Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums General Discussion School placement specialist?

Looking for someone who specializes in gifted kids that can get to know your whole child and help you find the right schools (middle and high school)?

If there were a broad range of schools available vying for the opportunity to meet the educational needs of gifted kids, the world would be a better place. Unfortunately many gifted kids do not find that a school in which they are placed will continue to meet their needs throughout middle school and high school. On the forums, it is often mentioned that the ideal "best-fit" may not exist... one may need to look for the "least-worst" fit.

That said, the Davidson Institute for Talent Development (DITD), which provides this forum, offers other services including:
- Davidson Young Scholars (DYS), program including consultation
- Davidson Academy (in Reno, Nevada)
- Davidson Academy Online Campus

This old post may also be of interest.

Here is a brief roundup on school selection and the right "fit":
- School consultant for elementary aged child
- What kids don't learn
- Roundup of Tamara Fisher blog posts
- Article about poor school fit (includes findings by Miraca Gross)
- roundup of links on school selection and "educational fit"
- roundup of discussion threads on full-grade acceleration (pro and con)
- advanced curriculum with same-aged intellectual peers
- Hoagies' Gifted Education Page - Private Schools and the Profoundly Gifted
- observations or signs that a child is not appropriately challenged... advocacy may be needed and may be overdue
- Underachievement: Hoagies list, Jim DeLisle article, Jim DeLisle book.