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January 2015: Resources and Local Events

1/9/2015

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Plan ahead if you are looking for fun activities that take place between now and May!

Fermilab announcements: Spring Science Adventures for students grades K-8; Family Open House Feb. 8 from 1:00-5:00; Wonders of Science program March 15th, 1:00-2:00, tickets $4 each; High School STEM Career Fair, April 22 5:30-8:30 pm; Dr. Temple Grandin lecture: "Different Kinds of Minds Contribute to Society," May 14th and 15th (15th is sold out), tickets $7 each

IMSA Funshops in February and March for students in grades 3-6

NIU STEM Saturdays in Dekalb or Naperville for ages 8 and up

Waubonsee Community College Spring Break Camps for ages 4-14

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Researcher Kyung Hee Kim explores the question: "Underachievement and Creativity: Are Gifted Underachievers Highly Creative?" and suggests remedies to help reverse patterns of underachievement for students who are gifted, highly creative, or both.

Gail Post, PhD psychologist, in blog posts collected here provides some useful advice about helping gifted students with test anxiety, understanding procrastination, advocating for your G/T child, and planning ahead for college during the high school years.

This summary of a #gtchat about gifted education and middle school provides some insight from educators and experts about what makes these years so unique for your G/T child's emotional, social, and academic development.

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Identifying and Supporting Executive Functioning Issues

12/15/2014

PHOTO credit: Tim Pierce, original image @ https://www.flickr.com/photos/qwrrty/15375833813/

Executive function skills are those that help us to plan, organize, remember, prioritize, initiate work, finish work, concentrate, and keep track of time. Trouble with executive function skills often interferes with success at school or work. If you suspect or know that your child needs help with executive functioning, the articles below can help you to learn more.

How Do I Know if My Child Has Executive Function Issues? from the Child Mind Institute
Executive Functioning Issues: What You're Seeing in Your Child from Understood.org
Why So Many Bright Kids Are Struggling in School blog entry with advice from educator A. Vogel
Kids Whose Time is Less Structured Are Better Able to Meet Their Own Goals research from the University of Colorado, Boulder
Tips for Parents: Executive Functioning at Home and School by A. Yermish at the Davidson Institute. Yermish reminds us that "[g]ifted kids often develop asynchronously; some aspects of development seem to lag behind others. It is not uncommon to find a gifted kid who has very high cognitive abilities, yet struggles with one or more aspects of executive functioning (EF)."

December 2014: Resources and Events

12/2/2014

Dec. 8-14 is the week of the Hour of Code!

        What is the Hour of Code?
        The Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction         to computer science, designed to demystify             code and show that anybody can learn the             basics.
        Learn more here.

For the month of December, NAGC has arranged with Gifted Child Quarterly's publisher to again "open" the fall 2013 issue on twice-exceptional students to the public. PDFs of the articles are available to read and share.

IMSA Preview Day is Sunday, January 11. Registration is required. Find more information at the IMSA website.

February 8-10 is the IAGC convention in Naperville. There are panels especially for parents. For more information and the schedule, see the convention webpage.

November 2014 Local Events, Resources, Articles

11/11/2014

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IMSA is running its winter Funshops, one-day weekend workshops, for students in grades 3-6.

On November 17 at 6 p.m., Naperville's STAGE 2e SOS group for parents of twice-exceptional children is sponsoring a presentation about executive function and academic tasks. See their posting about the presentation to learn more. RSVP is required, as it takes place at a Naperville restaurant.

NIU STEM Outreach's fun STEM Saturdays program has some dates left in December and lots of new dates for January through April. Find more information on their website.

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An opinion piece in the Baltimore Sun that provides food for thought about meeting the needs of all students: "Smart is not a dirty word" by Elaine Tuttle Hansen, the executive director of The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth.

A gifted and talented chat (#gtchat) session on Twitter, themed "The Joys and Challenges of Twice-Exceptional Kids," from October 1 is summed up and accompanied by dozens of useful links at this location. You don't need to be on Twitter to read it!

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Local October Event

9/30/2014

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On October 23 at 7 p.m., STAGE, Naperville School District 203's counterpart to CANDO, is hosting Kimberlee King, who will speak about giftedness. Details about the event are available at STAGE's website here.

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Back to School!

8/5/2014

We hope you had a fantastic summer!

All Batavia students and their families are welcome to attend CANDO's 3rd annual Back-to-School Picnic in the Park! It will take place on Saturday, August 16, from 11:30-1:30 at Big Woods Park in Batavia. See our home page for full details. Please join us!

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This Psychology Today blog that describes why gifted education matters is a response to a recent Washington Post column.

IAGC provided this PDF containing a collection of links to articles from SENG. The subjects covered are healthy development (psychosocial development, parenting, teasing); gifted teens; diverse learners (2e, racial discrimination); and grandparenting the gifted.

This map from the Davidson Institute shows how Illinois' gifted education policies stack up against those in other states.

Summer Opportunities and Articles of Note

5/29/2014

Looking for stuff to do this summer?

Fermilab has a number of science-related summer workshops for K-8 students. The workshops last between one and four days. Go to Fermilab's Science Adventures page to see all the offerings and learn more.

The Batavia Robotics Club has fun summer Lego Robotics camps for kids from grades 1-12. See the options at their website.
Do you have a child who likes to read? You can find recommended reading lists arranged by subject of interest at Hoagies' Gifted Ed Page here. There are a number of other readings lists available on an earlier blog post. To find them, click on the "reading" tag on the right sidebar.

See March 18 post below for a list of other local summer programs. They might still have openings!

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This article on Mind/Shift, "For Frustrated Gifted Kids, a World of Online Opportunities," describes various online options enjoyed by gifted learners looking for more.

The Spring 2014 CTD Newsletter focuses on twice-exceptional students.

The Davidson Institute brings us this Q & A from Tamra Stambaugh, a researcher in gifted education at Vanderbilt, that explores the impact of the Common Core on gifted education.

March: Events, Summer Enrichment, Awards, and Further Reading

3/18/2014

At 7 p.m. on Monday, March 24, we are hosting a seminar for parents and educators about common traits of gifted students: "How Well Do You Know Your Gifted Child?" presented by Elizabeth Selander Hutchins, BPS101's retired gifted coordinator. Please join us in the Rotolo LMC (library). More details are available here. See you there!

Summer is coming! A number of local summer enrichment programs are open for registration:

summer camps at IMSA for students from 3rd through 8th grade
NIU STEM summer camps for students from 5th through 12th grade
Waubonsee Community College offers Xcelerate summer camps for kids ages 4-14
NUMATS Center for Talent Development summer programs for kids from pre-K through 12th grade
Camp Invention has an early bird discount for signing up before March 28
The Center for Gifted has a spring weekend series and summer programs

Does your child enjoy creating things? Entries are now being accepted for the 2014 Torrance Legacy Creativity Awards. These awards honor the legacy of C. Paul Torrance, a pioneer in research on creativity in education. Children from ages 8-18 are encouraged to submit their original work in writing, the visual arts, music composition, or inventions. The deadline for submissions is August 8.

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In this article, Mindy Solomon, a psychologist at Colorado's Gifted Development Center, explores the question, "Are Individuals with Eating Disorders More Likely to Be Gifted?"

The Twice-Exceptional Newsletter offers a list of issues to consider when faced with pronounced underachievement in gifted students. For those with 2e students, the newsletter and its free briefings are wonderful resources.

Are you on Twitter? Check out #gtchat. It is a global forum that takes place at 6 p.m. CDT on Fridays for educators, researchers, advocates, and parents to share and discuss ideas about gifted and talented education. Find out more information or dig through the transcripts of previous #gtchat topics here (you can read them even if you aren't on Twitter!).

NAGC's publication Parenting for High Potential has a page on Facebook that can be a great resource.

January 2015: Resources and Local Events

Identifying and Supporting Executive Functioning Issues

December 2014: Resources and Events

November 2014 Local Events, Resources, Articles

Local October Event

Back to School!

Summer Opportunities and Articles of Note

March: Events, Summer Enrichment, Awards, and Further Reading

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