What is TAG?

The Tasmanian Association for the Gifted (TAG) is a non-profit, parent based organisation, affiliated with the Australian Association for the Education of Gifted and Talented (AAEGT).

Goals of the Association:

• To stimulate, support and conduct activities that will provide maximum opportunity for the development of students with gifts and talents.
• To promote parent, teacher and community awareness of the needs and potential of gifted children.
• To promote strategies for parents, teachers and others to identify gifted children, including underachieving and other disadvantaged gifted children.
• To collate and initiate relevant research work.
• To promote flexibility in school programs at all levels to ensure gifted children are provided with schooling opportunities at the pace and level appropriate to their abilities and stages of development.