Carol has been providing advice to parents of gifted children for fifteen years, including work as a gifted children expert on Allexperts.com and meeting with parents in her local parent support group. She is currently working on fiction books about language, with accompanying workbooks, and blogging at Giftsforlearning.com
You can also visit Carol's Google Profile: Carol Bainbridge.
Experience
Carol was a board member of the Indiana Association for the Gifted for 13 years, from 1999 to 2012. She helped with their yearly conference and after creating their first Web site, was the web administrator for the site (www.iag-online.org) for eight years. She is also the co-founder and president of a local parent support group, which seeks to help parents learn about and advocate for their gifted children. Along with another member of her local parent group, Carol started a Saturday enrichment program for gifted children in the area.
Education
Carol has a B.A. degree in psychology and an ABD in linguistics, with a focus on verbally gifted children. Her dissertation, Nurturing the Linguistic Abilities of Verbally Gifted Children, is available on the Gifts for Learning site.
Carol Bainbridge
I am the parent of one highly gifted boy, so I know that parenting a gifted child can be like a roller coaster ride. At times it is fun and exciting; at other times it is lonely and frustrating. I remember the lonely and frustrating times, times when I had no one to talk to, no one who seemed to understand me or my child. I am forever grateful to those more experienced parents of gifted children and to the kind and thoughtful people in the Indiana Association for the Gifted. These people let me know they understood and gave me both support and advice. My goal is to provide that same understanding, support and advice for other parents of gifted children.
Contact Information for Media:
Email Carol for comments about gifted children.
Information for Parents and Others:
Please look through my site to see if you can find answers to questions you may have. You may find the answer - and you will surely find much more! Here are a few articles that might help you find the answers to some common questions:
- Is My Child Gifted? How Can I Tell?
- What is a Gifted Child?
- Characteristics of Gifted Children
- Characteristics of Young Gifted Children
- How Do I Nurture My Gifted Child?
- The Least You Need to Know About Testing Your Gifted Child
- How to Find Someone to Test Your Child
- What to Look for in a Good Gifted Program
If you are unable to find the information you need, feel free to send me an email.
Reprints:
If you are interested in sharing my articles with others in reprints, please refer to this page for information on arranging for those reprints. While I am thrilled that you want to share my work, I do not have the authority to grant permission for reprints.
References:
- Gifts for Learning - My New Blog
- Books and Toys for Gifted Kids
- Visit My Facebook Page
- Follow Me on Twitter