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SUSPENDED FOR 2022-23 school year
It is that time of year again to register your child, if you so please, in the Western Academic Talent Search through Center for Bright Kids. Center for Bright Kids is a nonprofit located in the front range that provides students with opportunities to take the ACT/SAT at an early age. Depending on your child's score, they may be invited to participate in the GLOW program, which is a summer enrichment camp at CU Boulder. If you are interested in registering your child with Center for Bright Kids, please contact me for a personal letter, which you will need to confirm that your child is in EDGE within ECS. If you have any specific questions about programming, please visit their website: https://www.centerforbrightkids.org/index.php. At BCMS I have been meeting with all EDGE students for weekly virtual advisory meetings. Our first meetings have gone very well; I really enjoy spending time with students in a more intimate setting. We have really been focusing on being ourselves and making EDGE a safe place to share who we are as learners, students and gifted teens. Students choose the topics and we have a theme each week. My favorite theme so far was pet week.
Overall, Students are overwhelmed, and understandably still experiencing heightened stress that is affecting their sleep and concentration. I brought up the fact that some GT students do have sleep issues and this is normal for a the GT brain. The following articles/blog posts are very helpful in learning more about how anxiety and sleep affect GT teens. stress in Covid-19 being gifted affects sleep sleep disturbances . Marjorie This Gifted and Talented parenting blog was recently started by Karen Kendig, MA Gifted Education and Jeff T. Kendig, MA Psychology, Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Hypnotherapist:
https://parentinggiftedchildren.net/. It has some excellent, research based, strategies for parenting a gifted child. Minnesota Department of Education Social Emotional Resources for Gifted Learners during Covid-194/2/2020
This great PowerPoint was created by Jennifer Marten (Gifted and Talented Coordinator for the Plymouth School District, WI). I passed this out during my parent roundtable in order to help parents brainstorm topics for our next meeting.
Excellent article by Lisa Van Gemert
If you have a child gifted in math, I highly suggest that you read this article. http://www.giftedguru.com/math-acceleration/ Article from: http://www.davidsongifted.org/Search-Database/entry/A10250
Tips for Parents: The Real World of Gifted TeensThis Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Mary-Elaine Jacobsen and covers many issues that gifted teens face in school, in their social lives and at home. Strategies for helping teens through these difficult times are suggested.
The following is a selection of comments and tips that surfaced during an online seminar about the complex issues of adolescence for profoundly gifted teens and their parents.
Permission Statement This article is provided as a service of the Davidson Institute for Talent Development, a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to supporting profoundly gifted young people 18 and under. To learn more about the Davidson Institute’s programs, please visit www.DavidsonGifted.org. These are all things that are supported during middle school EDGE, but how can parents support at home? This is an excellent article that details how to support asynchronous growth.
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