Many valuable resources are available to support the healthy growth of gifted students and their parents.

Below are links to some of the websites and books that we have found most valuable. Each links leads to many more interesting and informative collections. Happy perusing.

If you have others to suggest, please email us, patrickstrautfoundation@gmail.com with your recommendations.

Favorites Resources for those getting started

Gifted Isn’t Good National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Article, 2/3/2017

48 Essential Links for the Parents of Gifted Children (OEDB.org)

Here are some we think stand out from the crowd, offering advice, information, support, and educational resources to help you support and encourage your child’s special abilities.

SAMPLING OF websites

Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)

 Jeffcogifted.org  Jefferson County Association for Gifted Children (JAGC)

Colorado Association for Gifted & Talented (CAGT)

National Association for Gifted Children  (NAGC)

Jefferson County Public Schools Parent Resources

Davidson Institute (home page)  

Search Davidson Database 

Hoagie's Gifted Education page

Jade Ann Rivera Education Innovator page

Each of these websites will take you to many more awesome resources.

Psychological Autopsy focused on patrick’s life and death

Cross, T. L., & Cross, J. R., Dudnytska, N., Kim, M., & Vaughn, C. T., A Psychological Autopsy of an Intellectually Gifted Student with Attention Deficit Disorder. Roeper Review.

Available for free download on William & Mary Scholarworks site beginning July 14, 2021.

Patrick Taylor Straut Blog

Terri has been blogging about Patrick, his friends, and all the things she’s learned through his life and death. Please explore her musings.

PatrickTaylorStraut.wordpress.com.

Books and articles

Aron, E. (2002) The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When The World Overwhelms Them, Broadway Book, New York.

Aron, E. (1997) The Highly Sensitive Person, Broadway Books, New York.

Bradley, T. (2008) Turning Down The Heat: Tips to Reduce Stress, presentation  for Jefferson County Association for Gifted and Talented.

Bronson, P. (2007) How Not to Talk to Your Kids: The Inverse Power of Praise, New York Magazine, (accessed 9/26/2013) http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/

Cain, S. (2013). Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking.

Cross, T. L., & Cross, J. R., Dudnytska, N., Kim, M., & Vaughn, C. T. , A psychological autopsy of an intellectually gifted student with Attention Deficit Disorder. Roeper Review. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02783193.2019.1690081

Cross, T.L. & Cross, J.R. (2010). Making Sense of the Suicidal Behavior of Students with Gifts and Talents.

Cross, T.L., Gust-Brey, K. & Ball, P., (2002) A Psychological autopsy of the suicide of an academically gifted student: Researchers’ and Parents’ Perspective, Gifted Child Quarterly, Vol. 46, No. 4.

Delisle, J. (1994). Dealing with the Stereotype of Underachievement, Prufrock Press, Nov./Dec. 1994 Issue. (accessed 9/20/2013) http://joshshaine.com/interests/delisle.html

Delisle, J. (2018) Doing Poorly on Purpose: Strategies to Reverse Underachievement and Respect Student Dignity.

Delisle, James R. (2006). Parenting Gifted Kids: Tips for Raising Happy and Successful Children

Lind, S. (2001). Overexcitability and the Gifted, The SENG Newsletter. 1(1)3-6. (accessed 7/20/15) http://sengifted.org/archives/articles/overexcitability-and-the-gifted

Kuzujanakis, M. (2013). The Misunderstood Face of Giftedness, Huffpost Healthy Living,  (accessed 4/22/2013) http://www.huggingtonpost.com/marianne-kuzujanakis/gifted-children)

Neihart, M. (1999). The impact of giftedness on psychological well-being. (accessed 7/9/13) http://sengifted.org/archives/articles/the-impact-of-giftedness-on-psychological-well-being

Silverman, L., The Visual-Spatial Learner: An Introduction, (accessed 9/26/2013) http://gifteddevelopment.com/Visual_Spatial_Learner/vsl.htm

Sword, L., Parenting Emotionally Intense Gifted Children, (accessed 4/6/2013) http://talentdevelopment.com/articles/ParentingEIGC.htm

Sword, L., The Gifted Introvert, (accessed 4/6/2013) http://highability.org/the-gifted-introvert

Webb, J., SENG, Existential Depression in Gifted Individuals, (accessed 9/26/2013) http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10269.aspx

Webb, James, A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Children

Webb, J., Amend, E., Webb, N., Goerss, J., Belijan, F. & Olenchak, R., Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnosis of Gifted Children. Abstracted from: Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults: ADHD, bipolar, OCD, Asperger's, depression, and other disorders. (2004) Scottsdale: Great Potential Press. http://www.sengifted.org/archives/articles/misdiagnosis-and-dual-diagnosis-of-gifted-children (accessed 9/26/2013)