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S2, E11: Understanding 2e and Sensory Processing with Dr. Tam Keith Skye

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Dr. Tam Keith Skye

Years ago, Dr. Skye was an “accidental” homeschooler who suddenly found herself homeschooling while also needing to work full time. Luckily, she had the advantage of being a certified teacher and instructional designer trained in personalized and mastery-based learning. Add to that, she had years of experience helping “outside the box” students in the public school system.

Even with this, it was a challenging transition, and she learned a new approach to work, and life! She has helped hundreds of parents over the years, specializing in student-centric approaches to meet the unique needs of each learner. Many of the families have been fellow accidental homeschoolers: they didn’t plan on homeschooling, but something happened, so now what?

She helps them through step-by-step guidance in getting started, or in restructuring their current homeschool program to better meet the academic and emotional needs of their children. Dr. Skye also trains public and private school teachers, usually at the secondary and college levels. Her own success with mastery-based instructional design has resulted in strong academic gains (averaging gains of 10 – 30 percentile points) while prioritizing student well-being and the joy of learning. She even created an accredited world-wide school which was featured by iNacol as a model program for personalized learning. In everything she does, she advocates for neurodiversity, moving from simple awareness, to understanding, acceptance, and respect.

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When: November 5, 2021 3:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Dr. Tam Keith Skye, Understanding 2e and Sensory Processing

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S2, E7: Gail Post, Perspectives on Giftedness from a Psychologist, Writer and Parent.

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Gail Post, PhD. Psychologist.

Gail Post, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist, parenting coach, workshop leader, and writer. In clinical practice for over 35 years, she provides psychotherapy in the Philadelphia area with a focus on the needs of the intellectually and musically gifted; consultation with educators and psychotherapists; and parent coaching throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Dr. Post served as co-chair of a gifted parents advocacy group when her children were in school, and continues to advocate through workshops with schools and parenting groups.


Her unique purview from her professional and personal roles gives her valuable insights, which she will share with us in this episode, as well as in her contributions to the upcoming GHF® Press book, Perspectives on Giftedness: Sound Advice from Parents and Professionals https://ghflearners.org/press/. 

Additionally, Post’s writing related to giftedness includes online articles, several book chapters, plans for an upcoming book, and a long-standing blog, Gifted Challenges. You can follow her at www.giftedchallenges.com, https://www.facebook.com/GiftedChallenges/ and https://twitter.com/giftedchlnges, or find out more at https://www.gailpost.com.

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When: October 4, 2021 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Gail Post, Perspectives on Giftedness from a Psychologist, Writer and Parent with Gail Post

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S2, E9: Suki Wessling, Writer and Educator. Teaching to strengths rather than focusing on weaknesses.

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Suki Wessling, writer and educator.

When I was raising my own children, I learned about the special education approach of teaching to strengths rather than focusing on weaknesses. Ever since, this has been my approach, and I believe it results in more confident, self-directed learners.

Suki Wessling is a writer of widely published poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. She has worked as a college English teacher, small press publisher, graphic designer, and journalist. Suki writes about gifted children, education, and homeschooling, with an emphasis on serving the emotional and academic needs of unusual learners. Her books, From School to Homeschool (Great Potential Press) and Exploring Homeschooling for your Gifted Learner (National Association for Gifted Children), introduce parents seeking alternative educational approaches for their gifted children to the basics of homeschooling. Her book, Homeschool with Confidence, is a goal-setting guide for teens that she uses in connection with her online goal-setting courses for teens. Suki is also the author of Hanna, Homeschooler, a chapter book. Suki teaches writing, literature, and education classes for children and adults in person and online at Athena’s Advanced Academy. She writes a blog about learning for children at http://kidblog.sukiwessling.com/ and one for adults at http://blog.sukiwessling.com/.

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When: September 17, 2021 03:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Teaching to strengths rather than focusing on weaknesses with Suki Wessling

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Parenting Through Development and Collaborative Communication

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Dr. Lin Lim speaks on raising neurodiverse children.

Join Dr. Lin Lim as she describes her own personal journey raising neurodiverse teenages with flexibility, humor, and reflection. She has begun using translational neuroscience to understand 2E children and has been an advocate of learning to speak their language of verbal and non-verbal communication while teaching them to speak ours.

Dr. Lim is a founding member of the Texas-based non-profit, Gifted Education Family Network (GEFN), which focus on gifted families and support gifted education in public schools. She currently serves as the Treasurer for GEFN and also serves on the National Board of Directors for SENG and serves as the Co-chair of the SMPG Committee. Additionally, Dr. Lim also serves on the Bridges Graduate School of Cognitive Diversity in Education Graduate Certificate Program Advisory Committee. She is currently involved with strategic planning at the 2e Research Center, part of the Bridges Educational Group that includes Bridges Academy, Bridges Graduate School of Cognitive Diversity in Education, Bridges Media and the 2e Research Center.

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When: September 10, 2021 04:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Cultivating Awareness and Acceptance for the Neurodivergent

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S2, E11: Discussion of the Reggio Emilia Method

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Molly Hood Discusses the Reggio Emilia Method

Molly Hood is the founder of Imaginarium Homeschooling. It is a project for student lead project based learning guided by expert mentors. Molly is the parent of two gifted children, boy/girl twins. She hold a Masters Degree in Education from the University of Pennsylvania and a Graduate Certificate in Reggio Emilia Studies from Antioch University.

The Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education views young children as individuals who are curious about their world and have the powerful potential to learn from all that surrounds them. Educational, psychological, and sociological influences are important factors to consider in understanding children and working to stimulate learning in appropriate ways. Reggio teachers employ strategies such as exposing children to a wide variety of educational opportunities that encourage self-expression, communication, logical thinking, and problem-solving.

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You are invited to a Zoom webinar. (Link leads to the event in the GHF Forum – Member Content)
When: December 17 , 2021 03:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Cultivating Awareness and Acceptance for the Neurodivergent

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