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CGCC Parenting Gifted Seminar: Dabrowski on Giftedness

  • October 26, 2015
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Vine Academy, Hinsdale
  • 20

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A Presentation and Roundtable Discussion led by

Michele Kane

Dabrowski and the Theory of Positive Disintegration

CGCC Parenting Gifted Seminar

meeting space is hosted by
Vine Academy
125 South Vine
Hinsdale, IL 60521
7:00 - 9:00 pm

Many parents of gifted children are introduced to the concept of Overexcitabilities as an explanation for why their children react and behave as they do to external stimuli.  And to many of us these explanations ring true. The five Overexcitabilities, Intellectual, Sensual, Emotional, Imaginational and Psychomotor, are part of a larger theory:  Dabrowski’s Theory of Positive Disintegration, which is a theory of personality development  “based on an interplay of potentials, disintegrations … and reintegrations” (from http://positivedisintegration.com/brief.htm). Prof. Michele Kane will present an overview of this theory and lead us in an exploration of it.   


Michele Kane, Ed.D. is Coordinator of the Master of Arts in Gifted Education Program at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. She has served the gifted community as a public school district gifted coordinator; through private programs such as Camp Summit for the Gifted, PG Retreat, and SENG; and in leadership positions within both the Illinois and National Associations for Gifted Children. Michele has numerous articles in print and chapters in Living with Intensity, Off the Charts and The Roeper School: A Model for Holistic Development of High Ability. Inspired by her experience raising six gifted children, a major focus of Michele's work is related to the educational and social/emotional needs of the gifted with an emphasis on the role of parents.


Come join the discussion. Register today!  Registration is free for CGCC members, a non-refundable $5 for non-members. (Fee waivers are available.) Won't you consider helping us build a community of gifted families by joining CGCC today?  Join


We hope you can join us!
You may park in front or in the Zion Church parking lot across the street. 
125 South Vine, Hinsdale, IL 60521


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