Dating! It's a major part of life that somehow feels left out of the conversations on mental health, self-care, and personal growth. This talk will focus on the aspects of neurodiversity that can make dating and relationships challenging and how to manage them, accommodate them,...
Balanced research and practice How does your brain work? Thomas Ropelewski’s 2e2: Teaching the Twice Exceptional, the sequel to his award-winning 2e: Twice Exceptional, follows the teachers of Bridges Academy, a school in Los Angeles dedicated exclusively to educating highly gifted students with learning...
Balanced research and practice The field of Gifted Education is a universe that is still little known in Italy despite in many Countries of the European Community, as well as in the so-called emerging countries, the issues of giftedness and talent development are widely known and...
Scientific At the junction of gifted education and special education, “twice-exceptional” has been in use for over 30 years, yet it is not clear to what extent the term is recognized in the broader literature base. Through a Content Analysis methodology, “twice-exceptional” was examined for publication...
Balanced research and practice Many professionals working in the gifted field resonate with Dabrowski’s theory of positive disintegration (TPD). For some, it remains an elusive theory. In this workshop we will dive into the personality development of the world-renowned climate activist Greta Thunberg. By connecting her...
Practice based Engagement, motivation and flow are crucial elements for learning. This is especially true of gifted students as they often become disengaged and unmotivated, despite their intrinsic personal motivation to succeed. One reason is the ability they have to process and synthesize new information quickly....
Balanced research and practice The “German Association for Gifted Children” (“DGhK”) offers advice to professionals and especially parents.Our Association has been founded on the model of the british NAGC, now Potential Plus UK. We all are members of the HELP network - which promotes the term...
Balanced research and practice Twice-exceptional students are students who are talented on the one hand, with learning, developmental, or behavioral difficulties on the other. Identifying these students and their educational needs can be difficult due to the large individual differences between and within these students. The...
Practice based Using case studies for professional development provides a meaningful context for considering many of the most complex issues in gifted education. Case studies encourage detailed analysis and critical reflection through which educators may consider a variety of multidimensional issues such as identification of at-risk...
Balanced research and practice In an effort to understand the impact of Covid-19 on high ability students in Ireland, the Centre for Talented Youth Ireland (CTYI) undertook a study in August 2020 of the parents of children who had attended CTYI programmes. CTYI provides enrichment courses...