SSC Offers Network For Parents Of Gifted Students – Nation’s Foremost GATE Experts To Present

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Are you the parent or primary caretaker of a gifted child?  Southeast Service Cooperative (SSC) will offer the opportunity for you to network with other parents, and share in presentations from some of the nation’s foremost experts on gifted and talented learners through its Gifted and Talented Learners’ Parent Network. The network’s goal is to promote effective, thoughtful, and differentiated learning options and parenting tips for caregivers of gifted children.

March 20 - Parenting to All Types of Brains

Dr. Jane Kise 
If you struggle with parenting your gifted child, or any child, this session is for you. Not all gifted children are the same—and using the same parenting strategies on all can lead to disaster, especially if your children aren’t wired like you. Hear from a parent of two gifted children (now young adults) who is also an expert in personality type, describe how this rich theory assists in navigating landmines including discipline, homework, and family togetherness. Take a peek into the brains of students with different personality types for “seeing is believing” evidence of the need for different parenting approaches.

May 1- Perfectionism
Dr. Thomas S. Greenspon

How do we encourage kids to “be all they can be,” without creating perfectionists?  Perfectionism is the desire to be perfect, the fear of imperfection, and the emotional conviction that perfection is the route to personal acceptability. Mistakes are seen as signs of personal defects; perfectionism is a self-esteem issue. While the pursuit of excellence is vitalizing, perfectionism’s inseparable dark side is the intense anxiety about never being good enough. Perfectionism is not part of giftedness, though gifted kids can be vulnerable. Find out what perfectionism is, where it comes from, and how to encourage excellence, not perfection, at home or in the classroom. Dr. Greenspon is a licensed psychologist and licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice.

Sessions take place at SSC’s Wood Lake Event Center (210 Wood Lake Drive SE, Rochester) on Thursdays from 5:30 – 7:00 PM and cost $12 each. Accommodations may be made if cost is prohibitive. Please go to www.ssc.coop or contact Nicole LaChapelle, nlachapelle@ssc.coop or (507) 281-6674 for more information or to register.

Southeast Service Cooperative, ISD #921, has operated since 1976 under Minnesota School Law 123A.21.  It is a public, non-profit cooperative of over 70 schools, local government, and non-profits to maximize resources and increase value through collaboration.