Aurora Public Schools

Supporting My Gifted Child

• Your Gifted Child- article that provides tips for at school and at home
• Talking With Your Child about Giftedness
• Advocacy- Working with Your Child's School - article that provides numerous strategies on how to advocate for your gifted student
• Some Dos and Don't For Raising Your Gifted Kids - helpful tips to help find a happy middle ground
• 20 Questions Parents Should Ask Teachers - substantive questions to help build a connection between schools and families
• Understood for Learning & Attention Issues- find supports for learning, attention, and social emotional supports and strategies from a collection of 15 non-profit organizations on this easy to navigate website
• The Role and Importance of Process- "Why do I have to show my work if I can do it in my head?" This article for parents and teachers explores both the points of view on whether or not gifted students should show his/her work.
• Rangeview High School's Gifted, Talented, and Advanced website has information of use to both parents and students

Social and Emotional Support of Gifted Children

• Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) - organization with the programs, resources, and opportunities to get involved
• 10 Social & Emotional Needs of the Gifted - a few insights about what gifted students may be thinking and some further reading to support these needs
• Asynchronous Development - gifted children often have significant variations within themselves and develop unevenly across cognitive, emotional, and physical domains

Parent Resources

• APS Parent Fact Sheet (SPANISH)
• Colorado Department of Education Parent Corner
• Colorado Association for Gifted and Talented
• Resources for Parents and Kids
• Gifted Education Internet Resources
• Programs and Competitions
• If You Live With Gifted Children
• Gifted Learner Creed
• 50 Enrichment Activities
• Colorado Destinations for Families
• More Destinations for Families

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Recommended Readings:

• Best Books on Parenting Gifted Creative Children

• Reaching New Horizons: Gifted and Talented Education for Culturally Diverse Students - J. A. Castellano and E.I. Diaz
• Growing Up Gifted - Barbara Clark
• The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids - Sally Yahnke Walker
• Other recommended books for parents of gifted youth

Websites for Parents of Gifted Children

Parent Blogs- This list of online communities can help families connect and learn from each other.

Community Resources to Support Talent Domains

Visual Arts, Theater, Dance

Visual Arts

Visual Arts in Aurora

Music

Dance

Theater in Aurora

Mensa, the High IQ Society

Mensa, the high IQ society, provides a forum for intellectual exchange among its members. There are members in more than 100 countries around the world.

Activities include the exchange of ideas through lectures, discussions, journals, special-interest groups, and local, regional, national and international gatherings; the investigations of members' opinions and attitudes; and assistance to researchers, inside and outside Mensa, in projects dealing with intelligence or Mensa.