Association of Parents and Friends for Supporting Talent

Association of Parents and Friends for Supporting Talent (ASPAT) is an educational organization gathering educators, teachers, parents, professionals and community persons interested in the area of Gifted Education and Talent Development. Its main purposes involve: raising awareness and positive feelings toward the gifted and talented; conducting and publishing research on gifted education; organizing Gifted Education events and programs for interested students, parents and teachers; planning and giving short term courses to prepare teachers for the gifted (facilitators); starting and providing technical support to new CEDETs (Centre for Talent and Potential Development) in other communities within Brazil. ASPAT’s main activity with children is carried on at CEDET, beginning with identification through direct observation data collected at the local schools every year; after identification each student develops his/hers own individual work plan focused on his/hers ability domain. Presently there are four CEDETs in Brazil.