Resources: Gifted 

GHF Resources  -  Organizations  -  Web Sites
Mailing Lists  -  Books and Book Reviews  -  Publications
   Distance and Short-Term Residential Programs

GHF Resources

• Definitions
• Articles
• Gifted and Homeschool Friendly Professionals
• Blogs
• Favorite Things: Recommended Learning Materials

Organizations

• Gifted Homeschoolers Forum (GHF)
• National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
  
• Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)
• Gifted Development Center (GDC)
• MENSA International

Web Sites

• 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.
  
• Cybraryman's Gifted Education Page —listing of resources for gifted around the world.

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

• 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 new 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.
• 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!
• 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.
• How the Gifted Brain Learns, by David A. Sousa. Neurological underpinnings of the gifted brain and applications for learning.
• A Parent's Guide to Gifted Children, by James Webb, Janet Gore, Edward Amend and Arlene DeVries. The updated and greatly expanded version of Guiding the Gifted Child (see below).
• Guiding the Gifted Child, by James T. Webb, Elizabeth A. Mecksroth, and Stephanie Tolan. The classic on understanding gifted children.
• Upside-Down Brilliance: The Visual Spatial Learner, by Linda Kreger Silverman
• Some of My Best Friends Are Books: Guiding Gifted Readers from Pre-School to High School, by Judith Wynn Halstead

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.

Distance and Short-Term Residential Programs

• Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) — national academic talent search and educational programming for students with exceptionally high academic ability. Includes summer camps in bicoastal locations.
• Davidson Institute for Talent Development — recognizes, nurtures and supports profoundly intelligent young people and provides opportunities for them to develop their talents to make a positive difference. 
• Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) — identifies academically talented students and provides innovative programs to support the development of their optimal educational potential.
• Stanford Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) — computer-based distance-learning courses. Also, summer programs for ages 11 and up.
• Mentis Online — online enrichment courses for gifted kids in grades 3-6
• Northwestern University Center for Talent Development — testing, information about specialized curricula, enrichment programs, and accelerated courses of study; summer programs.
• Summer Institute for the Gifted  — academic summer program for grades K-11.
• Satori Camp — a summer program for gifted students aged 12-18, provides their first taste of college while experiencing a "journey towards their own personal enlightenment."
• Education Soaring — educational center for children, parents and educators; summer program for gifted children.
• Institute for Educational Advancement — serves gifted and talented students by providing educational programs, services, and resources that target their unique needs. Runs the Yunasa camp, a weeklong summer program for highly gifted children between the ages of 10-14.
• Camp Summit for the Gifted, Talented and Creative — for gifted children and teens from ages 9 through 14.
• University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley) Academic Talent Development Program — summer programs for gifted students in grades K-11.
• Voyagers — a homeschooling resource center based in Massachusetts. Provides resources and support to homeschooling families in northeast USA. Offers a summer camp program.