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Center for Gifted Education at the College of William & Mary
Link: cfge.wm.edu

The Center for Gifted Education is a learning community that values and fosters the talent development process of individuals over the lifespan.

Howard County Gifted and Talented Education Program Advisory Committee

A moderator operated email group that the Advisory uses to notify members of upcoming events, to periodically alert parents to Federal and State legislative activity that might impact gifted and talented education and to serve as a support system for parents looking for information or assistance. Sign up by submitting your email address to: GTAdvisoryHCPSS@earthlink.net

Individual Differences in Learning Association, Inc.
Link: www.gifteddifferentlearners.org

The group provides information and support for the parents and teachers of gifted children with learning disabilities (including ADHD).

Johns Hopkins Univ. Center for Talented Youth: Recommendations for Gifted and Talented Education in Maryland
Link: www.jhu.edu/gifted/pubres/toc.html

In September 1993, the Maryland State Superintendent of Schools established the Maryland Task Force on Gifted and Talented Education. The charge to the task force was "to study the current status of gifted and talented education across the State of Maryland and make appropriate recommendations." This is their report, complete with recommendation, published in 1994.

Maryland Educators of Gifted Students (MEGS)
Link:
www.megsonline.net

Online membership registration for the group, and registration info about the Maryland State Conference on Gifted and Talented Education.

The National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
Link: www.nagc.org

The association is an organization of parents, educators, other professionals and community leaders who unite to address the unique needs of children and youth with demonstrated gifts and talents as well as those children who may be able to develop their talent potential with appropriate educational experiences.

The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented
Link: www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt.html

The center plans and conducts theory-driven quantitative and qualitative research that is problem-based, practice-relevant, and consumer-oriented. Our mission includes a broad-based dissemination function, and the formation of a nationwide cooperative of researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and other persons and groups that have a stake in the psychology and education of high-potential youth from preschool through post-secondary levels.

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