An information session for parents and educators
Dr Gail Post
Building resilience in gifted children
What is resilience? Why is it important? And how can your gifted child or student build more of it?
including
- How do you know if your child or student needs to build resilience?
- What is the interplay between individual, family and school factors that either enhance or complicate resilience-building?
- How does giftedness or twice-exceptionality impact the child’s resilience-building capacities?
- What are some basic guidelines and tools you can use to help your child or student improve their resilience?
Bring your questions, concerns, and personal wisdom to this workshop as we explore the many aspects of resilience-building and how you can help your gifted child or student.
At
10:30am, Saturday 21stOctober, 2023
Online Delivery
Those registered will be emailed a link and instructions a few days before the event.
Current TAG financial members - free; non-members - $25
Gail Post, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist, parenting coach/consultant, workshop leader, writer, and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. In practice for over 35 years, she provides psychotherapy and parent coaching with a focus on the needs of the intellectually and musically gifted and twice-exceptional. Dr. Post is the parent of two gifted young adults and served as co-chair of a gifted parents advocacy group when her children were in school. Her writing includes articles, several book chapters, a long-standing blog, Gifted Challenges, and her new book, The Gifted Parenting Journey: A Guide to Self-discovery and Support for Families of Gifted Children. You can find out more at https://www.gailpost.com/.
Tasmanian Association for the Gifted Inc ABN: 97 898 651 769 GPO Box 1942 Hobart Tas 7001