massachusetts Association for Gifted Education

FOR PARENTS

The following resources may be helpful to you and your child's education and socio-emotional well being. Please note that many of these resources are parent-recommended and being listed here does not convey an endorsement by MAGE. Please reach out with any questions you may have or connect with our parent's forum on Facebook here.

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An Open Letter to Parents of Bright and Gifted Children in MA

• Letter from our MAGE Parent Liaison  Dr. M.G. Stewart​

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Advice for Parents

• Tip Sheets for Parents from NAGC: http://www.nagc.org/resources-publications/resources-parents/parent-tip-sheets

• Advocating for Your Gifted Child: http://www.nagc.org/get-involved/advocate-high-ability-learners/advocating-gifted-programs-your-local-schools

• Gifted 101: http://www.nagc.org/sites/default/files/Publication%20PHP/NAGC-TIP%20Sheets-Gifted%20101.pdf

• Self Advocacy: http://www.nagc.org/sites/default/files/Publication%20PHP/NAGC-TIP%20SHEET-Self%20Advocacy.pdf

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About Acceleration

• 20 Types of Acceleration

  • ​ http://www.accelerationinstitute.org/Resources/acceleration_types.aspx

• A Nation Deceived  from the Acceleration Institute, University of Iowa

• A Nation Empowered from the Acceleration Institute, University of Iowa

• Early Entrance to Kindergarten

  • http://www.accelerationinstitute.org/Resources/kindergarten.aspx

• How to do  Subject Acceleration

  • http://www.accelerationinstitute.org/Resources/SubjectAcceleration.aspx​​

• How to find out if your child is ready for more advanced work

  • use above grade level testing as described in this article 

    • ​https://belinblank.wordpress.com/2016/10/06/best-kept-secret-in-gifted-ed/

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Academic Competitions

• The Word Masters Challenge www.wordmasterschallenge.com

• The Rube Goldberg Machine Contest www.rube-goldberg.com

• The NASA Student Involvement Program https://www.psu.edu/spacegrant/k12_old/nsip.html

  • My Planet Earth (Grades K-4)

  • Science &Technology Journalism (Grades K-12)

  • Aerospace Technology Engineering Challenge (5-8)

  • Design a Mission to Mars and Beyond (5-12)

  • Watching Earth Change (5-12)

  • Space Flight Opportunities (9-12)

• The Kids Philosophy Slam National Championship www.philosophylslam.org

• Arts Recognition and Talent Search www.nfaa.org

• National Science Bowl www.scied.science.doe.gov/nsb

• National Federation of Press Women High School Communications Contest (9-12) www.nfpw.org/youth/youth_index.htm

• U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad (USNCO) www.acs.org

• Quill and Scroll International Writing and Photo Contest www.uiowa.edu/~quill-sc

• The Lucent Global Science Scholars Competition www.iie.org/programs/lucent

• Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament www.mit.edu/hmmt

• National French Contest www.frenchteachers.org/concours

• Davidson Fellows Award http://www.ditd.org

• Odyssey of the Mind http://www.odysseyofthemind.com

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Advocates for Advanced, Bright, Gifted, Talented, & Twice Exceptional Children

• MaryGrace Stewart, Ed.D., Longmeadow, MA (travels throughout the state)

 

Articles

**If a link doesn't work, copy the title into a search engine.

• 84 Essential Links for the Parents of Gifted Children

• Are Gifted Students Now an Underserved Population? from eSchool News

• Are Kids Missing Out By Not Skipping A Grade?

• Communicating Effectively with your Gifted Child's School

• Content Imperatives

• Crushing Tall Poppies Articles in a Blogs from a Parent

• Curriculum Compacting

• Dear Teacher, My Gifted Child is in Your Class

• Equal Talents Unequal Opportunities from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation 

• Gifted Parenting Support​​

• How America Turned Against Smart Kids

• How Can so Many Students be Invisible? Large Percentages of American Students Perform Above Grade Level from the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy

• Parents play a crucial role in cultivating gifted students

• ​Reach for the Stars: Three Tips for Helping Your Gifted Child Plan for College by Jane Morrison

• Reflections on Gifted Education from the Olympics by Sally Krisal from High Flyer, a joint publication of the Fordham Institute and NAGC

• Sensory Sensitivities of Gifted Children from the American Journal of Occupational Therapy

• Should my child take the SAT Early? SAT information for parents, by MAGE parents

• Top 20 Principles from Psychology for PreK-12 Creative, Talented and Gifted Students' Teaching and Learning American Psychological Association; Includes Effective instruction, Classroom environments that promote learning, and Appropriate use of assessments. Recommended for all teacher preparation programs.

• Why Are Gifted Programs Needed?

• Why are so Many Gifted Best Struggling Students Hidden in Plain Sight? Anaya Kamenetz interview with Scott Barry Kaufman​​

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Associations and Organizations

National 

• American Mensa

• Conference for Highly and Profoundly Gifted

• Davidson Institute for Talent Development

• Hoagies' Gifted

• Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Education Program  http://www.ed.gov/programs/javits/index.html 

• National Association for Gifted Children "The mother ship" for gifted and talented Information for parents and educators about gifted education in the U.S.

• National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented

• National Society for the Gifted and Talented

• New England Conference on Gifted and Talented Education

• Profoundly Gifted Retreat

• Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) An extensive library of information about the social and emotional needs of gifted people

• The Association for Gifted Underachieving Students working on behalf of bright, talented and high potential learners

• The Association for the Gifted (TAG)

• https://archive.org/stream/schoolprogramsfo983mass/schoolprogramsfo983mass_djvu.txt

 

State and Regional

• Advocacy for Gifted and Talented Education in New York State, Inc.

• Beyond IQ

• Connecticut Association for the Gifted

• Daimon Institute  P. Sue Jackson

• Gifted Development Center: A Service of the Institute for the Study of Advanced Development (Colorado)  

• Gifted by State 

• New England Conference on Gifted and Talented 

• New Hampshire Association for Gifted Education 

• Rhode Island Advocates for Gifted Education

• Oklahoma Department of Ed Website for Gifted and Talented Education

• State of the States in Gifted Education: Policy and Practice 2014-2015

• Vermont Council for Gifted Education

 

Books and other Literature Resources​

• A Parent's Guide to Gifted Children, by Webb, Gore, Amend, and DeVries

• Albie Newton - A new picture book about a gifted child by Josh Funk

• An Introduction to Gifted Kids and Their Needs: Parenting Gifted Children 101, by Inman and Kirchner

• Being Smart about Gifted Children: A Guidebook for Parents and Educators, by Matthews and Foster

• Bright not Broken: Gifted Kids, ADHD, and Autism Why Twice-Exceptional Children are Stuck

• Department of Education Publications

• Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)

• How to The Everything Parent's Guide to Raising a Gifted Child, Warah Herbert Robbins

• Help Them, by Kennedy & Banks, with Temple Grandin

• Hoagies' Gifted Education Page, a plethora of  all things gifted

• Guiding the Gifted Child: A Practical Source for Parents and Teachers, by Webb, Meckstroth, and Tolan

• Journals on Gifted and Talented​

  • "Gifted Child Today" from NAGC

  • "Gifted Child Today" from Sage Publications

  • "Parenting for High Potential" from NAGC​

• The Joys and Challenges of Raising a Gifted Child, by Susan K. Golant

• NAGC Guide to Parenting Gifted Children, Edited by Jolly, Treffinger, Inman, and Smutny

• Parenting Gifted Children to Support Optimal Development, by Schroth and Helfer

• Parenting Gifted Kids: Tips for Raising Happy and Successful Children, by James R. Delisle

• Re-Forming Gifted Education: How Parents and Teachers Can Match the Program to the Child, by Karen B. Rogers

• The Social and Emotional Characteristics of Gifted Students, Tracy C. Missett

• The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children: What Do We Know?, Edited by Neihart, Reis, Robinson, and Moon

• Stand Up for Your Gifted Child: How to Make the Most of Kids' Strengths at School and at Home, by  Joan Franklin Smutny

• Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted: 30 Essays on Giftedness, Edited by SENG (sengifted.org)

• Twice-Exceptional Students Handbook from the Montgomery County Schools Maryland

• Uniquely Gifted: Identifying and Meeting the Needs of the Twice-exceptional Student Edited by Kay Keisa

• University of CT, Dept. of Ed. Psych, Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent Development

• Writing Your Own Script: A Parent's Role in the Gifted Child's Social Development, by Barsily Goodwin and Gustavson

• "Your Journey as a Gifted Parent"

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Counselors that Parents have Suggested 

*Posting here does not suggest or imply that MAGE is recommending or endorsing these providers.

• Alison Carr, Woburn, MA

• Dr. Anya Dashevsky, Lexington, MA

• Deidre Lovecky, Providence, RI

• Jennifer Markow, South Hadley, MA

• Randy Marles-Orabone, Boylston, MA

• Dr. Elizabeth Smith, Natick, MA

• Melinda Stewart, Littleton, MA

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Defining Giftedness

• According to the National Association for Gifted Children

• Common Characteristics of Gifted Individuals

• Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent by Francois Gagne

• Federal Definition of Giftedness

• Giftedness: The Dominant Schools of Thought

• Glossary of Terms used with Gifted Education

• Guide to Recognizing and Educating G/T Students

• History of Intelligence Theories

• MYTHS about Giftedness from the National Assoc. for Gifted Children​​

• Schoolhouse Gifted vs. Creative Producer 

• State definitions of giftedness

• Successful Intelligence  by Dr. Robert Sternberg

• The Three-Ring Conception of Giftedness by Dr. J.S. Renzulli

 

Higher Education Resources

• Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development at the University of Iowa

• Brown Center on Education Policy, the Brookings Institution

• Center for Gifted Education at the College of William and Mary

• Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University

• Gifted Education Resource Institute at Purdue University

• The College Board

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Presentations

Presentations from MAGE Events and Leaders in Gifted Education

• A Quilt for Their Talents 2017, Dr. M.G. Stewart

• A Venn diagram for School Success 2018 by Dr. M.G. Stewart

• Empowering Parent-Teacher Relationships 2017, by Suzanne Fedorka and Carol Lach

• Gifted Education on a Napkin by Dr. M.G. Stewart

• How to Differentiate Curriculum for High Ability Students 2017, by Colleen Carey

• How to Parent For Success with Less Stress (Without Seceding From the Family) by Suzanne Fedorka

  • Handout from How to Parent 

• Keynote Presentation by Susan Dulong Langley

• Recipe for a Successful GT Program, Dr. M.G. Stewart

• The Whole Apple by MaryGrace Stewart presented at the New England Conference on Gifted Education and Talent Development 2015

• Twice Exceptional: What it is and what you can do for your children, 2019, Dr. M.G. Stewart

• Social and Emotional Issues of Gifted Children by Dr. M.G. Stewart ~ MAGE Days 2016

• What Gifted Students Need by Jeff Danielian ~ MAGE Conference 2015

• With Differentiation and Challenge for All by MaryGrace Stewart

 

Davidson Fellows Scholarship

The Davidson Fellows Scholarship awards $50,000, $25,000 and $10,000 scholarships to extraordinary young people, 18 and under, who have completed a significant piece of work.

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Application categories are Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Literature, Music, Philosophy, and Outside the Box. The 2020 Davidson Fellows will be honored at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a special reception.

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To be eligible for consideration as a Davidson Fellow, applicants must:

• The 2020 deadline is February 12, 2020.

• Be 18 or younger as of Oct. 1, 2020.

• Be a U.S. citizen residing in the United States, or a Permanent Resident of the United States residing in the United States, or be stationed overseas due to active U. S. military duty.

• There is no minimum age for eligibility.
   

The Davidson Institute is looking for students whose projects are at, or close to, the college graduate level with a depth of knowledge in their particular area of study. This scholarship is not geared toward students at the novice level. 

 www.davidsongifted.org/Fellows

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Schools, Courses, and Programs

• Acera School - Winchester, MA

• Athena's Advanced Academy (online courses)

• Brighton School, Framingham, MA

• Davidson Institute for Talent Development

• Destination Imagination

• Duke Talent Identification Program (TIP)

• Future Problem Solving

• IXL, online learning, and practice

• Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY)

• Khan Academy, online learning

• Kite and Kaleidoscope

• Learning Unlimited

• Math Olympiad

• MIT Educational Studies Program

• MIT PRIMES: Program for Research in Mathematics, Engineering, and Science for High School Students

• Oakmeadow

• Olympics of the Mind

• Summer Institute for the Gifted (SIG)

• Summer Honors Program and Early Outreach

• Springfield Museums Summer Programs

• Summer at America’s Premier School for the Arts

• College Gate and College Academy-Stoughton, MA

• Chase Collegiate School-Waterbury, CT

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Ted Talk by one of our Board Members

• Why Gifted May Not Be What You Think by Michelle Barmazel ~ Tedx Talk​

 

Testing 

See the Open Letter to Parents from MAGE's Parent Liaison at the top of this page.

• (See) Acera School's Assessments page

• Gifted Development Center: A service of the Institute for the Study of Advanced Development Denver based resource for Testing and Literature (Linda Silverman)

• Gifted Resource Center of New England

• Talent Identification Program: Duke University

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WEBINARS

For Members Only (Members can request them by contacting us here)

• 46 Webinars available from NAGC - Complete list and access

  • Topics include: Classroom Practice, Parenting, Social-Emotional, and Underserved

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* Posting on this website does not necessarily suggest or imply that MAGE endorses these items, articles, organizations, websites, or other listings herein.

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