CGCC Parent Conversations

Parent Conversations:  Exploring Best Practices for Gifted Children

We are morphing our summer book discussion into gifted topics based on your requests. For each session we will provide links to articles to inspire your questions and ideas for discussion. Everyone is welcome to join us to listen, participate, collect resources, shares idea and fill up on encouraging approaches to the challenges and joys of gifted parenting. Topics suggestions welcome! No time to read the articles? Don't let that stop you from joining the discussion.

This week's topic: Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Through the Gifted Lens. What are the unique SEL need of gifted children?

Articles:

The Social Emotional Growth of Gifted Children
http://giftededucationcommunicator.com/gifted-education-communicator/gec-fall-2013/maximizing-the-social-and-emotional-growth-of-gifted-children/

Social Emotional Learning & Gifted:

https://giftedchallenges.blogspot.com/2017/09/social-emotional-learning-and-gifted.html

Social & Emotional Resources; Social & Emotional Needs of Gifted Children

https://www.davidsongifted.org/prospective-families/social-emotional-resourc

Feel free to talk over lunch, and even if you don’t have time to read the articles, join us for what is always an intentional conversation of support that will hearten your parenting efforts. CGCC board members Linda Zanieski & Katherine Peterson will be facilitating the conversation, and welcome absolutely everyone!

Please join us bi-weekly on Zoom on Tuesdays from 12 pm to 1:15 pm. We’ll socialize for 15 minutes, then dive into discussion. Reach out now or anytime with questions and mark your calendar for future dates:  August 16 and 30. Then stay tuned for monthly meet-up lunches and dinners!

As a bonus, here are two book selections for kids to help with SEL:

The Survival Guide for Gifted Kids: For Ages 10 & Under (Survival Guides for Kids): Galbraith M.A., Judy: 9781575424484: Amazon.com: Books

Amazon.com: The Gifted Teen Survival Guide: Smart, Sharp, and Ready for (Almost) Anything: 9781631986789: Galbraith M.A., Judy, Delisle, Ph.D. Jim: Books