FOR EDUCATORS
Myths about Gifted Students
Defining Giftedness
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Albie Newton: A New Picture Book about a gifted child by Josh Funk - Every teacher knows at least one Albie!
Books
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A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students, The Templeton National Report on Acceleration
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A Nation Empowered: Evidence Trumps the Excuses Holding Back America's Brightest Students, Edited by Assouline, Colangelo, Van Tasset-Baska, Lupkowski-Shoplik
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Alternative Assessments with Gifted and Talented Students, Edited by Joyce Van Tassel-Baska
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Being Gifted in School: An Introduction to Development, Guidance, and Teaching, by Coleman and Cross
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Being Smart about Gifted Children: A Guidebook for Parents and Educators, by Matthews and FosterBest Best Practices in Gifted Education: An Evidence-Based Guide, by Robinson, Shore, and Enersen
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Bright not Broken: Gifted Kids, ADHD, and Autism Why Twice-Exceptional Children are Stuck and How to Help Them, by Kennedy & Banks, with Temple Grandin
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Compacting the Curriculum, by Burns, Renzulli, and Reis
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Comprehensive Curriculum for Gifted Learners by Joyce Van Tassel-Baska
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Conceptions of Giftedness, Edited by Sternberg and Davidson
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Critical Issues and Practices in Gifted Education: What the Research Says, Edited by Plucker & Callahan
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Different Minds: Gifted Children with ADHD, Asperger Syndrome, & other Learning Deficits, by Deirdre V. Lovecky
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Failing our Brightest Kids: The Global Challenge of Educating High Ability Students, Finn and Wright
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Guiding the Gifted Child: A Practical Source for Parents and Teachers, by Webb, Meckstroth, and Tolan
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Handbook of Gifted Education, by Colangelo and Davis
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Identification of Students for Gifted and Talented Programs, Edited by Joseph Renzulli
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Independent Study for Gifted Learners by Johnsen and Goree
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Nature and Nurture of Giftedness: A New Framework for Understanding Gifted Education, by Yun Dai
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Recruiting & Retaining Culturally Different Students in Gifted Education, by Donna Y. Ford
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The Schoolwide Enrichment Model, by Renzulli and Reis
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The Social and Emotional Characteristics of Gifted Students, Tracy C. Missett
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The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children: What Do We Know?, Edited by Neihart, Reis, Robinson, and Moon
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Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted: 30 Essays on Giftedness, Edited by SENG (sengifted.org)
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To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled, by Susan Baum
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Unlocking Emergent Talent: Supporting High Achievement of Low-income, High-Ability Students, by Olszewski-Kubilus and Clarenbach
Educational Strategies
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Acceleration
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20 Types of Acceleration http://www.accelerationinstitute.org/Resources/acceleration_types.aspx
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A Nation Deceived from the Acceleration Institute, University of Iowa
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A Nation Empowered from the Acceleration Institute, University of Iowa
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Early Entrance to Kindergarten
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How to do Subject Acceleration
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How to find out if a child is ready for more advanced work
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use above grade level testing as described in this article
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https://belinblank.wordpress.com/2016/10/06/best-kept-secret-in-gifted-ed/
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Extension Menus, as described in Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom by Susan Winebrunner
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See also Colleen Carey's Presentation below "How to Differentiate Curriculum..."
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NEW!! Academic Acceleration ~ Policies based on Research from The High Flyer, a publication of the Fordham Institute and NAGC
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A Michelangelo of a Teacher from Inside Higher Education
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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.
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Sensory Sensitivities of Gifted Children from the American Journal of Occupational Therapy
Courses and Programs

Why Do We Need Gifted Education?
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Why are so Many Gifted Best Struggling Students Hidden in Plain Sight? Anaya Kamenetz interview with Scott Barry Kaufman
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Are Gifted Students Now an Underserved Population? from eSchool News
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How can so Many Students be Invisible? Large Percentages of American Students Perform Above Grade Level from the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy
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Reflections on Gifted Education from the Olympics by Sally Krisal from High Flyer, a joint publication of the Fordham Institute and NAGC
Presentations
Matching Student Learning Needs to School Opportunities From our 2017 MAGE Conference
Keynote by Susan Dulong Langley can be accessed at this site https://sites.google.com/site/dirtdifferentiatedinstruction/home
How to Differentiate Curriculum for your high ability students by Colleen Carey
Empowering Parent-Teacher Relationships by Suzanne Fedorka and Carol Lach
NAGC WEBINARS - *For Members Only. You must be logged in for this link to work.
46 Webinars available from NAGC - Complete list and access
Topics include: Classroom Practice, Parenting, Social-Emotional, and Underserved Populations
Ted Talk by Michelle Barmazelle, one of MAGE's board members
Why Gifted May Not Be What You Think - Tedx Talk
Presentations from previous
MAGE Events
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A Venn Diagram for School Success 2018 MaryGrace Stewart
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A Quilt for Their Talents by MaryGrace Stewart
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Gifted Education on a Napkin by MaryGrace Stewart
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What Gifted Students Need by Jeff Danielian ~ MAGE Conference 2015
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How to Parent For Success with Less Stress (Without Seceding From the Family) by Suzanne Fedorka ~ Arlington Parents Forum 2016
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With Differentiation and Challenge for All by MaryGrace Stewart
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The Whole Apple by MaryGrace Stewart ~ New England Conference on Gifted Education and Talent Development 2015
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Social and Emotional Issues of Gifted Children by MaryGrace Stewart ~ MAGE Days 2016
Pamphlets
Testing
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Gifted Development Center: A service of the Institute for the Study of Advanced Development Denver based resource for Testing and Literature (Linda Silverman)
Organizations with Additional Resources
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Hoagies' Gifted Education Page
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A one-stop site for all things gifted.
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National Association for Gifted Children
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Information for parents and educators about gifted education in the United States
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Advocacy guidance
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Renzulli Center for Creativity, Gifted Education, and Talent Development
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Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)
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Extensive library of articles about the social and emotional needs of gifted people
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Uniquely Gifted - Resources for Gifted/Special Needs Children
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Twice Exceptional Students-Handbook compiled by the Montgomery County Schools in Maryland
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Weekly civics challenge for students in grades 3-12
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Conferences/Networks
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Beyond IQ - Conference for Highly and Profoundly Gifted
Papers and Publications