Links for Parents
Coolbinia Primary School
Parents may find the following links useful for accessing information:
Kids Matter:
Kids Matter is a government funded website that assists in providing information about the mental health and development of children. Below is a link to their monthly newsletter.
Latest Edition
Including articles on the social, emotional and intellectual development and support of children.
Department of Education Resources for Parents:
The role you play in your children’s education is vital in helping them become happy and confident learners at school. To assist you, a series of booklets is available online at the Department’s parent website. They include great activities, games and ideas that your children will love.
Designed for busy families with young children, each booklet focuses on a specific learning area. You can find the link here.
The following links are specifically selected for materials that may interest and support parents of gifted children:
Hoagies Gifted Children
A wonderful introduction to the concept of giftedness.
GATCAWA
This is the site of the Gifted and Talented Children’s Association Western Australia. Keep up to date with what is happening in WA for gifted children and their parents
Gifted Children
This site is dedicated to supporting parents of gifted children
Austega
Articles and data as well as links to other pertinent sites abound here
Prufrock
Parenting gifted children
Duke University TIP
Includes some very interesting articles
Kidsource
The articles on this site have been given a ranking by teachers