STaN (Association for Talent and Giftedness – previous Czechoslovak ECHA branch) has 25 years long experience in growing up and education gifted children in the Czech Republic. STaN members are psychologists, teachers and parents. Main activities are the Club of parents and teachers meetings, STaN workdays and conferences (including the 19.WCGTC conference Prgue 2011), counselling, teachers training, consultations. We organized “Club for clever and curious children” and later we cooperated with the “Small Owls” class for gifted children in the Rosemarin kindergarten. Newly there is STaN summer school for very young scientists (5 – 14 years old), organized in cooperation with GMK Bílovec (grammar school) and universities of Ostrava and Olomouc.  STaN participated on several conceptions of the care for gifted students and cooperates with Ministry of Education.  We make efforts to improve the quality of gifted children education. There are many obstacles which hinder development of giftedness. To eliminate them it is useful to understand:
How regularities in GC education manifest itself under diverse circumstances.
Effect of feelings about intellectually gifted in society, myths, wishful thinkings and political decisions on gifted children education.
What we have to do in order not to waste talents?