Reel Wisdom.com
Reel Wisdom has developed a series of dvd's for students and their families as they consider post secondary options.  Check out their video Time On: Planning a Successful Gap Year  and hear the voices of young men and women who tell the stories of their own gap year.

The Gap-Year Advantage
The Gap-Year Advantage: Helping Your Child Benefit from Time Off Before or During College, by authors Karl Haigler and Rae Nelson, is a complete resource which provides parents with all the advice, tips, and information they need to help students develop and implement a gap-year strategy

Phillips Academy Andover
The College Counseling office at Phillips Academy offers their students an extensive list of summer and gap year opportunities.

International Counselor.org
International Counselor.org provides a list of frequently asked questions, a five-step plan for organizing a gap year, an extensive list of gap year resources and programs and some recommended reading.

Association for Experiential Education
The Association for Experiential Education (AEE) is a nonprofit, professional membership association dedicated to Hands-On Learning and the students, educators and practitioners who utilize its philosophy.

National Career Development Association
The National Career Development Association (NCDA) is a division of the American Counseling Association (ACA). The mission of NCDA is to promote the career development of all people over the life span. To achieve this mission, NCDA provides service to the public and professionals involved with or interested in career development, including professional development activities, publications, research, public information, professional standards, advocacy, and recognition for achievement and service.

Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA)
The Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) is a non-profit, international professional Association representing full-time experienced independent educational advisors.

Center for Learning Differences
The Center for Learning Differences is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing information to families, physicians, and other professionals in the New York metropolitan area about issues they face in dealing with children who learn differently.

Alternative Education Resource Organization
AERO is a non-profit organization founded in 1989 to advance learner-centered approaches to education. AERO's long-term goal is to become a more effective catalyst for educational change by providing books, magazines, online services, consultations, support groups, and organizational information and seminars in the field of alternative education.