Gifted Education: Parent support group -FREE ebook resource

Finding the time to invest in your child's life more than just the everyday norm can be quite challenging. It becomes especially difficult when one or more of your children require special attention for their needs as a gifted child. Gifted & Talented children have a fascinating rate of growth in their individual talents & learning processes. This acceleration of interest in numerous subjects & hobbies can take its toll on the child & the child's parents if they don't have a support group or specific resources to help them through this process. The child needs challenge & acceptance and the parents may need guidance in developing the child's ability & raising such a clever & speedy learner.
Today I'd like to introduce you to a free resource made available through the joint publication efforts of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) and Prufrock Press.  Its titled: Starting and Sustaining a Parent Group to Support Gifted Children. This ebook is available to you through the NAGC website at http://www.nagc.org/  The book was designed to help parents develop effective parent support groups.The book is filled with info presented by parents in the NAGC Parent Advisory Committee and the Parent and Community Network as they recognize the power & passion of parents that come together to advocate with schools, districts & governments about supporting the needs of their gifted & talented children. The advice & examples given in this ebook resource come from direct experiences of  families with gifted children. May this resource be a useful guide to meeting the daily needs of your gifted student. Here is the direct page link to access this wonderful FREE resource. http://www.nagc.org/parentgroupeguide.aspx

As a gifted child myself, I remember the endless hours of practice in all kinds of hobbies & from musical instrument lessons, to drawing & painting, to video production & photography. School was important to me and usually is to most gifted students. They can strive to express their inner self through English papers or extensive research for reports in a given subject. I find my love for languages especially useful in meeting the needs to be challenged. Arts & crafts, science projects & other hobbies ruled the summer amidst learning to swim specific strokes or dives in our pool. Fishing, video games, gardening & cooking topped the list for additional challenges that peaked my interest to succeed & enjoy the final outcome of what I was doing. Take a good look at the idea of parent support groups for the possibility of helping your family with its current areas of need. Please also consider your active involvement in a support group to be a blessing to the hundreds of other families out there that may not know which direction to go with this new form of learning & nurturing, & could greatly benefit from somone like you sharing with them about your own personal experiences on raising a gifted child.
*info on ebook from NAGC