Parents play an important role in supporting their gifted and talented child in an educational setting.
When choosing a school, parents and the students themselves need to consider the provision of learning experiences that will broaden the students' knowledge and skills and best meet their social and emotional needs.
Parents should use their personal knowledge of what learning environment best suits their child's needs and convey this information to prospective school staff in order to select the most appropriate educational setting.
The Gifted and Talented Policy and supporting Guidelines identifies two forms of provision for gifted and talented students in Western Australia;
The Provision section of this web site outlines a range of support strategies and professional learning opportunities needed to understand the unique needs of gifted and talented children.
Talking to your school
What might you talk to your school about? What happens when I have a problem? These questions are answered in the section, outlining the process for parents talking to their school and the procedures for resolving concerns or complaints.
District Office and School links
These links will provide you with the information needed to contact your local school and District Education Office:
Special Program/Scholarship information
The Gifted and Talented Education program provides gifted and talented students entering Year 8 in government schools access to a range of supplementary programs that meet their specific talents.
This link provides information on the Olive A Lewis scholarship and links to other Department of Education and Training scholarships on offer.
GT World
An on-line support community for parents of Gifted and Talented children.
Hoagies Gifted Education Page
This is a comprehensive resource site for gifted children, their parents and teachers. It includes articles and research on a wide variety of topics