This manual is a guide to consultation and collaboration for educators of gifted children and is based on the Resource Consultation and Collaboration Program implemented at 10 schools in Charlotte, North Carolina, over 2 years. Individual chapters of the manual address the following topics: (1) overview of resource consultation and collaboration programs; (2) components of resource consultation and collaboration programs; (3) implementing a resource consultation and collaboration program in gifted education; (4) resource consultation and collaboration program staff development; (5) exemplary practices in differentiating curricula and instruction for gifted learners through resource consultation and collaboration; (6) exemplary differentiated lessons delivered through resource consultation and collaboration; (7) prototype schools with resource consultation and collaboration programs in gifted education; and (8) program pointers and potential pitfalls. An appendix provides various reproducible forms. (Contains 12 references.) (DB)