Originally Posted by Pinecroft
what DYS offers once you’re accepted.
If I recall correctly, services do not begin immediately. Once a family is informed that the child has qualified to be a Davidson Young Scholar (DYS), the family can choose to follow through with the DYS registration/enrollment process by completing forms providing further information to the Davidson Institute for Talent Development (DITD), about the qualified child. Parents also sign confidentiality agreements, stating that they will maintain the privacy of each DYS child & family (not share identities of or information about other DYS families or other families' children).

While offerings may change over time, DITD provides / has provided the following opportunities to registered DYS and their parents -

For Parents of registered DYS:
There is a free private parent forum, recently much less active than this public forum.
There is a free e-mail list for parents.
There are free webinars for parents (advance sign-up required).
There is the free opportunity to speak with a staff consultant about matters concerning the registered DYS.
There is a free weekly e-newsletter.

For registered DYS
There are occasional online special interest classes for DYS.
There may be an opportunity for a DYS to be matched with a DYS pen-pal.
There is the Ambassador program for DYS (competitive application process).

For DYS Families
There is an annual gathering ("Summit").
There may be local parent-planned meet-ups called Davidson informal gatherings (DIGs), announced in the weekly e-newsletter.
There is a new annual "alumni" gathering for DYS who've aged out of the program.


Davidson Institute for Talent Development (DITD) also provides support to the greater gifted community.

For the Public
DITD provides the following opportunities to the public and to DYS, their parents, and families -
Free access to the Davidson Database, including:
- This free public forum.
- Free guidebooks.
- Free "Tips for Parents" summaries of web seminars presented to DYS parents.
- Free sign-up for bi-monthly e-newsletter of "What's New" on the Davidson Database.

Competitive application processes open to the public include:
- "Think" Summer Institute.
- "Davidson Fellows" scholarship program.
- "Davidson Academy of Nevada"

For Educators and Professionals
DITD provides the Educators' Guild for teachers and professionals.

For Residents of Reno, Nevada
Davidson Academy of Nevada, a free public middle school and high school for profoundly gifted kids (application process).

More info in this thread: Overview of Davidson Young Scholars program

For more information, search the online Davidson Database.