“Motivation” has become a buzz-word, one that’s often overused, bandied about, and even misunderstood. What is motivation? How can parents and teachers encourage and reinforce its development among children and teens? What strategies actually work on a consistent basis, and over time?

Dr. Joanne Foster addresses these and other important questions Thursday, May 12, 2016. Join us as she shares perspectives, understandings, and practical approaches, based on her books and on decades of experience working in the field of gifted education, thereby helping session participants make informed and sensible decisions in support of gifted/high-ability learners. 

Dr. Joanne Foster is a parent, teacher, gifted education specialist, university instructor, educational consultant, and award-winning author. She conducts teacher-training workshops, gives presentations to educators and parent organizations in local, national, and international forums, and serves on several advisory committees concerning children’s education and optimal development. She is co-author (with Dona Matthews) of Being Smart about Gifted Education (2009), and Beyond Intelligence: Secrets for Raising Happily Productive Kids (2014). Dr. Foster is also the sole author of Not Now, Maybe Later: Helping Children Overcome Procrastination (2015). She wrote “ABCs of Being Smart,” a series of feature articles for NAGC’s magazine Parenting for High Potential, and her column “Fostering Kids’ Success” appears at The Creativity Post online.  

$40.00 for Non-Members

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