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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 27 , 2021 03:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Cultivating Awareness and Acceptance for the Neurodivergent

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S2, E10: Cultivating Awareness and Acceptance for the Neurodivergent

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Andrea Finnegan, Yale School of Nursing Co-Director of Operation House Call & Doctoral Student at Bridges Graduate School of Cognitive Diversity

Andrea brings a driven, compassionate approach to her work and teaching philosophy. Much of her desire to create a paradigm shift in society for twice-exceptionality and disability is credited to her ongoing personal experience as a devoted mother of multiple twice exceptional children with very different talents, learning styles and challenges.

Currently, Andrea serves as Co-Director and Parent Instructor for Operation House Call at the Yale School of Nursing. The OHC program uses families to support health care professionals in building confidence, interest and sensitivity in their work with individuals who have intellectual and/or developmental differences. (Operation House Call, 2016). It has been her passion to educate for better understanding of individuals whose neurological profiles don’t fit the standard textbook protocol in medical professions. These individuals have what is referred to as “IDD”, an umbrella term for a wide variety of intellectual and developmental differences. Yale graduate nursing students are taught how to think and treat these “outside of the box” patients with confidence in this program by using families as teachers.

Aside from teaching, Andrea is currently a doctoral student at the Bridges School of Cognitive Diversity in Education. Andrea earned her M.S. Ed at Southern Connecticut State University and served as a second and third grade teacher of a progressive education methodology classroom in the Clinton Public School System. It was in this inclusive, multi-age classroom that she was able to provide the support and growth for twice exceptional students, as well as those students solely with a disability. She continues to use this methodology today in her teachings at the graduate school level. In her Madison, CT community, Andrea is working on piloting an educational program called “In My Shoes” with the Madison Youth & Family Services assistant director. The In My Shoes program provides engaging lessons that cultivate awareness and acceptance for disabled and neuro-divergent individuals. Classes includes fun, hands-on lessons and counseling discussions on how children can be better friends to those who have differences. The most current class taught was focused on neurodiversity, teaching students how it may feel to have dyslexia, autism and AHDA. Its mission is to foster understanding, empathy and better supportive peer relationships, as well as teach students.

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You are invited to a Zoom webinar. (Link leads to the event in the GHF Forum – Member Content)
When: November 19, 2021 03:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Cultivating Awareness and Acceptance for the Neurodivergent

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S2, E8: Supporting Twice-Exceptional Learners

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Emily Kircher-Morris, LPC

President and founder of the Gifted Support Network and inspired by her own experience as a twice-exceptional (2e) learner, Emily Kircher- Morris, M.A., M.Ed., LPC, is dedicated to supporting 2e children in a way she wasn’t during her academic years.

Emily has taught in gifted classrooms, has been a school counselor, and is now in private practice as a licensed professional counselor, where she specializes in helping gifted and twice-exceptional kids.

She is also the host of The Neurodiversity Podcast, which explores issues related to neurodiversity throughout the lifespan. Emily lives near St. Louis, Missouri.

Please join us for this event! 
You are invited to a Zoom webinar. (Link leads to the event in the GHF Forum – Member Content)
When: August 27, 2021 03:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Supporting Twice-Exceptional Learners

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S2, E3: “Discover how Environment and Nutrition Impact a Child’s Behavior” with Joan Cass CTNC, FNP

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“Discover how Environment and Nutrition Impact a Child’s Behavior” 

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“We know our children’s health and behavior (and ours) is affected by the food we eat and the world we live in, but the relationship isn’t always as obvious as, say, being on a sugar high or getting hangry.  Join us as we talk with Holistic and Functional Nutrition Practitioner, Joan Cass, as we explore some of the links between nutrition, environment, and behavior.  Joan will dispel some of the mystery surrounding (whatever you want to talk about) and give us some practical advice for creating and maintaining a healthy balance.”

Joan Cass CTNC, FNP

Joan Cass CTNC, FNP is a Holistic and Functional Nutrition Practitioner/Health Coach that consults the Gifted/2e community. She provides innovative “Bio-Neuro Hack” tools & resources on health & parenting, pulling from years of homeschooling, research & training in Functional Nutrition, Neuroinflammation, Gastrointestinal & Autoimmune and clinical studies. She loves to instill HOPE by educating others about healthy options through awareness and changing perspectives. This is her key strategy for handling the many issues that she faces as a parent of a Gifted/2e child, sharing the same goals – to help kids achieve their greatest potential!

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S2, E2: A Conversation with the author of Parenting Young Gifted Children: What to Expect When you Have the Unexpected

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A Conversation with the author of Parenting Young Gifted Children: What to Expect When you Have the Unexpected

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Join us as we chat with Catherine Gruener, psychotherapist, consultant, author, parent, and advocate for gifted and 2e kids. We’ll ask Catherine about positive discipline, encouragement parenting, and more.

Catherine Gruener, M.A., M.A., LCPC, LCMHC, NCC, BC-TMH

Catherine Gruener, author of Parenting Young Gifted Children: What to Expect When you Have the Unexpected is a parent of a 2E teen, step-mother and grandmother, award winning counselor trained in counseling gifted, double graduate degreed in neuropsychology and clinical counseling, board certified in positive discipline with training in Parent Management techniques from the Yale Parent Center, who has worked with hundreds of parents of gifted and 2E children, helping them understand the social and emotional challenges of being gifted, identify strengths, and learn evidence-based parent strategies that work with gifted and 2E children. Her goal is to help families create more connected, more fulfilling, and more loving relationships. Since 2009 Catherine has provided training to parents of gifted children through organizations such as the Illinois Association for Gifted Children (IAGC), Chicago Gifted Community Center (CGCC), Davidson Institute, Science and Arts Academy, Quest Academy, Avery Coonley, and many of the private and public parents organizations in the greater Chicago-land area, advocating for gifted and profoundly gifted children through volunteer committee and board memberships with IAGC and CGCC. She provides online and in-person workshops and DIY courses using research-based parenting strategies, emotional regulation and anxiety management skills that create results.

You can find Catherine at these websites
https://www.catherinegruener.com
https:/www.gruenerconsulting.com

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