Parent Resources
Gifted and Talented Resources (NJ)
Resources related to gifted and talented and twice-exceptional students:
(Sharing these links does not indicate an endorsement of any group or service.
These are provided for information purposes only).
- TPS Gifted and Talented Policy - 2464
- NJDOE gifted and talented remote learning resources Spring 2020
- The Strengthening Gifted and Talented Education Act and NJ Admin Code re: gifted
- Infographics of recommendations, best practices, and resources from the Strengthening Gifted and Talented Education Advisory Committee working with the NJDOE. September 2020
- New Jersey Association for Gifted Children (webinars and annual state conference)
- Gifted and Talented Best Practices Regional Networking Meetings NJDOE Feb 2018
- National Association for Gifted and Talented
- Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)
- World Council for Gifted and Talented Children
- Hoagies Gifted Education Page (look through the many pages and offerings)
- Byrdseed (has curriculum)
- Giftedness Knows No Boundaries (current issues in G & T, solutions from NAGC)
- National Center for Research on Gifted Education
- Davidson Institute (note their database)
- Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
- Free Spirit publishing
- Prufrock Press
- 2e Newsletter (Twice Exceptional)
- Belin-Blank Center
- Acceleration Institute (has Nation Deceived and Nation Empowered Reports)
- Neurodiversity Podcast
- Bright Now Podcast (from Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth)
REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES OFFERING COURSEWORK, MANY VIRTUAL, SPECIFIC TO GIFTED AND TALENTED:
- Rider University
- Montclair University
- Rutgers University
- University of Connecticut
- Teachers College Columbia University
RESOURCES AND RESEARCH SPECIFIC TO CURRENT ISSUES IN GIFTED EDUCATION
Public attitude towards gifted education, need for specialized services
- Poll of Voters about Gifted Education, Institute for Educational Advancement
- AAGT’s Inform series: Arizona Association for Gifted and Talented AAGT (10 free Recorded Webinars on current topics related to Gifted and Talented)
Diversity, Equity, Access
- Equal Talents, Unequal Opportunities: A Report Card on State Support for Academically Talented Low Income Students (Jack Kent Cooke study)
- Diversity and Developing Gifts and Talents (CEC-TAG)
- Addressing the Gifted Gap: Three Strategies
- NAGC statement and goals Championing Equity and Supporting Social Justice for Black Students in Gifted Education, (updated July 2020)
- Is there a gifted gap? Gifted Education in High Poverty Schools
- Importance of Equity: Lessons Learned from Special Education and Delivering Your Message to Elected Leaders, Laura Schifter, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Twice Exceptional 2e
English Language Learners ELL
- 15 Tips for identifying EL gifted learners
- Report from the National Center for Research on Gifted Education, Del Siegle, NCRGE, University of Connecticut, Storrs
- NJDOE Guidance on Gifted and Talented English Language Learners
Response to Intervention
Identification and Assessment of Gifted and Talented Students
- NAGC Pre-K -12 Gifted programming Standards
- The Role of Assessments in the Identification of Gifted Students
- Comprehensive Assessment to Ensure Gifted Students with Disabilities Receive Appropriate Services
- Identifying and Serving Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Gifted Students
- Identification of Gifted Students from Hoagies Gifted Education
- Identification Tools and Instruments (provided by the Supporting Gifted & Talented Education Advisory Committee of the NJDOE)
Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted Students
- Intersectionality of Cognitive and Social and Emotional needs of gifted learners (provided by the Supporting Gifted & Talented Education Advisory Committee of the NJDOE)
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