The Northwest Gifted Child Association will offer its Connections Conference on January 29th at the Redmond High School Performing Arts Center. Parents of gifted rarely have the opportunity to get information about the specific academic, emotional and social needs of their gifted children. They have even less opportunity to talk with other adults candidly about [...]
In August, SENG brought Dr. James Webb, a long time leader in the field of gifted education, to Seattle for a presentation. A recording of his presentation “Eleven Key Parenting Issues” is now available through the SENG website. Other presentations are also available, including the first SENG Family Webinar, “No Limits” with Phil Gordon. I [...]
WAETAG is the Washington Association of Teachers of the Talented and Gifted. Their annual conference this year will be at the Bellevue Hilton on October 15th and 16th. ABC has helped fund Puyallup teachers’ and administrators’ participation at WAETAG for several years. It has been a great learning opportunity for our staff. This year, for [...]
To celebrate National Parenting Gifted Children Week, July 18-24, 2010, SENG, Supporting Emotional Needs of Gifted, offered a special week-long series of special mini-newsletters. Each day’s issue focused on a specific topic relating to parenting gifted children. The issues were: Identifying and Recognizing Giftedness Challenges of Parenting Gifted Children Underachievement Issues and Twice Exceptionalism Gifted Minorities, [...]
There are two great opportunities for parents of gifted children coming up this week. On Tuesday, July 27th, the Northwest Gifted Child Association, http://www.nwgca.org, and SENG (Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted), http://www.sengifted.org, are hosting a free presentation, Eleven Key Parenting Issues, with Dr. James Webb, author of A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Children [...]
SENG, a national organization dedicated to supporting the emotional needs of the gifted, offers monthly web seminars on topics of interest to parents and educators of highly capable children. The April Webinar is titled: Navigating the Quest for Help: Understanding Your Gifted Child’s Puzzling Behavior. The featured presenter is Dr. Steven Curtis, a Bainbridge Island [...]
