School Policies

· Review existing policies and procedures in   terms of gifted provisions and support for the learning needs and outcomes of gifted students

· Provide program recommendations

· Advice on alignment of strategic plans to State policies for gifted students

G&T Programs

· Recommendations on appropriate accelerative practices

· Design of G&T program structure and content, eg:

· Higher Order Thinking Skills

· Metacognitive Skills

· Questioning and Ignorance Mapping

· Research Skills

· Problem Solving

· English

· Mathematics

· Creative and Practical Art

· One-on-one mentoring

· In many cases a “school cluster” approach to the provision of a specialist gifted program can be of benefit, through the pooling of resources.  GiftEd can assist with establishing such a program, including liaison amongst the cluster schools.

· Assistance with establishing specialist ‘pull-out’ classes for gifted students, including engagement with class teachers on the program rationale, identification of suitable candidates, and in-class support (IEP’s).

· On-going support, review and mentorship of gifted programs and provisions

Parent Support

For maximum effectiveness your gifted program needs an holistic approach, featuring collaboration and partnership with parents and caregivers.  GiftEd can provide both Group presentations and Individual briefings to parents on areas such as:

· Understanding your gifted child

· Stress and the gifted child

· Gifted Learning Disabled,

· School advocacy.

· Visual Spatial Learner

· Personality development  (Overexcitabilites)

· Student Social and Emotional workshops on aspects of giftedness, eg:

· Helping gifted adolescents adjust to giftedness

· Introversion and Extraversion

· Learning Style Preferences

· Risk taking