The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children        Workshop and Discussion Forum

"Like Minds" is the 2022 theme of Gifted Awareness Week Australia (21-29 May). Effectively supporting the social and emotional needs of our gifted children can truly help them flourish in their own wellbeing and achievements.

This two and a half hour interactive workshop which includes reviews of practical classroom resources will be facilitated by Dr Jae Jung (Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales and Director of Gifted Education Resource, Research, and Information Centre). It will be targeted at teachers, a brief introduction to key topics in gifted education (i.e., definitions, underachievement and identification) will be followed by discussion of the socio-emotional development of gifted students. Among the topics to be covered will be the socio-emotional characteristics of gifted students, common socio-emotional issues faced by gifted students, perfectionism, socio-emotional curriculum to support gifted students, and bibliotherapy as a non-curricular intervention to support the socio-emotional development of gifted students. Participants will be asked to engage in a number of activities during the presentation. Time will be devoted at the end to answer any questions.

Workshop details:

Venue: Glenelg Golf Club, James Melrose Road, Novar Gardens SA 5040
Session Time: 9.00am - 11.30am

(This workshop is being repeated in the afternoon - Participants are only required to attend one workshop)
Tea, coffee and nibbles will be provided
Please arrive up to 15 minutes prior to the session
This is a COVID safe event - Sign-in sheets will be required to complete on arrival.

Any enquiries regarding this workshop please contact:
Dr Rebecca D. Napier
Email: rebecca.napier@cesa.catholic.edu.au Phone: 8301 6817

Registration closes: 4.00pm Friday, 20 May 2022 

Any enquiries regarding registration please contact:
Rebecca Chhalotre
Email: rebecca.chhalotre@cesa.catholic.edu.au