Summer Programs for Gifted Kids
- Summer Institute for the Gifted (Multiple college campuses)
- Free Summer Programs for Talented Teens (Multiple locations)
- THINK Summer Institute (Three week program for 13-16 year olds)
- Yunasa Summer Camp for the highly gifted (Michigan & new Yunasa West in Colorado)
Math & Science Summer Programs
- Research Science Institute (Free six week program at MIT for high schoolers)
- Epsilon (math camp for profoundly gifted 8-10 year olds)
- MathPath (4 week camp for 11-14 year olds; different college each summer)
- All Girls/All Math (Girls, grades 10-12: University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
- Women's Technology Program at MIT (For girls completing grade 11)
- Young Scholars Program in Discrete Mathematics (Rutgers University)
- Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists (Boston University)
- Marine Science summer programs & competitions (various sites)
Summer Programs Affiliated with Regional Talent Search Programs
- Center for Bright Kids Summer Programs (Colorado)
- Johns Hopkins University CTY Summer Programs (Maryland & California)
- Northwestern University CTD Summer Programs (Illinois)
- Duke University TIP Summer Programs (North Carolina)
Click here for a list of Talent Search organizations
Email Listservs / Mailing Lists
- GT World Mailing Lists (including support for twice exceptional children)
Support Organizations for Gifted Kids & Their Families
- Cogito (Online community for gifted children sponsored by Johns Hopkins University)
- Davidson Institute for Talent Development (profoundly gifted kids)
Mentorship Opportunities
- National Lab Day: Not just a day! National Lab Day is a program to pair scientist mentors with teachers & students who need help with science projects.
- This looks like an interesting site: "Adopt-a-Physicist connects high school physics students to people with bachelor's degrees or higher in physics via online discussion forums..."
Useful Articles, Magazines, Newsletters, & Other Resources
- 2e: Twice Exceptional Newsletter (for parents of gifted children with learning differences/disabilities)
- Imagine Magazine (Resources for academically talented youth from Johns Hopkins University)
- Is It a Cheetah? (powerful article about what it means to be gifted)
- High Achievers and Gifted Learners: Can They Mix? (This is a very insightful article which enumerates the qualitative differences between these populations.)
- Understand What Giftedness Is... and What It Is Not (essay by Jim Delisle, PhD)
- The Library of Congress has a fun Everyday Mysteries page which may help you answer all of those questions gifted kids ask!
- I loved this YouTube video entitled, Outside of the Box Gifted Learners, which is from a 2010 IAGC presentation about meeting the needs of diverse and twice exceptional gifted kids.
Click here for research studies on academic options such as acceleration and more.
Early Entrance College Programs
Alphabetical list by state
(various locations in Florida)- Shimer College Early Entrance Program (Chicago, IL)
- University of Washington Early Entrance Program (Seattle, WA)
