Parent Support Council
Meeting Dates 2011-2012
September 14, 2011 - Starting a New School Year
October 12, 2011 - Rebecca Berger, Director of the Magellan Day School,
will visit the meeting
November 9, 2011 - How Peer and Sibling Relationships Affect Gifted Learners
December 14, 2011 - Parenting a Gifted Child: The Roles of Consistency,
Reason, Flexibility, and Modeling
January 11, 2012 - Strategies to Motivate Gifted Learners
February 8, 2012 - Managing the Effects of Stress and Using Appropriate
Discipline With Gifted Learners
March 14, 2012 - Recognizing and Communicating About Feelings
April 11, 2012 - Establishing Family Traditions That Nurture and Support
Your Gifted Learner
May 9, 2012 - Finalizing Plans for the School Year's End and Discussing
Summer Plans. Rebecca will be present to discuss the topics she explored at the William and Mary Center for Talent Development conference in March.
Past topics of discussions particular to gifted learners have included
asynchronous development, perfectionism, parenting challenges
and delights, visual-spatial learners, and social and emotional
well-being of gifted learners.
All meetings are held from 8:30 a.m. until 11:30 p.m. in room 115a
(LX Club) in the Dunwood Building where The Center is also located.
Participants are welcome to attend for all or any portion of a
meeting that they are available.
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