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 and on-line forums
• Coordination and hosting of regular meetings throughout the state for parents, educators, and children to network
• Professional development for educators
• Dual membership in NAGC (National Association for Gifted Children more...)
• 5% discount to RIAGE and NAGC conferences
• Granting of awards

RIAGE 2008 initiatives include

• Identify options available for gifted students statewide
• Field inquiries regarding meeting educational needs of gifted
• Investigate ways to encourage training and certification for teachers in gifted education
• Formulate a plan to 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
• Educate about various educational options as a way to meet gifted students' needs
• Increase awareness of Twice Exceptional Children: Gifted with Learning Disabilities
• Offer professional development to teachers and parents regarding gifted/talented education
• Participate in planning for annual NECGT (New England Conference on Gifted and Talented Education)
• Host family events

Past RIAGE activities and initiatives have included

• Hosted the 2006 NECGT Conference
• Gifted experts and workshops
• Professional development workshop: "Meeting of the Minds", Susan Griggs and Jeanne Dawson, 2008
• 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)
• Support reinstatement of the State Advisory on Gifted Education