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SENG Webinar Event – Oct. 18th: Journaling for the Gifted Child

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Developing Social and Emotional Growth in the Gifted Child Through Journaling
Presented by Kathleen Casper

Explore the different characteristics of gifted children and how journaling can help these unique individuals express themselves, work through stresses, organize their lives, highlight creativity areas, and increase their social skills. We will also look at ways to support introverted and extroverted gifted children through journaling, and discuss different types of journaling activities and ways to extend writing outside of their journals and into the world.

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SENG Webinar Event – Sept. 20th: Joyful Living in 6 Easy Steps

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Presented by: Dianne Allen, MA, CAP

Gifted individuals can take life very seriously and often miss the power of living joy filled. By learning the steps to living joyfully, one can establish and maintain a lighter life which leads to a healthier lifestyle on all levels, especially emotionally.

This presentation discusses joy as a vital part of life. The importance of joy and the 6 easy steps to living joy will be presented. How to establish and maintain a joyful daily life will be presented.

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New SENGinar April 19th: Teaching Academics to Gifted Youth with Asperger’s

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Presented by Terry Friedrichs, Ph.D., Ed.D.

In this SENGinar, parents and educators will discover, among other things, how to improve on the youths’ skills in communicating, understanding directions, and predicting consequences in basic academic subjects at the elementary, middle and secondary levels.

Gifted students with Asperger’s Syndrome are increasingly being identified in school systems. This webinar presents ideas for teaching these students basic academic subjects – reading, writing and mathematics – at the elementary, middle, and secondary levels, in more socially and emotionally supportive ways. Dr. Friedrichs offers approaches at each level on instructing reading, writing and mathematics, taking into account the high-potential and challenging traits associated with Asperger’s, specifically including social, communication and restrictive-interest characteristics.

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SENG Webinar Event December 15, 2011 — Touching the Mystery: Spiritual Dimensions of Giftedness

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Who am I? Where did I come from? What will become of me?

Presented by Joy L. Navan, Ph.D.

These are existential questions asked by many gifted children with deep spiritual concerns. In this SENGinar, Dr. Navan ponders these questions and their impact on our children, and presents several dimensions of spiritual giftedness, including a review of research in the field. Through interactive sharing and case studies of spiritually gifted children, she engages attendees in a discussion of ways that parents and educators can recognize, honor, and respond to spiritual facets of gifted children.

Date: Dec. 15th, 2011

Time: 4:30 PM Pacific

Location: Participate at home or office using your computer.

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SENGinar – “Existential Depression in Gifted Children and Adults ”

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“Existential Depression in Gifted Children and Adults ”

presented by James T. Webb, Ph.D.

Gifted children and adults are prone to existential depression because of their intensity, sensitivity, and idealism, and because they can see the inconsistencies in the values and behaviors of others around them. In their search for meaning, gifted children are likely to question traditions, particularly those that seem meaningless or unfair- but this prompts others to withdraw from or reject them. As a result, gifted children feel alone in an absurd, arbitrary, and meaningless world where they also feel powerless to change that world.

This workshop describes processes that lead to existential depression, relates these to Dabrowski’s theory of Positive Disintegration, as well as to other psychological theories, and offers some specific ways to ameliorate existential depression.
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About James T. Webb, Ph.D.

James T. Webb, Ph.D., the founder of SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of Gifted Children), has been recognized as one of the 25 most influential psychologists nationally on gifted education. The lead author of five books and several DVDs about gifted children, Dr. Webb served on the Board of Directors for the National Association for Gifted Children. In 2010, he received the prestigious Ruth A. Martinson Past-Presidents’ Award from the California Association for Gifted.

SENGinar: “I’m not old enough for college, but I’m READY to learn!”

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Only One Week Left to Register…

“I’m not old enough for college,

but I’m READY to learn!”

Preparing children with the

social-emotional skills for success.

Want to make sure your kid will do well when they head to the university? Whether your child is in preschool or in high school, find out how to help your child develop the social and emotional skills that will equip them for success in the college world.

This SENGinar will examine the development of social and emotional behaviors that, in an academic setting, will help equip a student with the necessary social skills to thrive in a college environment. Though our gifted children often possess great intellect and may have never experienced academic hardship, it can be difficult to transition to a new environment where social skills can be the key to higher achievement.