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jennifer augustat added a discussion47 minutes ago

CogAT and ITBS

I recently received my 11 year old's standardized test scores and I am wondering if it is likely that she is gifted or if she is well taught child who is good at test taking. Of course I understand that neither of these tests are IQ tests. Her Io...

jennifer augustat, Wendy Hansen, Patricia Sue Ausman and 3 more joined Gifted Education 2.01 hour ago

Nancy Bosch replied to Jasmine's discussion 'Gifted, ADD, or both? Response to Intervention (RTI)'yesterday

Jasmine, When you think about it who knows your child better than you--you are his best advocate, no one will do it better. Keep up the good work.

Teresa Morgan added a blog postyesterday

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Cindy Sheets replied to Mary-Ellen Doyle's discussion 'setting objectives'yesterday

Are you thinking of a particular grade level? I teach elementary gifted students in a resource pull-out. They attend one day peer week. We (in Kansas) are under special education, and therefore we have IEP's with written goals. I usually plan for ...

Jasmine replied to Jasmine's discussion 'Gifted, ADD, or both? Response to Intervention (RTI)'yesterday

Thanks for your imput. We have since had him meet with a psychologist who did the rating scales. His teacher was hesitant to rate him and rated him as mild, which is really strange based on all of her notes in my child's agenda book and the email ...

Cindy Sheets replied to Jasmine's discussion 'Gifted, ADD, or both? Response to Intervention (RTI)'yesterday

Jasmine, Georgia has guidelines for gifted student in the RtI model. Sorry for the long URL http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/DMGetDocument.aspx/Chapter%208%20Section%208.3%20Gifted%20and%20RTI.pdf?p=6CC6799F8C1371F67B74C9931818CE89A51A22E48FE6AC6F76834C3...

Michelle DeSilva updated their profileon Thursday

Community of Bloggers!

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JM's Adventures
Walk Beside Me
Gifted Exchange
Parenting a Gifted Child at Suite 101
The "More" Child
Gifted and Talented
Newly Ancient
Einstein's Momma
Unwrapping the Gifted
The Boy Who Knew Too Much
Kim Moldofsky's portion of Momformation
A Not So Different Place

Other Great Sites for Newbies

**World Council for Gifted and Talented Children
**European Council for High Ability

**Davidson Institute for Talent Development
**Supporting the Emotional Needs of Gifted
**Belin Blank Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development
**National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented

**Hoagies Gifted Education Page

In English:
**Australian Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented
**New Zealand Association for Gifted Children
**National Association for Gifted Children (UK)
**National Association for Gifted Children (USA)

Not in English:
**Institute Educational for Research and Consulting (EIRC-Athens, Greece)
**EuroTalent (France)

New York Times: Gifted Children

More Children Take the Tests for Gifted Programs, and More Qualify

The New York City schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein, gives partial credit to publicity about the admissions process.

On an Amazing Journey, and He’s Only 12

A 12-year-old college student pushes forward with dual goals in environmental science and law.

Fewer Children Entering Gifted Programs

The number of children entering New York City public schools gifted programs has dropped by half this year.

LETTER; New York Gifted Programs: The Education Dept. View

New York City Education Dept press sec David Cantor letter holds that number of students in high-poverty communities who qualified for gifted programs did not decline after city implemented cutoff (June 19 article)

Gifted Programs in the City Are Less Diverse

An analysis shows that children from the city’s poorest districts were offered a smaller percentage of gifted slots.

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CogAT and ITBS

Started by jennifer augustat in First Time Posting! 47 minutes ago.

Gifted, ADD, or both? Response to Intervention (RTI) 18 Replies

I am the parent of a child who is gifted, but is being evaluated through the RTI process upon my request due ADD type behavior. It does run in my family, and we thought it would be the first step i...

Started by Jasmine in Help or Feedback Needed!. Last reply by Nancy Bosch 1 day ago.

setting objectives 1 Reply

I am brand new to starting on my G/T endorsement and have some basic questions for experienced teachers. I am interested in knowing how other G/T teachers set objectives with students. Are your stu...

Tagged: goals, contracts, gifted

Started by Mary-Ellen Doyle in Help or Feedback Needed!. Last reply by Cindy Sheets 1 day ago.

Dissertation Writing Help or a Dissertation Writing Nightmare? huh? 1 Reply

Hello friends… how r u all? Actually I was just stuck in thinking what to do with my dissertation writing assignment. Since doing something is better than doing nothing, therefore i just decided to...

Tagged: service, uk, writing, help, dissertation

Started by Elena Jones in Success Stories!. Last reply by Kevin_K Jul 2.

Appropriate tests for identification of students 5 Replies

Currently I am working on revamping our identification process at my school. We use ITBS for screening and then depending on whether it is math or reading I have other tests like Tomags or content ...

Started by Debbie Miller in First Time Posting!. Last reply by Debbie Miller Jun 24.

Fun things to teach re: Venn Diagrams and similarities and differences 1 Reply

Hi! I'm looking for some great GT ideas to use next fall in my 3rd-5th grade GT classes. I want to use Marzano's similarities and differences strategy. I use Venns but need other ideas. Has anyone ...

Started by Melinda Ghannam in Help or Feedback Needed!. Last reply by Lori Ann Lewis Jun 23.

Possibilities 2.0

"Give me potential or give me death." ~yep, my version of Patrick Henry's stuff Now that I think of it, I probably could have just entitled this one “2.0″ because this is now what this phrase me...

Tagged: positivity, education, inspiration, Internet, schools

Started by Sean Nash in Help or Feedback Needed! Jun 21.

Long Island 2 Replies

looking for schools districts on LI that have gifted programs beginning in the primary grades--I know half hollow hills does--anyone know of others??? (nassau or suffolk)

Started by marni eisenberg in First Time Posting!. Last reply by Kellyanne Pascale Jun 14.

Aug. 10, 2009, Illinois - Unique Lives of Gifted Children - Linda Silverman 2 Replies

Unique Inner Lives of Gifted Children taught by Linda Kreger Silverman, Ph.D. Monday, August 10, 2009 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Science and Arts Academy, 1825 Miner Street; Des Plaines IL Intricate ...

Tagged: gifted, children, asynchronous, emotional, Silverman

Started by IAGCGifted in Conferences and Workshops. Last reply by IAGCGifted Jun 12.

CogAT HELP! 2 Replies

Scenario: 6th grade child (soon to be a 7th grader), is in a gifted math program in a district that only goes up to 8th grade. The gifted math program starts in 4th grade and ends when they depart ...

Tagged: cogat

Started by Christina Cheney in First Time Posting!. Last reply by IAGCGifted Jun 6.