Socio-Emotional Needs
- Stress, Learning and the Gifted Child by Suki Wessling via SENG
2015
- My Smart Kid is So Emotional – Am I a Parenting Failure? via Rainforest Mind 19 Mar 2015
2010 – 2014
- Unexpected Challenges of Being a Gifted Kid with Guest Ian Byrd, aggregated resources from a global #gtchat Twitter chat hosted by #TAGT, Texas Association for Gifted and Talented 8 Nov 2014
- What bullying looks like in the Digital Age and how to prevent it by Amy Williams via Edutopia 23 Oct 2014
- Q&A with Daniel Goleman: How the Research Supports Social-Emotional Learning by Betty Ray via Edutopia 7 Oct 2014
- How school policy affects gifted children’s friendships (and what you can do about it) by Gail Post, PhD., via Gifted Challenges 1 August 2014
- 8 Ways Bullying Impacts the Gifted Student: Learn Why Gifted Students are Targeted and How it Affects Them by Sherri Gordon via About.com 1 Aug 2014
- Different than the Rest: Social Challenges of Gifted Adolescents by Gail Post, PhD., via Gifted Challenges 24 Feb 2013
- The Importance of Peers for Gifted Children and Adolescents by Bob Yamtich 31 Jan 2013
- Teaching Social and Emotional Skills in Schools via Mind/Shift on KQED 20 Sept 2012
2000 – 2009
- Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted Students: What School Counselors Need to Know to Most Effectively
- 10 Social and Emotional Needs of the Gifted by Ian Byrd via Byrdseed 28 July 2009
- Understanding The Emotional, Intellectual and Social Uniqueness of Growing Up Gifted by Leslie Sword via NSW Association for Gifted & Talented Children 13 Aug 2008
- Formula for Social Emotional Disaster: I+S+O=SED Cubed: Intensity plus Sensitivity plus Overprotection equals Social Emotional Disaster by Deborah Troxclair, Ph.D. via Duke TIP Digest of Gifted Research 19 Feb 2008
- Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted Students: What School Counselors Need to Know to Most Effectively Serve This Diverse Student Population, Paper based on a program presented at the 2007 Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Conference, October 11-14, 2007, Columbus, Ohio, made available at Academia.edu by Carrie L. Bailey (.pdf)
- When Your Child’s Exceptionality is Emotional: Looking Beyond Psychiatric Diagnosis by Barbara Probst, via SENG, originally appearing in Issue 20 of the Twice Exceptional Newsletter (January/February 2007)
- Competing with Myths About the Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Students by Tracy L. Cross via SENG, originally appearing in Gifted Child Today Summer 2002
- “Play Partner” or “Sure Shelter”: What gifted children look for in friendship by Miraca U.M. Gross via The SENG Newsletter May 2(2) 2002
- Social-Emotional Development and the Personal Experience of Giftedness by Laurance J. Coleman and Tracy L. Cross, excerpt from International Handbook of Giftedness and Talent, 2nd Edition, Editors: F. Monks, K. Heller, R. Sternberg, R. Subotnik, 2000, made available by Tracy L. Cross (.pdf)
Mon 10/3 | 2e: Twice Exceptional – Documentary & Discussion
Featuring illuminating interviews with students, parents, teachers, psychologists and therapists, 2e: Twice Exceptional follows the personal journeys of a unique group of high school students in Los Angeles who have been identified as “twice exceptional” – gifted or highly gifted individuals with learning disabilities or differences. Documentary & Discussion | 2e: Twice Exceptional by Thomas Ropelewski When | Monday 10/3, 6:30 – 8:30pm Where | Stillwater Junior High Media Center, 523 Marsh St. West View the Trailer It is thanks to...
read moreSun 9/25 | How to Grow the Kids We Have
Each year, parents and educators wonder how best to support kids who, for assorted reasons, stand out in unexpected or surprising ways. Join us for a conversation that unpacks and reaches beyond labels in order to nurture the kids we have. Topic | How to Grow the Kids We Have: Preparing the ground for a good year at school When | Sunday 9/25, 2:30 – 4:30pm Where | Stillwater Public Library, Margaret Rivers Conference Room on the Upper Level, 224 Third St. North Sometimes fixed mindsets aren’t found in kids, but do emerge...
read moreMidwest youth register for NUMATS 2016-2017
Parent and Educators: Do you have or know a Minnesota student in grades 3-9 whose grade-level MAP or NAEP scores show high ability, or who qualifies for gifted services at school? What are the true indicators of that student’s learning needs if measuring by grade-level proficiency alone? How can you appropriately support children’s growth without providing instruction or enrichment at a level matching their abilities? Northwestern University’s Midwest Academic Talent Search (NUMATS) through the Center for Talent...
read moreReach for the Stars reaches Educators, Students
Schools across the St. Croix Valley are receiving over 1,000 free copies of the 2016-2017 Minnesota Reach for the Stars Guide thanks to St. Croix Valley Gifted and the Synergy & Leadership Exchange. “It makes good sense to ensure the St. Croix Valley can tap into the vast Minnesota K-12 learning and enrichment resources Reach for the Stars gathers in one place,” says incoming chapter president Margaret Thomas. St. Croix Valley Gifted has made the guide’s print edition available in past years at their chapter meetings,...
read moreNAGC | Change Minds. Change Policies. Change Practice.
What needs to happen next in the United States and in Minnesota to reach, teach, and support gifted learners? Who is setting direction and leading the charge? What steps should Minnesota parents, caregivers, educators, and community members take? M. René Islas, Executive Director for the National Association of Gifted Children (NAGC), was among the keynote speakers at June’s Hormel Foundation Gifted and Talented Symposium, co-sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Education each year in Austin, MN. His full keynote address is...
read moreTAGT hosts #gtchat Summer PD Series on Twitter
Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT), sponsor and host of Twitter’s #gtchat, will offer a weekly Professional Development (PD) series throughout the Summer, starting June 7. Chats typically feature guest experts in the GT field Specific topics will be announced weekly, with resource archives and Storify captures made available at the TAGT Global gtchat blog. Twitter chats are a free way to expand your PLN, explore concepts, and participate in Q&A with educators around the world. Introduce yourself to instructional...
read moreDept of Ed opens public comment on ESSA law
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) revises and reauthorizes the federal K-12 education law known as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). President Obama signed ESSA into law in December 2015. ESSA marks the first time federal law includes several provisions that support gifted and talented students. Following further definition at the State level, these new provisions take effect in 2017-2018. What does ESSA mean for gifted students? Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development (CTD, home to the...
read moreTBT | A ‘Gritty’ Discussion: Are Schools Leaving Gifted Students Behind?
This Throwback Thursday post originally appeared on our website in March 2014. Angela Duckworth’s recent best-seller, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, has direct tie-in to the socio-emotional resources Dr. Diane Heacox shared at our May 2016 chapter meeting. ##### St Croix Valley Gifted brings you a news round up of Minnesota and national conversation about the overall environment today’s gifted youth and their educators are facing at school. A crop of early 2014 articles began drawing attention to the distinct needs...
read moreFeatured Reading on Underserved Gifted Students
It’s very easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the way gifted identification or instruction happens in your student’s classroom is how it happens everywhere — even within the same building. The truth is that many high-ability and high-potential students are chronically underserved, especially when it comes to factors like race, language, gender, or twice exceptionality (2E). Because the federal government does not provide guidance or have requirements for gifted services, students encounter a range of services from...
read moreBlaze a Trail for Your Students with MCGT
Parents and community members have asked St. Croix Valley Gifted for even more outreach efforts on behalf of area gifted kids. Now is the time for parents, caregivers, educators, and community members to blaze new trails together for GT students — because all kids deserve chances to learn and grow each day. Why Now? Changes in federal ESSA legislation (replacement for NCLB) take effect in Fall 2017. Schools face new requirements to measure learning growth among GT students, and new funding options under Title I and Title II to reach...
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