The Gifted and Talented Child (continued)

Inclusion, also called cooperative learning, is a movement gaining support in the United States that opposes taking students out of regular classrooms either for enrichment or remediation. It is appealing both to those who feel gifted programs discriminate against minorities and those who hope to cut budgets by eliminating special services.

Resources

The Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218-4363
Tel: 410-516-6900; for book orders, call 410-516-6998
Fax: 410-516-6968
Web site: http://www.press.jhu.edu/press/index.html

The Gifted and Talented Child Overseas

Gifted and talented programs are available in many overseas schools, but the programs vary widely. The best information on any school will be found on the Office of Overseas Schools (A/OS) web site. http://www.state.gov/m/a/os The Advisory Committee for Exceptional Children and Youth, sponsored by A/OS, has developed a special project to encourage the establishment of Gifted and Talented Programs in A/OS-assisted schools abroad. Parents concerned about their gifted child in an overseas school should contact A/OS for advice. Often the supplementary education allowance can be used to set up Advanced Placement courses.

Parents must take the initiative to learn more about both educating the gifted child and about portable enrichment materials geared toward gifted youngsters, particularly at the elementary level. All families, but particularly those with special learning agendas, should consider taking a home computer and software to post. It is reassuring to know that even when there are few or no structured programs available overseas, the local environment can offer compensating riches in exposure to new languages, cultures, and different physical environments.

Development of Family Resource Library Overseas - Publications and Computer Software

One disadvantage of living overseas with a gifted child is the lack, at most posts, of the resources of an American public library. Parents should invest in a family resource library to include standard reference materials such as a good encyclopedia, thesaurus, almanac, current atlas, and other reference books for young people, such as history of art, companion to music, books on mammals, books on astronomy, classic works of literature, and materials on the area of the world you will be living in. Parents may wish to subscribe to one of the publications on gifted and talented learners listed in the reference list and be aware of new services as they are published. Several publishers, including the New York Times, regularly update recommended books for younger readers.

In addition, a computer which can be used by the child should be moved from place to place. As new materials are provided they should be added to the software collection.

Program Opportunities for Academically Talented Students, The Gifted Learning Disabled Student, and Periodicals
Center for Talented Youth
Publications and Resources
The Johns Hopkins University
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
Tel: 410-516-8301
Fax: 410-516-0108
Web site: www.jhu.edu/gifted/edplan

The Exceptional Parent
http://www.eparent.com/

Gifted Child Today
http://www.prufrock.com/mag_gct.html

The Gifted Child Quarterly
http://www.nagc.org/Publications/GiftedChild/index.html

Education Resource Information Center (ERIC)
Clearinghouse on Disability and Gifted Education
1111 North Glebe Road
Arlington, VA 22201-5705
Tel: 800-328-0272
Email: ericec@cec.sped.org
Web site: http://ericec.org
Links to federally funded centers and sites: http://ericec.org/faqs.html

Fairfax County Association for the Gifted (FCAG)
2831 Graham Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
Tel: 703-876-5272

Northern Virginia Council for Gifted/Talented Education
P.O. Box 705
Falls Church, VA 22046