The booklet is designed to help parents understand how they can help in the development of their gifted children. Included are such topics as the characteristics of giftedness; the four "faces" of gifted adolescents (high achieving studious, social leader, creative intellectual, and rebel); the role of parents; a checklist for assessing the school's needs; and individualized educational plan facts for parents. Due process procedures - including the rights to notice, program placement conferences, a due process hearing, and appeal - are discussed. A section for teachers of gifted children provides chapters with the following titles: "Establishing Goals for You and Your Students", "All Gifted Children Don't Learn Alike", "Meaningful/Less Meaningful Learning for the Gifted", and "A Point to Ponder" (which examines the necessity of special program for the gifted). A list of suggested reading and bibliographies are provided. (PHR)