Barbara Jackson Gilman
What's New?

Barbara is attending NAGC in St Louis, MO
She will be speaking on gifted issues
Meet her after her breakout sessions
If you want an autograph of her new book Academic
Advocacy for Gifted Children: A parent's complete guide,
meet her in the exhibit hall while at NAGC.
Overview of Bobbie's work:

Bobbie devotes much of her time to school advocacy consultation, helping parents worldwide to
document the unique instructional needs of their gifted student, find curricular options that meet
the child's needs, and negotiate with school personnel for programming accommodations. As
a member of the National Association for Gifted Children's Task Force on IQ Test Interpretation,
Bobbie has recently been writing and speaking extensively on the appropriate use and scoring
of current major IQ tests with gifted children, and working with test companies to create tests
capable of assessing our most highly gifted children.
Bobbie's specialization:

She specializes in highly gifted children and gifted children with learning disabilities, AD/HD,
and underachievement issues. A mother of highly gifted sons, she is a veteran of gifted
committees, helped create an accelerated charter middle school, and is a popular speaker for
parents and teachers on advocacy and classroom accommodations for the gifted.Now that
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