Abstract
Given these varied roles and responsibilities, you may wonder which activities to sponsor and support that most effectively benefit the growth and development of your gifted child. Because your child's education and future forms a large component of your parenting, you might consider services provided by the program, communication with the teacher, and interactions with administration and staffof primary importance. Legal, Philosophic, and Historic Education Foundations Federal and State Law The legal foundation of gifted education at the federal level is found in the 2002 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Students, children, or youth who give evidence of high achievement capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who need services and activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop those capabilities.