The Network for Gifted Education

• What is it? Where is it?
• What does it do?
• Messages from Dr. Gould to kids
• Resources
  • for parents/guardians
  • for teachers & administrators
• State & national organizations
• Current research projects
• Giving to the Network for Gifted Education

What is it? Where is it?

The Network for Gifted Education is an office devoted to:

• helping both laymen and professionals understand the nature and needs of high-ability students
• conducting research in the area of gifted education
• providing assistance, advice, and resources for those involved with the education of gifted students
• disseminating information about research, resources, and activities within the field of gifted education

The Network is housed in the School of Education, 4th floor of the College of Professional Studies, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Room 409. Dr. Christine Gould, Director, can be reached at (715) 346-3223 and Janelle Mahoney, Coordinator, can be reached at (715) 346-4356.

What does it do?

• responds to school requests for information about identification and programming for gifted students
• assists parents in their efforts to provide appropriate environments for their high-ability children
• assists teachers who request classroom materials for gifted students
• offers College Days for Kids, a two-day spring enrichment program that brings over 560 talented 6th graders to the campus for classes taught by university faculty
• provides in-depth summer enrichment classes for gifted students in grades K-8 through Youth in College, a two-week program serving 280 children

Messages from Dr. Gould to kids

Let me introduce myself. I'm Dr. Gould and I will be taking Dr. Kennedy's place at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. My previous home was Salt Lake City, where I was a junior high teacher for many years. Don't ask how many!!! I've been teaching at a university in rural Kansas for the last three years and now I'm here in Wisconsin. Dr. Kennedy worked very hard to make sure there were programs for gifted kids in the Stevens Point area, and I'm going to try just as hard to do the same thing.

Below you will find several messages on this web site from me. When I was in school, I spent some of my time in regular classes, special classes for advanced and gifted students, and honors classes. However, no one really explained anything to me. These messages are mainly written for kids who are in the late elementary years to the early junior high years, but anyone is welcome to read them. They are designed to explain some of the important things about giftedness to you and may help you understand yourself. Feel free to send me an e-mail message if you have another subject that you would like written about.

I'm just getting to know the community, but I look forward to meeting many of you at the College Days for Kids program or the Youth in College program.

• What Does Being Gifted Mean?
• What Is Acceleration?
• What Is Enrichment?
• Making Friends
• What About My Grades?
• What's A Perfectionist, Anyway?
• Books for Kids
• Magazines for Kids

Resources

• for parents/guardians
  • Books for Parents/Guardians
  • Questions and Answers About Special Programs
• for teachers & administrators
  • Books for Teachers and Administrators

State & national organizations

• State organizations
  • Wisconsin Association for Talented and Gifted
  • Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth, Inc.
• National organizations
  • Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)
  • National Association for Gifted Children
  • World Council for Gifted and Talented Children
  • Council for Exceptional Children

Current research projects

Giving to the Network For Gifted Education

If you'd like to make a gift to support the Network for Gifted Education, please go here.