Parenting TIPs about Gifted Children
Duke TIP realizes that parents often need additional support and guidance regarding the educational needs of their gifted children. As a result, we have designed this segment of our Web site specifically to address those common concerns and questions that parents have in raising and educating their gifted child. We are striving to compile a comprehensive collection of up-to-date information and resources so that parents can gain knowledge of and insight in the issues they face. If you have a special concern that is not addressed here, please do not hesitate to contact our office for help or suggestions.
Characteristics of Gifted Individuals
- General Intellectual Ability
- Specific Academic Ability
- Creative Ability
- Leadership Ability
- Affective/Social-Emotional Characteristics
- Psychomotor Characteristics
- References
Screening and Identification in Schools
Testing
- Selecting a Test Administrator
- Selecting the Test
- Understanding Testing Lingo
- Commonly Used Instruments
State Definitions, Laws, and Resources
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
State Directors of Gifted Education
Programming Options & Instructional Strategies
- Grouping Options
- Acceleration
- Differentiation
- Enrichment
- Other Programming or Instructional Strategies