Gifted Children:

Resources for Teachers

Read Stephanie Tolan's Is It a Cheetah?

Visit the FL DOE website for your free parent handbook, list of district gifted supervisors and contact information, state laws and policies, information on identification and staffing, procedural safeguards and services.

• An Introduction to Gifted Education for Parents of Florida's Students Who are Gifted
• What is Exceptional Student Education for Students Who are Gifted?
• Florida Department of Education Resources for Gifted Student Education

Mensa's National Gifted Child Program Director, Dr. Deborah Ruf has an interesting article about the Levels of Giftedness.

The Davidson Institute Educators Guild --a free national service for active elementary, secondary and post-secondary educators, as well as other professionals who are committed to meeting the unique needs of gifted students. Participants have access to:

• An Online Community Ask one of the Educators Guild consultants a question.
• Free Consulting Services - Connect with other professionals.
• Ed Guild Newsletters - View past Educators Guild Newsletters.

Gifted Endorsement Courses

University of South Florida offers all 5 gifted endorsement courses for teacher certification completely online.  They also are one of the only universities to offer an online Master's degree program in Gifted Education. 

University of Central Florida offers a certificate program for gifted education through their Masters in Curriculum and Instruction program. 

Professional Organizations

• Florida Association for the Gifted
• Florida Gifted Network
• National Association for the Gifted

Publishers and Suppliers of Gifted Materials

• Great Potential Press
• Prufrock Press
• Tin Man Press
• Free Spirit Publishers
• Mindware
• Geode Educational Options
• Creative Learning Press, Inc.

The links above are provided as informational resources and in no way indicate an endorsement of or any particular partnership with any organization. American Mensa is not responsible for the content of any of the linked Web sites; this includes updates to or availability of linked sites and the accuracy, reliability or helpfulness of the information on these sites.