Gifted


This article, Help!  My Child is Gifted!  The Importance of Parental Understanding and Support, discusses the characteristics of gifted children, the importance of parental involvement with gifted children, and what parents should look for while supporting their child’s education.
http://www.parentinvolvementmatters.org/articles/giftedness.html

This article, Helping Your Highly Gifted Child, discusses many different aspects of understanding the gifted child.  It talks about things such as what the gifted child needs, school, acceleration, and social/emotional needs.  This would be a good place for parents and teachers to go when researching things they can do to help their gifted child.
http://www.kidsource.com/Kidsource/content/help.gift.html

This article from Scholastic.com, Your Gifted Child, discusses ways at home and at school to help your gifted child to reach their academic potential.
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=1442

This article, Helping Gifted Students With Stress Management, discusses ways for parents to help their gifted child deal with and manage their stress.  This article lists ways to help the students cope with stress, how to tell if the child is experiencing burnout, and ways to reduce the stress they may be experiencing.
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/e488.html

This is the web site for the American Association for Gifted Children.  This site has many resources and articles for parents of gifted children. It discusses things like enrichment activities, school preparation, and parenting the gifted child.  
www.aagc.org/