That is a good point you make, but you might be a trifle optimistic finding a professional in the field on a forum like this, but on the other hand you could email such a person and ask them if they would not mind sparing a little time to answer, or at least point to an authoritative source a question that you have - consider:
The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT) 1990-2013