The Gifted Education Cooperative (GECO) is sponsoring a discussion group for parents, facilitated by our own Newenka DuMont.
Meet with a group of parents for 8 consecutive weeks beginning Thursday, January 24th, 2013 ending March 14th, 2013 to discuss issues of giftedness. We will meet from approximately 9:15 – 10:45 am. The location for these discussions will be in the Hinsdale area.
Each week we will read one or two chapters of the book A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Children and discuss them as a group. Additional readings from the gifted press will be provided. We will cover a variety of topics relevant to raising gifted children, such as maintaining motivation and enthusiasm, avoiding underachievement, coping with intensity, perfectionism, stress, idealism, and depression, making and keeping friends, handling siblings, and more.
The cost for participation will be $50, which will be used to pay for materials and facilities. Additionally, each participant will need to acquire a copy of the book.
The guided reading will be facilitated by GECO volunteer Newenka DuMont, the mother of two gifted teenagers. She is the founding president of the Gifted Education Cooperative and on the board of the Chicago Gifted Community Center. Newenka is the Illinois SENG (Social and Emotional Needs of the Gifted) Liaison and a certified SENG Model Parent Group facilitator. She has been leading guided reading groups in our area since 2003.
If you are interested in participating or in receiving more information, please email Newenka at Newenka@ArvaMont.com by November 30, 2012. (Don’t like Thursdays? Let her know you are interested but have a conflict.) The group size will be limited to 12 people, on a first come, first served basis. Like most GECO functions, there is no need to be a GECO member or to reside in our communities to participate. We will need at least 8 people to form a group.
