The document contains proceedings from a convention on educating the gifted student. Brief summaries of presentations cover topics which include: humor as an indicator of giftedness, characteristics of gifted teachers, identification of the gifted and talented student, curriculum for the gifted, leadership training, counseling gifted Black students, microcomputers for gifted microtots, enrichment programs, the Enrichment Triad Model, community planning, creative problem solving, individualized education programs and due process for gifted students, adjustment problems of the gifted adolescent, problem achievers, survival skills for the disadvantaged gifted student, and working with parents of the gifted. Among the specific programs covered are ALPHA--Advanced Learning Programs in the Humanities and Arts, Satellite '80--a summer enrichment program, the College Board's Advanced Placement Program, and the High School Academic Enrichment Program. (SB)