Board Recommendations

Board Member Recommendations
From time to time, NWGCA board members come across something that they would like to recommend to others. Following are a few of their recommendations. An archive of recommendations can be found on the Resources page of this website.

Articles & Presentations 
Peeling the Onion: Equity in HiCap (slides) (abridged for educators)
-written by Austina De Bonte
American education and the IQ trap 
-recommended by Marcia Holland
Exploring social and emotional aspects of giftedness in children
-recommended by Austina De Bonte
GIFTED CHILDREN and the DETAILED MIND
-recommended by Marcia Holland
The Misunderstood Face of Giftedness
-recommended by David Berg
Parents Press for Attention to Programs for Gifted Students
-recommended by Denise Anderson
We Only Get Stronger When It's  Difficult
-recommended by Austina De Bonte
When Your Child’s Exceptionality is Emotional: Looking Beyond Psychiatric Diagnosis 
-recommended by Denise Anderson
 
Books
Genius Denied-How to Stop Wasting Our Brightest Young Minds by Jan & Bob Davidson
 -recommended by Tawna Eggert

Other
Center for Gifted Education & Professional Development at Whitworth University
-recommended by Chris Martin



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Board Member Recommendation Archive
Giftedness and  Classroom Boredom: Maybe It's Not All Bad 
-recommended by Ann Koch

How do you Raise a Prodigy 
-recommended by Marcia Holland

I am . . . Intense, Asynchronous, Misunderstood 
-recommended by Marcia Holland

The Most Troubling Myths About Gifted Kids--Debunked
-recommended by Marcia Holland

A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Children by James T. Webb, Ph.D., ABPP-Cl; Janet  L. Gore, M.A., M.Ed.; Edward R. Amend, Psy.D.; Arlene R. DeVries, M.S.E.
-recommended by Ann Koch

The Revised WAC 
​-recommended by Denise Anderson