The proceedings of the 26th annual convention held in 1979 of the National Association for Gifted Children are excerpted. Presentations are summarized in terms of intended audience, approximate duration, and content. Names and addresses of presenters are provided. Sample topics include identification of gifted and talented students, differentiated…

Presented are papers by keynote speakers and workshop session leaders from a 1977 conference on Creativity and the Gifted/Talented Child. Following a copy of the conference program are entries with the following titles and authors: "Creative Potential and Educational Experience--A Rationale for Creative Education Programs" (S. Parnes);…

The document contains nine presentations and five miniworkshop papers from a teacher institute on expressive arts for exceptional children in the mainstream. The following titles and authors are represented: "The Educator and Mainstreaming--A State of Mind and a Set of Skills" (G. Bailey); "The Arts in the Mainstream" (G. Barlow); "The Emergence…

This conference proceedings document on gifted education presents texts of the following papers, among others: "Developing Visual Literacy--Start It Young" (Kay Anderson); "Building Provincial Exams To Challenge the Gifted" (Dennis Belyk); "Advocacy and Lobbying: An Exercise in Persuasion" (Patricia Boyle); "Program Continuity and Curriculum…