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Meeting the Needs of Gifted and High-Ability Children
Join us for a presentation by John Pellino and Monita Leavitt, Board Members of the Connecticut Association for Gifted Children, for a “CAG in Your Community” Presentation hosted by Beacon, a Greenwich Education Group School. For more information on Beacon, visit us on the web at www.beacon-ct.org.
Topics covered will include:
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Characteristics of gifted children
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Social and emotional issues prevalent among gifted children
Asynchronous development and why it is important to understand
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What parents and educators can do to help meet the needs of gifted and high-ability students, including those from culturally diverse backgrounds
Resources that are available to help parents and educators
How parents and children can connect with those of similar interests in your area and in the state
The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session. Free materials, information, and resources will be available for distribution. CAG’s A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Education will be available for purchase.
OUR PRESENTERS:
Dr. Monita Leavitt is an international consultant and teacher trainer in gifted education who has taught gifted children for over 25 years. Dr. Leavitt is the author of Building a Gifted Program: Identifying and Educating Students in Your School (2007) and a contributing author for the second edition of Exceptional Needs Standards NBPTS National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (2010). Dr. Leavitt is a Board Member for IGET Network (S. Africa), the Bavarian Gifted and Talented Children Center, and CAG (CT Association for the Gifted) and served as Academic Dean at Yale University for SIG (Summer Institute for the Gifted) in 2011.
John Pellino is Associate Director at Talcott Mountain Science Center in Avon CT, and Vice President at Connecticut Association for the Gifted. His training is in biology, educational psychology, and educational technology. His experience includes 30+ years of teaching in mainstream and G/T classrooms, mentorship, distance learning, school project management and research, as well as development of curriculum, instruction and evaluation in science, educational technology and G/T.
RSVP: Pam Towne ptowne@greenwichedgroup.com
Directions: www.beacon-ct.org/about/location
