Carol Bainbridge

Carol has been providing advice to parents of gifted children for over ten years, including work as a gifted children expert on Allexperts.com.

Carol has been a board member of the Indiana Association for the Gifted since 1999. She helps with their yearly conference and is the web administrator for their Web site (www.iag-online.org). 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.

Carol has a B.A. degree in psychology and is completing a doctoral degree in linguistics, with a focus on verbally gifted children.

I am the parent of one highly gifted boy and I know that parenting a gifted child can be like a roller coaster ride. At times it is fun and exciting; 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.