An evening for parents and teachers
With
A/Prof Alina Morawska
About
Parenting Gifted Children
Gifted children and their parents experience some unique needs. While in general gifted and talented children exhibit no more behavioural difficulties than do other children, they may experience greater levels of emotional symptoms and peer problems. Parental confidence in managing children’s behavioural and emotional difficulties has been identified as an important factor in helping parents work through parenting challenges. This presentation will focus on some of the challenges of parenting gifted and talented children and ways to both prevent and manage such challenges. Research on the Triple P – Positive Parenting Program and some of the tailoring in the program for parents of gifted and talented children will be discussed.
7.30 pm, Tuesday 19th October 2021
Cost: current TAG financial members - free; non-members - $10
Those registered will be emailed a link and instructions for connecting to Zoom a few days before the event.
A/Prof Alina Morawska is the Deputy Director (Research) at the Parenting and Family Support Centre, The University of Queensland. Her research focuses on behavioural family intervention as a means for promoting positive family relationships, and the prevention and early intervention for young children at risk of developing behavioural and emotional problems. In particular, her focus is on improving the health and overall wellbeing of children and families. She completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Queensland in 2004, for which she received the Australian Psychological Society's Excellent PhD Thesis in Psychology Award. She has published extensively in the field of parenting and family intervention and has received numerous grants to support her research. She has been recognised as Australia’s top scholar in family studies. She is a Director of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy Ltd.
CONTACT DETAILS: tasgifted@gmail.com
Biographical details and qualifications are supplied by the presenter and may not have been verified by TAG.
The advice offered in this session is general in nature and may not be specific to your individual situation. Whilst all care is taken to provide accurate advice, please seek a second opinion or consult an expert about your specific circumstances.