(WAETAG) conference.  When you think of a gifted learner, what comes to mind?

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(WAETAG) conference

 When you think of a gifted learner, what comes to mind?

 Right to know about one’s giftedness  Right to learn something new everyday  Right to be passionate about own talent area without apologies  Right to have an identify beyond that talent area  Right to feel good about own accomplishments  Right to make mistakes  Right to seek guidance in the development of own talent area  Right to have multiple peer groups and a variety of friends  Right to choose which of one’s talent areas one wishes to pursue  Right to NOT be gifted at everything

 Cluster Grouping  Differentiation  Acceleration  Individualization  Counseling  Co-curricular and Competitions

 Asychronous development is when the child’s social, emotional, physical, and mental development are out of synch with normal childhood development and/or with each other.  ** Gifted children are by definition asynchronous in their development

 Family time and/or school enrichment:  Myth: Because children are gifted they will be ok.  Truth: They need to experience the necessity of hard work and be given opportunities to practice their talent   Discussions of perspective  Literature  Community project participation  Manual Dexterity  Visualization  Drama  Collaboration  Athletics  Talent Searches

 Gifted kids and behavior:Seven Strategies to Help Kids (and Parents) Cope  By: Christine Fonseca   ▪Many gifted children view the world through a unique lens: Intense   ▪Intense: Positive and Negative   ▪ 7 Coping Strategies- Can benefit both the home and school environment   ▪Bottom line: Intensity = Passion  So, let’s help our kids use their passion to create…. SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted)

 ●OSPI-(Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction)    ●Twice Exceptional: Helping twice-exceptional children reach their potential.   ●WAETAG (Washington Association of Educators of the Talented and Gifted)   ●Hoagies (gifted education resource) 

 ●NWGCA (Northwest Gifted Child Association)    ●NAGC (National Association for Gifted Children)    ●Davidson Institute (Davidson Institute for Talent Development)    ●TAGFAM (Families of the Talented & Gifted)    ● or  Read and research so you can be your child’s best advocate!

 No program is “perfect”, but trying to include as many of the program components and research-based practices as humanly possible, keeping in mind the “Bill of Rights” can provide learners with gifts and talents with a very satisfactory preparation for their world to come!