As part of our organization’s mission, board members of the Northwest Gifted Child Association provide workshops and presentations on a variety of topics related to gifted kids. Check out the descriptions of what is currently offered and complete the Speaker Request Form. Don’t see what you’re looking for or have another idea – let us know! The NWGCA board will work with you to identify a topic and speaker that will fit your needs.
 
And, check out what events are currently scheduled below!


How to be a Powerful Advocate for Your Gifted Student
Join this forum on being a powerful advocate for gifted for your child with the teacher, principle, your school, your district. Sharpen your advocacy skills. Share what you know. Learn from others. Collect resources.
 
Parenting Your Gifted Worrier
Highly capable/gifted children and teens often experience intense worry and stress. This workshop is an exploration of why gifted kids experience anxiety, how to recognize anxiety in children and teens, anxiety’s effect on the entire family, and tools and resources to help decrease anxiety.
 
Social & Emotional Needs of the Gifted/Highly Capable
This workshop explores the theory and science behind the unique characteristics of gifted individuals. Join the facilitated discussion to help you better understand yourself and your gifted children. Discussion also addresses parent strategies that help gifted children develop emotional intelligence and social skills.
 
What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Smart Kids
Many people are surprised to learn that their bright child’s unique “quirks” are actually well-studied social & emotional behavior patterns that appear across large populations of highly intelligent children. Whether it’s refusing to wear shirts with buttons or tags, overreacting to the slightest criticism, gravitating towards adults and older children, forgetting to turn in their homework, trouble with handwriting, anxiety about trying something new, or preferring a book to a party, these and many other perplexing behaviors are common in this population. Learn what’s normal, what to expect as they grow, and why genuine challenge is vitally important for kids’ social and emotional development, as well as developing their academic talents, from the preschool and elementary years all the way to high school and beyond.
  

Join us!  Below is a list of current events that you are welcome to attend.
 
What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Smart Kids

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Parenting Your Gifted Worrier – Stanwood
June 13, 2019
6:30-8:00 p.m.
Twin City Elementary Library
26211 72nd Avenue Northwest, Stanwood, WA 98292
Highly capable (HiCap)/gifted children and teens often experience intense worry and stress. Join other parents of HiCap kids in this facilitated exploration of why gifted kids experience anxiety and an introduction to anxiety-reducing tools.


Workshop will include a workbook of resources and worksheets for parents to reference and complete at home. Suggested donation (optional): $5





The annual conference of the Oregon Association for Talented and Gifted will take place on Saturday, October 26th. 2019 on the beautiful campus of Clackamas Community College, 19600 S Molalla Ave, Oregon City, OR 97045.

The conference theme is "Celebrating Neurodiversity" and we are very pleased to announce that the keynote speakers will be Dr. Susan Baum and Dr. Robin Schader. Dr. Baum is the Director of the 2e Center for Research and Professional Development at Bridges Academy, a school for twice-exceptional students.  Dr. Schader holds a Ph.D in Educational Psychology with a Focus on Talent Development and the Role of Parental Influence and serves on the board of directors for Bridges Academy.  Additional information about the speakers is available at the OATAG Conference Webpage.  

The Keynote Topic is:  The Unique Needs of Twice-Exceptional Students:  Balancing Home and School

Dr. Baum and Dr. Schader will each also present a breakout session.  The conference will include breakouts on other topics of interest to educators and parents. You won't want to miss this opportunity to learn from the nation's leading experts!

We invite anyone interested in presenting a breakout session for the conference to submit a proposal by going to the OATAG Conference Webpage and clicking on the Presenter Information and Application link in the Conference Quick Links.

The deadline for breakout proposals is August 1st.  Presenters will be notified by August 15th.  Presenters will receive complimentary registration for the entire conference, including lunch.

In addition to formal talks, breakout formats may include roundtable discussions, student panels or educator panels and workshops.  Our conferees always appreciate practical presentations with steps that they can implement at home or in school. Breakout presentations should not promote a particular product. Presenters are welcome to become program sponsors or exhibitors/vendors.  

If you have any questions regarding this call for presenters please contact Margaret DeLacy, Conference Chair, at president@oatag.org 




SENG Model Parent Groups (SENG)
SENG Parent Support Groups bring 10 to 15 interested parents of gifted children together to discuss such topics as communication, motivation, discipline, intensity, perfectionism, and peer relationships. The facilitator of the group is knowledgeable about parenting and about educating gifted children. The parents of the high-ability children are themselves also a rich resource of information, and they are able to get fresh ideas from other parents and from A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Children, the book around which the discussions are organized.
 
for more information, follow the links below.


Woodinville SMPG forming now. Email president@nwgca.org

- General SMPG Information
- Bellevue SMPG
- Conway SMPG
- Everett/Snohomish/Lake Stevens/Marysville SMPGs
- Seattle SMPG
- Skagit Valley SMPGs
- Spokane SMPG
- Tacoma SMPG
- Washougal SMPG
- Woodinville SMPG (New group starting in September)​

SENGinars

SENG webinars (SENGinars) provide convenient access to many of the top experts in the gifted field discussing issues related to the social and emotional needs of the gifted. The 90-minute webinars are designed expressly for parents, educators and mental health professionals who work with gifted children. You’ll have an opportunity to ask questions at the end of each live webinar. For more information, go to the SENG website.

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Northwest Gifted Child Association, PO Box 2752, Woodinville, WA 98072-2752
We are a 501(c)3 Non-Profit - Tax ID: 91-0781776
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