High-ability and gifted students need support to develop their unique academic talents. The development of talent is maximized when deliberate steps are taken to nurture it. Join Dr. Sarah DeLisle from Vanderbilt University's Programs for Talented Youth as she discusses important cognitive and non-cognitive factors that contribute to the talent development of gifted and high ability students, including the role extra-curricular accelerated courses such as those offered by Programs for Talented Youth play in a student's trajectory.