This booklet allows parents to participate in the special education process to encounter an unfamiliar language often referred to as ?acronyms.? It may seem like a foreign language, but it is really just a language of initials, which this booklet explains and defines. Often during school meetings, many of these acronyms are used frequently, and it…

This paper is intended to provide basic information to minority parents to support their involvement in the education of their gifted and talented children. The first section reviews federal and state (Georgia) definitions of gifted and talented as well as regulations concerning eligibility and retesting. The second section identifies typical…