Suggested+Resources

Characteristics of Gifted Children
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 * “Common Characteristics of Gifted Individuals.” Common Characteristics of Gifted Individuals | National Association for Gifted Children []
 * Kingore, Bertie. “High Achiever, Gifted Learner, Creative Thinker.” High Achiever, Gifted Learner, Creative Thinker, **** // h [|ttp://www.bertiekingore.com/high-gt-create.htm] //****

Social/ Emotional Needs of Gifted Children
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 * Lind, Sharon. “Overexcitability and the Gifted.” SENG, SENG-Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted, 12 Oct. 2016 []
 * “Myths about Gifted Students.” Myths about Gifted Students | National Association for Gifted Children []
 * Siegle, Del. “Gifted Children's Bill of Rights.” Gifted Children's Bill of Rights | National Association for Gifted Children []
 * Webb, James T, et al. “Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnosis of Gifted Children.” SENG, SENG-Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted, 26 Feb. 2017, . []

Find Further Information about Gifted Education at:
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 * National Association for Gifted Children Resources Page []
 * New Jersey Association for Gifted Children []
 * University of Connecticut [|NEAG SCHOOL OF EDUCATION] [|Renzulli Center for Creativity, Gifted Education, and Talent Development] []

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====[] **“**Our Mission**:** The New Jersey Association for Gifted Children will promote excellence and leadership in gifted education through appropriate programs, resource networks and community advocacy." ==== //**NJAGC offers an excellent annual conference in March/April, which includes sessions on gifted education, advocacy, and social/emotional characteristics. **//

The 2018 conference will be on March 23rd and will feature keynote speaker Dr. Joseph Renzulli.
NOTE: For 2017-18, NJAGC will continue to hold regional family events instead of having the Family Day at the annual conference. //** We are actively seeking parent volunteers to assist with coordinating and facilitating these outreach initiatives! **//

@http://www.giftedchildsociety.com/ The Gifted Child Society is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1957 by parents of New Jersey to further the cause of gifted children. //**GCS has provided 100 fellowships for NJ teachers to attend Confratute at NEAG/UConn. **//

====[] ”Hoagies' Gifted Education Page is the comprehensive resource for education of gifted children, for parents, for teachers, for administrators and other educators, counselors and psychologists, and even for the gifted kids themselves. ====

====[] “//Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted …//SENG is dedicated to fostering environments in which gifted adults and children, in all their diversity, understand and accept themselves and are understood, valued, nurtured, and supported by their families, schools, workplaces and communities.” ====

====[] This site addresses the needs of students who are twice-exceptional, that is, intellectually gifted children with special needs such as AD/HD, learning disabilities, Asperger Syndrome, etc. ====

====[] “Prufrock Press offers award-winning products focused on gifted education, gifted children, and advanced academic education.” ====

[] “Brainy toys for kids of all ages”
====[] Since 1979, the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University has focused on the needs of students with exceptionally high academic abilities. ====

====@http://www.giftedstudy.org/ Summer Institute for the Gifted offers summer courses in a college setting (day programs as well as overnight) for gifted students aged 4-18. ====

=FOR KIDS: =

@https://newsela.com/
Newsela presents current events at various reading levels (the blue bar with 580L, 830L, etc.). Try starting with the 580L or 830L and using the Quiz function (available on some but not all stories) to check understanding. It's a good stretch to aim a little **//higher//** than where the student can consistently score 100% so there is opportunity to grow vocabulary and sentence structure. Remember to talk about the stories together!

@http://wonderopolis.org/
Wonderopolis is less news-oriented and presents all sorts of questions that kids find interesting. Both of these sites can help to expand non-fiction reading and critical thinking – valuable skills!

@https://code.org/
"Launched in 2013, Code.org® is a non-profit dedicated to expanding access to computer science... Our vision is that every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn computer science." Code.org has tutorials and activities for learning code through contexts such as //Frozen//'s Anna & Elsa, //Star Wars//, and //Flappy Birds.//