How You Can
 Become Involved

Support RIAGE Through Your Membership Contribution*

Becoming a member is easy — payment may be made either by mail or through PayPal

Membership is just $35 per year and supports

• RIAGE web site
• Coordination and hosting of regular meetings throughout the state for parents, educators, and children to network
• Professional development for educators
• Dual membership available with NAGC (National Association for Gifted Children more...)
• Discount to RIAGE and NAGC conferences
• Granting of awards

RIAGE 2010 initiatives include

• Compile information regarding options available for gifted students statewide
• Field inquiries regarding meeting educational needs of gifted
• Encourage training and certification for teachers in gifted education
• Lobby for legislation which will support educating gifted students
• Keep the social and emotional aspects of gifted in the forefront
• Encourage early identification of gifted and talented students
• Increase awareness of Twice Exceptional Children: Gifted with Learning Disabilities
• Offer opportunities for professional development regarding gifted/talented education
• Participate in planning for annual NECGT (New England Conference on Gifted and Talented Education)

Past RIAGE activities and initiatives have included

• Hosted the 2006 NECGT and preparing for 2012 NEGCT Conferences
• Sponsored
  • Professional development workshop: "Meeting of the Minds", Susan Griggs and Jeanne Dawson, 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Speaker Dr. Wenda Sheard (attorney, teacher, and a founder of the Athens (Ohio) Association for Gifted Children
  • Speaker Dr. Ed Mara (Superintendent, Bristol School Department)
  • Speaker Dr. Deidre Lovecky, psychologist, (gifted/ADHD)
  • Speaker Kathi Kearney, M.A. Ed., Gifted Development Center, Denver, Colorado
• Support reinstatement of the State Advisory on Gifted Education