The following books are available to purchase from Thinking Ahead

Gifted Children: Resources for Parents and Teachers in Western Australia
The new 3rd Edition of this book will be available early in August 2010

Click here for more information or email to pre-order your copy.

The Toolkit for Curriculum Differentiation by Lannie Kanevsky
This resource is available in Australia by arrangement with the author. Proceeds of the sale support the Gifted and Talented Children's Association of WA

Please contact Derrin about this item
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Upside Down Brilliance: Visual Spatial Learners by Linda K Silverman
Upside-Down Brilliance: The Visual-Spatial Learner is the blueprint for parenting, teaching and living with these delightfully different beings. It is also a manual for discovering and honouring your own hidden gifts."

Reforming Gifted Education by Karen Rogers
(I am currently out of stock of this book and due to the exchange rate am unlikely to have copies from the US in the near future.
You may like to order one from The Book Depository. Click here to go to their website)

"To meet the learning need of gifted children, a school should match the program to the child's specific traits and abilities. In thins book Dr Rogers shows us how. Form her analysis of research that spans a full century, Dr Rogers describes various types of gifted children, as well as options for school enrichment and acceleration. She reports the effectiveness for each option according to the research. From her hears of experience consulting with schools, she should parents and teachers practical ways to design ongoing programs that best meet the needs of bright children."

Mindset by Carol Dweck
1 copy of this excellent resource remains available at $22.00 each (allow 2 weeks from order for additional copies)

Dweck who proposes that there are two fundamental mindsets that people use. Dweck describes the properties of these mindsets and shows the effect of applying them to a range of settings including education. It is a valuable book that provides insights into the way we approach challenge (and either seek or avoid it) based on our view of intelligence. The impact for our gifted children is significant. Of particular value is the assertion that mindsets are not in fact ‘set’. You can find out more about the ideas in the book here  (link takes you away from the Thinking Ahead site and shows the hard cover image).