That's the truth. Persistence overcomes resistance.
Oh, I was looking some more at texas tag and somehow ended up finding the Jarviz act which is the only federal fund for research into the best practice for gifted education, and these guys are the only recipients of that grant money.
http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/ I didn't see any great ideas for your project yet. I'm sure there's gotta be something useful there. I did notice they promote a CBT program
http://www.renzullilearning.com/default.aspxWhich I know nothing about. I only found this site in the short time since my last post. But I like their slogan, "No child left bored." LoL