Parenting Support

Parents of gifted children often feel isoloated because other parents don't understand the problems involved in parenting gifted children.

Parents of gifted children can find help and support in a number of ways:

Gifted Forum
Gifted Associations
Email Listservs

State and Local Associations

Some states have an organization, but the organization doesn't yet have a website.  Contact information for these organizations are at the bottom of the page.  The first list is consists of the states with organizations that have websites.  Click on the link to go to the website of your state's gifted organization.

Alabama
Alabama Association for Gifted Children (AAGC)

Alaska
Alaska Department of Education contact for gifted education
Barbara Thompson

Arizona
Arizona Association for Gifted & Talented
AZgifted.org

Arkansas
Arkansas AGATE

California
California Association for the Gifted

Colorado
Colorado Association for Gifted and Talented

Connecticut 
Connecticut Association for the Gifted

Delaware
Delaware Department of Education, Gifted and Talented Programs

Florida 
Florida Association for the Gifted

Georgia  
Georgia Association for Gifted Children

Hawaii 
Hawaii Gifted Association

Idaho
Idaho-The Association for Gifted/State Advocates for Gifted (ITAG/SAGE)

Illinois
Illinois Association for Gifted Children

Indiana
Indiana Association for the Gifted

Iowa
Iowa Talented & Gifted Association

Kansas
Kansas Association for the Gifted, Talented and Creative

Kentucky
Kentucky Association for Gifted Education

Louisiana
Association for Gifted and Talented of Louisiana

Maine
Maine Educators of the Gifted & Talented

Maryland
Maryland Coalition for Gifted and Talented Education (MCGATE)
Email: Richard Tyler

Massachusetts
Massachusetts Association for the Gifted 

Michigan
Michigan Alliance for Gifted Education

Minnesota
Minnesota Council for the Gifted and Talented
Minnesota Educators of the Gifted and Talented

Mississippi
Mississippi Association for Gifted Children

Missouri
Gifted Association of Missouri

Montana
Montana Association for Gifted Children

Nebraska
Nebraska Association for the Gifted

Nevada
The Nevada Association for Gifted Children

New Hampshire
New Hampshire Association for Gifted Education

New Jersey
New Jersey Association for Gifted Children
Gifted Child Society

New Mexico
Albuquerque Association for Gifted & Talented Students

New York
New York - Advocacy for Gifted & Talented Education (AGATE-NY)

North Carolina
North Carolina Association for the Gifted & Talented, Inc.

North Dakota
Department of Public Instruction
North Dakota Association for Gifted Children
Dana Gendreau

Ohio
Ohio Association for Gifted Children

Oklahoma
Oklahoma Association of Gifted, Creative, and Talented

Oregon
Oregon Association for Talented & Gifted

Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education

Rhode Island
Rhode Island State Advisory Committee for Gifted and Talented Education

South Carolina
Parent Advocates for Gifted Education

South Dakota
South Dakota Association for Gifted Children

Tennessee
Tennessee Association for the Gifted

Texas
Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented

Utah
Utah Association for Gifted Children

Vermont
Vermont Council for Gifted Education

Virginia
Virginia Association for the Gifted

Washington
Washington Association of Educators of the Talented & Gifted 

West Virginia
West Virginia Association for Gifted & Talented

Wisconsin
Wisconsin Association for Talented & Gifted

Wyoming
Wyoming Association of Gifted Education (WAGE)
Jeanne Spawn

Tip: One of the things you definitely want to do is hook up with your state's gifted organization.  Not all states have one, but most of them do.  If your state does not have an organization, you have a couple of options.  One is to start one, which might be a little daunting for a "beginner."  Another option is to join a national organization.  You won't get the same kind of support, but you'll learn a lot and won't feel alone.

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