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Essential Educational Components
Advocacy
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Key Research Summary Points
Parents, teachers, and students must advocate for appropriate educational opportunities and be given the tools of advocacy.
Research-based advocacy is essential for promoting appropriate education for our highest ability students.
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~NAGC Mile Marker Series
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~Educational Advocacy for Gifted Students
~ Effective Advocates
~Tips for Parents: Working With Your Child's School
~Tips for Parents: Collaborating With School Personnel
~Tips for Parents: Educational Advocacy
~What Does the NCLB Legislation Say About Gifted
~KIDSSource - Supporting Gifted Education Through Advocacy
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Websites
~ Advocacy Toolkit (NAGC)
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Advocating for Our Future
by Jane Clarenbach |
This is a document for parents, giving them the background and resources to begin grassroots efforts in appropriately advocating for their students. |
Educational Advocacy for Gifted Students
Osborn, J.
Commissioned by The Davidson Foundation
Spring 2001 |
This article by Julia Osborn is the third in a series of three articles on the processes parents go through in raising an exceptionally gifted child. This article, based upon a study of 12 exceptionally gifted students, discusses the experiences of these parents in advocating for appropriate school placement for their children. A list of practical advocacy recommendations is included.
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Effective Advocates
By Julia Link Roberts and Tracy Ford Inman |
Lifelong Advocacy: If not you, then who? |
Tips for Parents: Advocacy: Working with Your Child’s School
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Shoplik, A.
Davidson Institute for Talent Development - Parent Seminar
January 2009
Ann Lupkowski-Shoplik, Ph.D., Director of the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Talented Elementary and Secondary Students at Carnegie Mellon University, conducted a seminar for parents of academically talented students. Below are some of the points discussed during the seminar. |
| Tips for Parents: Collaborating with School Personnel: Strategies for Successful Partnering |
McGoey, K.
Davidson Institute for Talent Development - Parent Seminar
2008
Kara McGoey highlights ten helpful tips for parents who are looking to collaborate with their child's school personnel. If you are a parent of a gifted child who is looking to build a successful relationship with your child's school, this should prove helpful. |
| Tips for Parents: Educational Advocacy (2005) |
Sinclair, E.
Davidson Institute for Talent Development/Young Scholars Seminar
2005
Source: Davidson Young Scholar Seminar
Dr. Esther Sinclair (UCLA educational psychologist) specializes in advocating for appropriate education for children with special needs, including exceptionally and profoundly gifted children. In this article, Sinclair shares 10 tips regarding how to advocate for the educational needs of profoundly gifted students |
| What Does the No Child Left Behind Legislation Say About Gifted? |
NCLB advocacy provisions for gifted |
| KidsSource: Supporting Gifted Education through Advocacy |
Advocating blueprint for stakeholders in gifted education |
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Advocacy - Websites
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| Advocacy Toolkit (NAGC) |
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) resource that contains components of advocacy for parents, educators, and students. |
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