Parent Education
Watch this site for upcoming educational opportunities. If you know of a Parent Education event that should be posted, please send the information to [email protected].
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
"Webinar on Wednesdays" Series
NAGC's "Webinars on Wednesdays" brings high quality professional development to your
desktop. No need to hop on a plane or hit the road. Don’t let funding challenges or travel restrictions keep you from getting the training and information you need to be effective.
Some previous webinar topics (available for replay) include:
* Using NAGC's New K-12 Programming Standards to Design and Deliver Excellent Programs
* Differentiation Past, Present and Future: Enduring Models of Success
* Gifted Education Horizons: A Dialogue
* Using Technology in the Classroom to Differentiate Learning
* Strategies for Raising Achievement
* Using Children's Literature Differently: Supporting the Social/Emotional Learning and Well-Being of Primary Aged Children
* Addressing the Challenges of Underachievement
* Curriculum Models for Working with Disadvantaged Kids
* Making Differentiated Products Powerful in the Middle Grades
* The Road Less Traveled: Combining Creative Thinking & Differentiation
* The Problem with Praise: Encouraging Effort and Motivation in Children
* Twice Exceptional: The Curious Dilemmas that Occur at the Intersection of Gifted and Special Education
For more detailed descriptions of NAGC's WoW webinars, visit the WoW page.
desktop. No need to hop on a plane or hit the road. Don’t let funding challenges or travel restrictions keep you from getting the training and information you need to be effective.
Some previous webinar topics (available for replay) include:
* Using NAGC's New K-12 Programming Standards to Design and Deliver Excellent Programs
* Differentiation Past, Present and Future: Enduring Models of Success
* Gifted Education Horizons: A Dialogue
* Using Technology in the Classroom to Differentiate Learning
* Strategies for Raising Achievement
* Using Children's Literature Differently: Supporting the Social/Emotional Learning and Well-Being of Primary Aged Children
* Addressing the Challenges of Underachievement
* Curriculum Models for Working with Disadvantaged Kids
* Making Differentiated Products Powerful in the Middle Grades
* The Road Less Traveled: Combining Creative Thinking & Differentiation
* The Problem with Praise: Encouraging Effort and Motivation in Children
* Twice Exceptional: The Curious Dilemmas that Occur at the Intersection of Gifted and Special Education
For more detailed descriptions of NAGC's WoW webinars, visit the WoW page.
UC-Irvine Extension Office Webinar Series
UC-Irvine's Extension Office has offered Webinars on gifted topics in the past. You can view these archived events by visiting "Recorded Events" and scrolling to the "Education" section.
Some past topics include: "Is My Child Gifted," "Providing Social/Emotional Support to Your Gifted Learner," "Ending the Homework Hassle: Cultivating Scholarly Traits in Gifted Students," and "Gifted and Talented Instruction on a Budget."
Some past topics include: "Is My Child Gifted," "Providing Social/Emotional Support to Your Gifted Learner," "Ending the Homework Hassle: Cultivating Scholarly Traits in Gifted Students," and "Gifted and Talented Instruction on a Budget."
Supporting Emontional Needs of the Gifted Webinar (SENG)
SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted) offers "SENGinars" on gifted topics. Anyone registering for "SENGinars" has access to the recorded event after the fact (so even if you can't watch it live, you can still watch it).
SENGinars cost $40. To see the current topics planned, or to purchase a previous presentation, visit the SENG Webinar Program website. Somea vailable topics include "Intensity in Action: Understanding and Helping Gifted Kids," "Living in the Gifted Family," "What Your Kids Want You to Know: Perspectives for Parents and Teachers," and "Existential Depression in Gifted Children and Adults," among many, many others.
SENGinars cost $40. To see the current topics planned, or to purchase a previous presentation, visit the SENG Webinar Program website. Somea vailable topics include "Intensity in Action: Understanding and Helping Gifted Kids," "Living in the Gifted Family," "What Your Kids Want You to Know: Perspectives for Parents and Teachers," and "Existential Depression in Gifted Children and Adults," among many, many others.
ParentMap's Lecture Series
ParentMap's Lecture Series brings Northwest families easy access to trusted, thought-leading experts on a range of relevant parenting issues. For a listing of upcoming Lectures, visit the ParentMap Lecture Series website.
