Gifted Organizations and Sites

GIFTED RELATED SITES

National Association of Gifted Children
Hoagies - the most comprehensive resource for all gifted information.
Uniquely Gifted - Internet Resources for Gifted/Special Needs Children
The Davidson Institute - Resources for profoundly gifted students



E-MAIL LISTS
There are two main "families" of national gifted lists, GT World and TAGFAM. Their lists are as follows.

GT World

GT-Families for the discussion of issues pertaining to parenting gifted children
To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-gt-families@gtworld.org
GT-Special for the discussion of issues pertaining to parenting gifted
children with learning disabilities and other special challenges
To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-gt-special@gtworld.org
GT-Adults for the discussion of issues surrounding the adult life of the
gifted
To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-gt-adults@gtworld.org
GT-Talk for "shooting the breeze"" on topics not directly related to
supporting gifted and talented individuals
To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-gt-talk@gtworld.org

TAGFAM

TAGFAM is the general list for discussing gifted children.
TAGMAX is for families homeschooling gifted children
TAGPDQ is for families needing radical educational and social accomodations for their children.
To subscribe to TAGFAM lists, send an email message to
LISTSERV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU:
SUB list-name yourfirstname yourlastname
For example:
SUB TAGFAM Albert Einstein

In addition, Massachusetts families may find the following two lists helpful:

The Massachusetts Home Learning Association (MHLA) has a discussion group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/masshomelearningassoc/ plus a monthly email update (to subscribe, send email to subscribe@mhla.org). Their website also provides links to local homeschooling groups, information on getting started, and legal requirements in Massachusetts.

Mass. Association of Special Education Parent Advisory Councils
(MASSPAC) has an email list that is mostly for announcements. To subscribe, send a message to masspac-subscribe@yahoogroups.com