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The Governor's Program for Gifted Children is seven weeks of academic enrichment, artistic opportunity, and friendship. A residential program at McNeese State University, the GPGC is the oldest and most comprehensive enrichment program for gifted students in Louisiana. With an approach that aims to develop the whole child, the GPGC provides for the intellectual, creative, and social needs of gifted children.
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The National Association for Gifted Children is an organization that was set up in the 1960s and so has nearly four decades of expertise in this field. It is concerned to support families of children who have all kinds of potential, whether achieving in school or not. There is a helpline for anyone who would appreciate the chance to talk about these issues, and local Explorers clubs for children (these ... provide a forum for parents to chat and exchange experiences, which can be very valuable). The NAGC website contains a wealth of information, and there is a fun test which you can do to see if your child might have some of the characteristics of a bright or gifted child.
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The Academy for Gifted Children has made a modification to the usual system that Canadian public schools usually use. Rather than simply allowing the students to proceed through grades 1 to 12, the Academy has merged grades 7 and 8 into one year, as well as added an extra year after grade 12. This is to allow students to graduate with significantly more credits than those graduating from public school; ... the students graduating from P.A.C.E. still graduate at the same age.
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Some young gifted children can be very sensitive, general anger or criticism is taken personally; they suffer along with the starving children on TV, the injured animal, etc. and when overloaded with impressions, may become introverted and withdrawn.
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