Gifted Parents' Toolbox

Here are a few tools you might find useful as you parent your Gifted child.
Miss Kelly will continue to add to this collection!

	Affective Needs of Gifted Children Parenting any child is a tough and rewarding job. Parenting a special-needs child is a unique journey due in great measure to the special affective needs of Gifted children.
	You Know You're the Parent of a Gifted Child When... For comic relief... this is just a small sample of the ways parents have answered this prompt. Generously lent to us by the Hoagies website.
	Table Talk (Updated Fridays!) The family table, be it at breakfast or dinner, is a unique time and place for connecting with one another.
	SCAMPER Skills List SCAMPER Skills are the thinking skills we use when we're trying to be creative. Try reinforcing our classroom concepts by using cognition-rich language at home!
	What's the Difference Between Good Thinking and Poor Thinking? Some observable habits of good thinkers are listed here. If we are to become good thinkers, we should endeavor to do what good thinkers do!
	Parent Information Session: "Parenting Gifted Children: Gifted 101" This Power Point was used while facilitating a parent information session. Content taken without permission from handouts of a session given by Patricia Gatto-Walden, Ph.D. and M. Denise Bishop, NCSP.
	Parent Information Session: "Supporting Highly-Able and Gifted Readers at Home" Another parent information session for parents of highly-able and gifted readers, not just identified gifted learners. Handouts: Resources for Parents of Gifted Readers, Challenging Gifted Readers, Gifted Readers’ Bill of Rights, Booklist from Dr. Susannah Richards also provided, but is not permitted to be posted online.
	Parent Information Session: "Gifted Girls" A two-page handout of collected quotes (attributed where possible) on the topic of Gifted Girls. This product was part of a conversational session and should in no way be taken as an scholarly view of the expansive topic of Giftedness and Gender.
	Parent Information Session: "Perfectionism & Introversion" - coming soon - needs to be tweaked in order not to violate copyright! :)