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Web Sites

Cybraryman's Gifted Education Page — listing of resources for gifted around the world.
Exquisite Minds — offers a variety of educational approaches for "gifted and creative" children.
Hoagies Gifted Education Page — the "All Things Gifted" site, includes some information on homeschooling.
Visual-Spatial Resource — closely affiliated with the Gifted Development Center, this is the source for all things visual-spatial.

Mailing Lists

GiftedHF — the mailing list associated with Gifted Homeschoolers Forum, with members from around the world.
TAGMAX — a mailing list focusing on homeschooling gifted kids. The volume of emails can get a little high, but there is an excellent exchange of information.
Regional Support — links we have collected for families homeschooling gifted kids in specific regions or in specialty groups.

Books and Book Reviews

A Parent's Guide to Gifted Children, by James Webb, Janet Gore, Edward Amend and Arlene DeVries. The updated and greatly expanded version of old classic, Guiding the Gifted Child
New and noteworthy! Bright, Talented & Black: A Guide for Families of African American Gifted Learners is the latest addition to our collection of gifted books. Don't miss this one; Joy Davis is both knowledgable and reassuring. Her book is well researched, thorough, covers a wide range of topics, and offers practical suggestions as well as advice on many aspects of giftedness. Perhaps the best part of this book is how refreshingly straightforward it is about so many difficult issues. There is no tiptoeing around the challenges facing families of children who are gifted, nor the additional and potentially complicating factors of twice exceptionality (gifted AND learning differences) or what one might call "thrice exceptionality": being gifted while Black. This is not the kind of book that encourages you to long, thoughtful navel-gazing, but rather a matter of fact discussion of real life. It's a useful resource on giftedness for parents, teachers, administrators, relatives, and friends. If you're Black, you'll find specialized suggestions. If you're not, you won't feel put off or left out. Most importantly, unless you live in a world that is sparkly white and never touches on the lives of anyone who is not Caucasian (say, another planet), you should read this book.
How the Gifted Brain Learns, by David A. Sousa. Neurological underpinnings of the gifted brain and applications for learning.
Making the Choice: When Typical School Doesn't Fit Your Atypical Child, by Corin Barsily Goodwin and Mika Gustavson, MTF, a guidebook for making educational decisions, discusses how to balance the emotional and academic needs of gifted and 2e children, their parents, and their families.
Mellow Out, They Say. If I Only Could: Intensities and Sensitivities of the Young and Bright, by Michael Piechowski. Another new book that is well worth a read. Mr. Piechowski, has spent years researching Dabrowski's Overexcitabilities. In this book, he shows us how it feels to be young and gifted from the point of view of the children. If you have wondered what all the sensory stuff was about, or what an overexcitability actually is, here are your answers!
Misdiagnosis And Dual Diagnoses Of Gifted Children And Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger's, Depression, And Other Disorders, by James T. Webb, et al. Click on the link for reviews of this book on Amazon. Raising a gifted child is sometimes said to be like peeling an onion: every time you think you have something figured out, you discover there's another layer underneath. This book will help you to understand which of your child's challenges are "normal" for gifted children and which might require professional intervention. The social-emotional coverage and breakdown of behavioral characteristics also provides a nice substitute for the parenting-the-gifted manual that nobody has yet written.
Nurturing the Gifted Female: A Guide for Educators and Parents, by Joy Navan. All about gifted girls.
Raising a Gifted Child: A Parenting Success Handbook, by Carol Fertig. This book is exactly what it promises to be: a good overview on raising and educating your gifted child. While there's not a lot of depth, there is a huge amount of breadth. Ms. Fertig does a terrific job of including a little of everything for everyone.
Some of My Best Friends Are Books: Guiding Gifted Readers from Pre-School to High School, by Judith Wynn Halstead
The Mislabeled Child: How Understanding Your Child's Unique Learning Style Can Open the Door to Success, by Fernette and Brock Eide. Finally, a book on "brain-based" learning styles, including the asynchronies many gifted children struggle with. You might want to pass a copy of this along to your child's pediatrician, therapist, tutor, or other significant adults in your child's life.
Upside-Down Brilliance: The Visual Spatial Learner, by Linda Kreger Silverman

Publications

2e Twice-Exceptional Newsletter — online bimonthly publication dedicated to understanding twice-exceptional children and helping meet their needs.
Duke Gifted Letter — timely (albeit school-oriented) articles on gifted children.

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