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Early Entrance Foundation: World of Gifted
There are a variety of resources for parents and students available on the internet. We hope you will please contact us to add to this page, so it can continue to evolve into a reference page of resources.
Gifted Associations
WCGTC - the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children - was formed in 1975 to focus world attention on gifted and talented children and ensure the realization of their valuable potential to the benefit of humankind. http://www.worldgifted.ca/
NAGC - the National Association for Gifted Children, is a non-profit organization of parents, teachers, educators, other professionals and community leaders who unite to address the unique needs of children and youth with demonstrated gifts and talents. http://www.nagc.org/
The Davidson Institute recognizes, nurtures and supports profoundly intelligent young people and provides opportunities for them to develop their talents to make a positive difference. http://www.ditd.org/public/
EPGY - The Education Program for Gifted Youth at Stanford University is a continuing project dedicated to developing and offering multimedia computer-based distance-learning courses. Combining technical and instructional expertise, EPGY provides high-ability students from kindergarten through advanced-undergraduate with an individualized educational experience. http://www-epgy.stanford.edu/
CTY - Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth has served the academic needs of highly-able pre-collegiate youth for over two decades, identifying America’s top academic students in grades two through eight and provided challenging educational programs through their 10th grade year. http://cty.jhu.edu/
TIP - Duke University Talent Identification Program identifies gifted children and provides resources to nurture the development of these exceptionally bright youngsters. http://www.tip.duke.edu/
SENG - Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted is an organization dedicated to fostering environments in which gifted adults and children are understood, valued, nurtured and supported. http://www.sengifted.org/
CAG - California Association for the Gifted, with publications, awards and scholarships, advocacy, links and resources. http://www.cagifted.org/ For links to Gifted Associations for other states, click here.
Early College Entrance Programs
There are currently four programs nationwide that serve groups of children ages 11-15 upon entrance to college. Many local colleges and universities will accommodate individuals, parttime or fulltime, with special needs. Many colleges accept children one or two years early, especially if they have been advanced in primary or secondary school and have high school diplomas. However, for profoundly gifted children who wish to consider radical acceleration, there are only four programs which have have specific facilities, support and curriculum geared toward the needs of the young scholars, to aid in the transition from what is usually middle school to college.
1. University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) Transitional School and EEP (TS/EEP) (opened 1977).
2. California State University at Los Angeles (CSULA) EEP (opened 1982).
3. Mary Baldwin College (girls boarding school in Staunton, VA) Program for the Exceptionally Gifted (PEG) (opened 1985).
4. Davidson Academy of Nevada, Reno (opened 2006).
Websites of Interest
Early Entrance Organization. Early entrance college programs in America, with comparisons, details, website links and FAQs. http://www.earlyentrance.org/
Hoagies' Gifted Education Page, with resources and links for Parents, Educators, Counselors, Administrators and other Professionals as well as Kids and Teens. http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/
Links to Helpful Gifted & Talented Resources, including reference sites, books, worldwide talent searches and academic programs, advocacy groups worldwide, resources for gifted adults, useful sites and commercial sites of interest. http://www.gtworld.org/links.html
A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students - An interactive website. America's schools routinely avoid academic acceleration, the easiest and most effective way to help highly capable students. While the popular perception is that a child who skips a grade will be socially stunted, fifty years of research shows that moving bright students ahead often makes them happy. http://nationdeceived.org/
Radical Acceleration of Highly Gifted Children - An annotated bibliography of international research on highly gifted young people who graduate from high school three or more years early. Choose pdf or html
Acceleration: Valuable High School to College Option, by authors Nancy Robinson and Kathleen Noble.
http://www.gt-cybersource.org/Record.aspx?NavID=2_0&rid=11412. For a link to more of the Halbert and Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars research, please click here.
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