State Gifted Associations

Contact Information

Most U.S. states have an organization for parents and teachers of gifted children and nearly all of those have a Web site where you can find out about the organization and often about gifted issues in the state. They also will list the names of people to contact. A few states do not have gifted associations, but they do have someone to contact with their Department of Education in charge of gifted education. All of these people are excellence resources for getting information not only about gifted children but also legal issues concerning gifted education. For instance, you can learn whether gifted education is required in your state and if it is, whether schools receive money for it.

• Alabama: Alabama Association for Gifted Children (AAGC)
• Alaska: Alaska Department of Education contact for gifted education
  Barbara Thompson
  
• Arizona: Arizona Association for Gifted & Talented
• Arkansas: Arkansas AGATE
• California: California Association for the Gifted
• Colorado: Colorado Association for Gifted and Talented
• Connecticut: Connecticut Association for the Gifted
• Delaware: Delaware Department of Education, Gifted and Talented Programs
• Florida: Florida Association for the Gifted
• Georgia: Georgia Association for Gifted Children
• Hawaii: Hawaii Gifted Association
• Idaho: Idaho's Gifted & Talented
• Illinois: Illinois Association for Gifted Children
• Indiana: Indiana Association for the Gifted
• Iowa: Iowa Talented & Gifted Association
• Kansas: Kansas Association for the Gifted, Talented and Creative
• Kentucky: Kentucky Association for Gifted Education
• Louisiana: Association for Gifted and Talented of Louisiana
• Maine: Maine Educators of the Gifted & Talented
• Maryland: Maryland Coalition for Gifted and Talented Education (MCGATE)
  Richard Tyler
• Massachusetts: Massachusetts Association for the Gifted
• Michigan: Michigan Alliance for Gifted Education
• Minnesota: Minnesota Council for the Gifted and Talented
  Minnesota Educators of the Gifted and Talented
• Mississippi: Mississippi Association for Gifted Children
• Missouri: Gifted Association of Missouri
• Montana: Montana Association for Gifted Children
• Nebraska: Nebraska Association for the Gifted
  
• Nevada: The Nevada Association for Gifted Children (or contact gtparentconnect )
• New Hampshire: New Hampshire Association for Gifted Education
• New Jersey: New Jersey Association for Gifted Children
  Gifted Child Society
• New Mexico: Albuquerque Association for Gifted & Talented Students
  
• New York: New York - Advocacy for Gifted & Talented Education (AGATE-NY)
• North Carolina: North Carolina Association for the Gifted & Talented, Inc.
• North Dakota: North Dakota Association for Gifted Children
  Dana Gendreau
• Ohio: Ohio Association for Gifted Children
• Oklahoma: Oklahoma Association of Gifted, Creative, and Talented
• Oregon: Oregon Association for Talented & Gifted
• Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education
• Rhode Island: Rhode Island State Advisory Committee for Gifted and Talented Education
• South Carolina: The South Carolina Consortium for Gifted Education
• South Dakota: South Dakota Association for Gifted Children
• Tennessee: Tennessee Association for the Gifted
• Texas: Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented
• Utah: Utah Association for Gifted Children
• Vermont: Vermont Council for Gifted Education
• Virginia: Virginia Association for the Gifted
• Washington: Washington Association of Educators of the Talented & Gifted
• West Virginia: West Virginia Association for Gifted & Talented
• Wisconsin: Wisconsin Association for Talented & Gifted
  
• Wyoming: Wyoming Association of Gifted Education (WAGE)
  Jeanne Spawn