The Educational Needs of the Gifted Child

By Jan Davidson, PhD

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For more information on acceleration for gifted learners, see The Templeton Report: A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students by Drs. Nicholas Colangelo, Susan Assouline and Miraca Gross ( www.nationdeceived.org).

Some ideas for educational experiences outside of schools can be found at www.GT-CyberSource.com and include:

Summer programs
Enrichment programs
Academic mentor

What are the special needs of gifted students?
It is important to determine a gifted child's needs at an early age in order for parents, schools and the community to adequately support these students. Some common needs of gifted students are:

Challenge - Gifted children need material that is commensurate with their abilities in order to give them an appropriately challenging education.
Guidance - Gifted children need to learn organization, planning, time and resource management, and other skills to make effective use of their intellectual abilities.
Acceptance of who they are - Gifted children may find it difficult to be accepted for who they are. Provide them with opportunities to be with their intellectual peers.
Most importantly, enjoy your child! Your life together will be a great adventure if you value your child for what he/she offers. As parents, we are truly blessed to be so intimately involved with such marvelous people, our children.

About the author: Jan Davidson, Ph.D., and her husband, Bob, founded the Davidson Institute for Talent Development in 1999, after a successful career as educational software pioneers. They are the co-authors of Genius Denied: How to Stop Wasting Our Brightest Young Minds ( www.GeniusDenied.com), published by Simon & Schuster in 2004. The Davidson Institute for Talent Development ( www.davidson-institute.org) is a national nonprofit foundation created to support gifted students, their parents and teachers with FREE services and resources.