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The Association for Bright Children of Ontario is an all-volunteer, provincially incorporated support and advocacy group, with many chapters across Ontario. It is dedicated to providing information and support to parents of bright and gifted children and adolescents through newsletters, networking, an annual conference and local workshops. It offers the parents' voice to local school boards, educators, professional groups and the Ontario Ministry of Education.

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ABC Ontario Membership is Free To learn more please click here or simply sign up now. Free membership registration will be required to fully access all the features of this website including the message board, newsletters and event registration.

The ABC Nominations Committee is seeking individuals to fill the 2010/2011 slate for the ABC Ontario Executive. The current positions that require nominees are:

• President
• Vice President
• Secretary-Treasurer
• Director of Volunteer Development
• Director of Resource
• Legislation Liaison
• SEAC Coordinator
• Education Liaison
• Director of Business Development
• Director of Public Relations

Details of these positions are outlined at  http://www.abcontario.ca/component/content/article/88/262-abc-board-of-directors-positions-2010-2012

Please submit the your nominees for the ABC Ontario Executive to Archie Bonifacio at finance@abcontario.ca

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ABC's team of volunteers is very excited about the launch of this updated website. Please check back often as our volunteers continue to add additional content and resources. We also request your patience and understanding during this development period as our volunteers work towards bringing you greater connectivity and interactivity. ABC's volunteers strive to make this website an informative and transformative resource for gifted education and parenting.

Please report any difficulties encountered with website operation to the webmaster to help us troubleshoot these new features.

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ABC Ontario gratefully acknowledges the support of a Parent Reaching Out Grant from the Parent Engagement Office at the Ontario Ministry of Education. This website upgrade and many of the resource materials produced by ABC over the past three years would not have been possible without this financial assistance.

Did you know?

• Giftedness is a recognized intellectual exceptionality in Ontario

• School boards are required to identify exceptional students and provide appropriate Special Education services to meet these students’ needs

• Parents can initiate the identification process by sending a written request to the school principal

• Gifted students are the second largest group of exceptional students in Ontario

• Students with other physical, visual, hearing, behavioural or learning disabilities may also be intellectually gifted

• Giftedness is a potential for learning, not a guarantee of academic success

• Gifted students may underachieve academically and even drop out without appropriate support

• Gifted students often need support to develop good time management and study habits

• Gifted students often require daily academic challenge in order to be intellectually engaged and academically successful

• ABC Ontario holds an annual enrichment conference for educators, parents and children

• Everyone interested in the well-being of bright and gifted children is welcome to participate in ABC

• An informed parent is a child’s best advocate

Latest News:

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IEP Information ABC Ontario's Resource Guide on Developing Individual Education Plans for Gifted Students is available for download as a PDF document. The entire document is available in both French and English. The sample IEP's are also available with explanation in Mandarin.

The FAQ section has also been recently updated with lots of useful info and links. Take a few minutes to check it out!

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ABC Ontario's 2008 Annual Report has been posted. Visit our Annual Reports page to view or download.