Featured Links and Local Events:

Summer Program Guide for Gifted/Enrichment programs in Indiana and beyond (as of May 3, 2007):
www.iag-online.org\summer\summer_city.htm.

Perfectionism in Gifted Children (article)

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The Big Picture: The State of Education in Indiana
What's Behind the Big Picture: Legislation and Money
Organizations/Resources for Parents/Educators, including Indiana
Enrichment Opportunities for Children in Indiana
Sources for Articles about Gifted Learners

Taking the Lid Off: Providing Educational Opportunities for High Ability Students in Indiana http://www.iag-online.org/ Scroll down the Indiana Association for the Gifted's web pageto see the link to an article which I believe should be required reading for anyone (parent, educator) interested in gifted education in Indiana. Be prepared: it builds a compelling case for services for high ability students, but these recommendations were not passed in the legislataure. It would be interesting to go back to the Education Committee for Indiana's General Assembly and find out what has changed since this report was written.

National Educational News and Indiana State Statistics, register for edweek.org
http://www.educationweek.org/context/states/stateinfo.cfm?stateabbrv=in

Indiana Laws governing Gifted and Talented and High Ability programs:
http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/exceptional/gt/legislation/legislation.html

Indiana Department of Education - Legislative Watch
http://doe.state.in.us/legwatch/welcome.html

National Association for Gifted Children's Legislative Update (National Bills/Laws)
http://www.nagc.org

Council for Exceptional Children Legislative Update
http://capwiz.com/cek/issues/?style=D (Legislative Alerts and Updates: Regularly includes pre-written petitions you can email to support funding for G/T education!)

The Davidson Institute for Talent Development's Gifted Education State/Federal Policy Map http://www.GT-CyberSource.org/Policy

National Association for Gifted Children: http://www.nagc.org/

Indiana Association for the Gifted: http://www.iag-online.org/

Indiana Department of Education: http://doe.state.in.us/

Indiana's Education Web Pack for Parents http://www.doe.state.in.us/webpack/parents.html

IDOE Indiana G/T Main Page: http://doe.state.in.us/exceptional/gt
See Link: Indiana Academic Standards and High Ability Programs (PDF)
Also see G/T Links: http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/exceptional/gt/websites.html

Northern Indiana Educational Services Center: http://www.niesc.k12.in.us/
The G/T web page still needs an overhaul!

Penn-Harris Madison School Corporation's Gifted and Talented Education: http://www.phm.k12.in.us/ Click on Learning Division (side) or Instruction (top), then scroll down to click on Enrichment/Gifted.

GATE Network of St. Joseph County Group List: This is an announcement and discussion email listserve for parents, supporters, and educators for gifted and high ability K-12 student enrolled in school districts in St. Joseph County, IN.. You can choose to either only receive announcements of network meetings, or you can choose to receive informational materials and discussion board emails. You can also send emails to the whole group. To join, go to the GATE Network Group List home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GATE_Network_St_Joe_IN/

Enrichment Opportunities for Children in Indiana

South Bend Chess Club: Border's Book Store, Grape Road, Mishawaka, Thursday Evenings 7:00 — 10:00 p.m. This is an opportunity to play un-rated and rated adults and youth from the Northern Indiana Region. Meet and learn from some of the wisest and funniest local chess players. Your parents can sip coffee and read magazines as you play.

IAG's Gifted Education Resource Guide for Indiana Parents and Educators (PDF) -
http://www.doe.state.in.us/exceptional/gt/pdf/IAGResourceGuide.pdf Highly recommended resource for g/t coordinators, parents, teachers, Broad Based Planning Committee members, community stakeholders, and others interested in meeting the needs of high ability students.

National Association for Gifted Children -

Standards for school systems to address social and emotional development of gifted children. http://www.nagc.org/CMS400Min/index.aspx?id=535

NAGC's Position Statement on Addressing the Affective Needs of Gifted Children
http://www.nagc.org/CMS400Min/index.aspx?id=384

National Research Center on the Gifted And Talented
http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt.html

NRC/GT Newsletters http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/newslttr.html

Eric Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
http://www.ericec.org/ See the links for Digests and Fact Sheets

Hoagies Gifted Education Page http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/
This is the best web page for parents (better than mine!). A gold mine of information.