Dr. James Delisle, a popular gifted education expert, will be signing books at the Prufrock Press booth (booth #201) from 10:15-11:15 a.m. on Friday, November 17.

Dr. Delisle will be TAGT's Friday morning keynote speaker. After delivering his keynote address, "Highly Gifted, Barely Served: Being Gifted in an Era of Inclusion," Dr. Delisle will come to the Prufrock booth to discuss his ideas and sign books.

Dr. Delisle is the best-selling author of many books, including:

• Parenting Gifted Kids: Tips for Raising Happy and Successful Children;
• Barefoot Irreverence: A Collection of Writings on Gifted Child Education;
• The Survival Guide for Teachers of Gifted Kids;
• The Gifted Kids' Survival Guide: A Teen Handbook;
• Smart Talk; and
• More Than a Test Score.

Please come by the Prufrock booth to meet Dr. Delisle and have him sign your copies of his best-selling books!

Dr. Delisle also will be available to sign copies of his book Parenting Gifted Kids following his Saturday morning keynote address to parents.

The site, March 2 Success, is sponsored by the U.S. Army; however, the resources available are "no-strings attached" (i.e., a recruiter will not contact users of the site useless a user explicitly asks them to do so) and are free. Given the site's quality and that the content was developed by Kaplan, a similar course would cost between $500-$700.

According to the site, March 2 Success "is a free, web-based program that makes high quality, test preparation instruction available to all. Designed by Kaplan and Educational Options and sponsored by the US Army, it is more inclusive than traditional college entrance test preparatory courses."

To see a demo of the site's features, visit the March 2 Success demo page.

On Sunday, September 17, 2006, CNN will air a special report on the subject of genius.

Being gifted and being a genius are not the same thing. Geniuses are a small subset of the total gifted population. Although "genius" is probably the more popular phrase for this subset of individuals, most gifted education professionals choose to use the phrase "profoundly gifted." I think the latter phrase is less loaded with implication, expectation, and bias. However, I don't get to name CNN programs, so I'll use the term "genius" in this post.

The following is excerpted from the CNN press release titled "CNN’s Gupta Unravels Mystery of Genius for Prime-time Special."

In the new Dr. Sanjay Gupta Primetime Special, CNN senior medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta examines the mysteries behind genius and attempts to answer the classic nature/nurture question of whether high intelligence is inborn or the product of environment. The one-hour program, “Genius,” premieres Sunday, Sept. 17, at 10 p.m. (ET)

A practicing neurosurgeon, Gupta starts with a look inside the brain and a discussion with scientists who are using cutting-edge brain imaging to find remarkable differences in the brains of highly intelligent people. Gupta’s quest takes him from the physiology of genius to the links and differences between intelligence and creativity. Along the way, he meets savants – people with severe mental limitations who possess breathtaking talent – and gifted students, whose educational needs are often unmet.

"As a new parent myself, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the best ways to nurture intelligence and creativity, especially in children," Gupta said. "From that starting point, we’ve met all sorts of remarkable people, from those you might call geniuses or prodigies to the people who study the concept of genius from all sorts of perspectives. Hopefully, we’ll shed some light on the meaning of genius and the way great ideas are born."