Gifted and Unique: Navigating the adolescent years
Hosted by Catalyst Counseling, PLLC and NW Assessment and Advocacy
Monday, September 24 at 6:30 PM - 8 PM
Bothell Library, 18215 98th Ave NE, Bothell, WA 98011


​NWGCA Fall Event with Richard Rusczyk
Problem Solving: Key to a 21st Century Education and a Rewarding Career
Presented by Richard Rusczyk, Founder of Art of Problem Solving (aops.com)

Tuesday, October 16
7:15 PM - 9:00 PM
Brightwater Community Center, Woodinville, WA
Register Today ($20, bring a friend for only $5 more)

Wednesday, October 17
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Bainbridge Island School District Board Room
9530 NE High School Road, Bainbridge Island, WA
Free event
The rote memorization of facts is an insufficient means of educating the youth of today. Instead, problem-solving skills enable students to use the information they've learned in infinitely useful ways. Jobs that involve repetitive procedures are becoming increasingly automated. There is a growing need for those who can solve non-routine problems. The memorizer can only solve problems he has encountered already, but the problem solver can solve problems she's never seen before, and above all, she can create.

Art of Problem Solving Founder, Richard Rusczyk, will talk about the importance of a problem-solving based math curriculum in today's educational climate. Parents and educators will find Richard's message to be wise and insightful, as well as full of practical tips for how to access math curriculums that build students' problem solving muscles, from elementary through high school.

Richard Rusczyk has authored 7 textbooks and was past Director of the USA Mathematical Talent Search. He was a participant in National MATHCOUNTS, a three-time participant in the Math Olympiad Summer Program, and a USA Mathematical Olympiad winner (1989). He received the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions Paul Erdös Award in 2014. He graduated from Princeton University in 1993. At AoPS, Richard gets to pursue his life's passion, educating motivated students.

Heads up in Olympia!
Susan Daniels will be speaking at Nova School in Olympia on October 11 at 7pm. Her talk title is "Visual Learning and Gifted Students: A Different Way of Being Bright." Her new book "Visual Learning and Teaching: An Essential Guide for Educators K-8," published by Free Spirit Publishing, will be available in September and is available for preorder now on Amazon. More details will be in our next newsletter.

WAETAG
Oct 12-13, 2018
Hilton, Bellevue WA
This year's theme is Innovation & Equity. Keynote speakers include Lisa Van Gemert, the Gifted Guru, and Dr. Kristina Henry Collins, President-Elect of SENGifted. 
Register Here


Putting together the Puzzle of a Gifted Family
Assessing Gifted Intensities, Addressing Ongoing Conflicts, Applying Creative Strategies

November 3, 2018
9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Phinney Ridge Center
6532 Phinney Avenue North
Room 31
Seattle, WA 98103
Facilitators: Anne van Roden and Gloria Sandford - both experienced parents of gifted children and licensed mental health professionals.
Purpose: Come join us for an interactive and inspiring workshop where you will learn key tools to help your gifted family thrive. This full-day workshop will apply SENG concepts at a deeper level focusing on the whole family. Specific tools include: 1) measuring certain gifted traits in family members, 2) examining how different patterns can cause ongoing conflicts and misunderstandings and 3) identifying some strategies to help address those challenges. Participants will leave with uniquely crafted strategies to help their family live together in a more cohesive and harmonious manner.
Register Here
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What Parents and Educators Need to Know about Smart Kids
Many people are surprised to learn that their 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. Presented by Austina De Bonte, President of NWGCA.

​Dates TBD.  

​Invite us to speak to your group
The mission of NWGCA is to support parents of gifted children across the state and provide resources, information, and coaching about raising gifted children.  

NWGCA Board Members love to speak to parent groups, and we're even doing more and more professional development for teachers these days. Our parent group talks are FREE, and are available on a variety of topics that can be customized to the needs of your community. info@nwgca.org

Since 2015 we have done presentations in Wenatchee, Bellingham, Bainbridge, Gig Harbor, Bothell, Edmonds, Othello, Centralia, Bellevue, Lake Stevens, Mount Vernon, Redmond, Spokane, Everett/Mukilteo, Issaquah, Renton, King County Juvenile Court, Yakima, West Valley, Lynden, West Seattle, Burien, Highline, Federal Way, Kelso, Leavenworth, Kenmore, Monroe, and Camas. 

Board members have presented sessions at the following conferences: NAGC, SENG, WAETAG, Celebration of Talent, OATAG.

Please email us if you would like to schedule a speaker.
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SENG Model Parent Groups (SMPGs)

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 SMGP

- Everett/Snohomish/Lake Stevens/Marysville SMPGs
- Seattle SMPG

- 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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