Eighty years of international research have endorsed acceleration as a highly effective vehicle for the delivery of developmentally appropriate instruction to academically gifted learners. However, acceleration requires thoughtful planning in terms of timing and also in terms of the form/s of acceleration selected. This session will introduce two sets of practical guidelines which can assist schools and parents, working together, to design individualized programs of acceleration for gifted students who would benefit, academically and socially, from accelerated provisions and placement.