Chapter 16
Upon completion of this chapter, you should be able to:
- Understand the concept of giftedness in children;
- Understand characteristics of gifted children;
- Understand appropriate strategies and adaptations for working with gifted children in inclusive classrooms.
- Do you think gifted children need to have specialized education services? Why or why not?
- Do you think gifted children might be at risk for underachievement? Why or why not?
- National Association for Gifted Children http://www.nagc.org
- University of Connecticut National Research Center on Gifted and Talented http://gifted.uconn.edu/
- Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory http://www.nwrel.org/nwedu/fall%5F97/
- Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program http://www.ed.gov/programs/javits/index.html
- The Center for Talented Youth at The Johns Hopkins University http://www.jhu.edu/~gifted/
- Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu
- The Center for Gifted Education at the College of William and Mary http://cfge.wm.edu/
- Carnegie Mellon Institute for Talented Elementary and Secondary Students (C-MITES) http://www.cmu.edu/cmites/
- Center for Gifted Education Policy, American Psychological Association http://www.apa.org/ed/schools/gifted/