Dr. MaryGrace Stewart

Ideal4Gifted founder and Chief Education Officer, Dr. MaryGrace Stewart, has been a revered influence in the field of gifted and talented for over 35 years, teaching and leading pre-K-12th grade students in both public and private schools. She has held education certifications in NY, MA, and CT, and has been a presenter on gifted education topics nationally and internationally. Stewart has designed gifted programs and has written gifted education curricula and various articles on gifted education topics.

Dr. Stewart is a member of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children and the National Association for Gifted Children where she is involved in several of their networks and has been the Program Chair for the Parent and Community Network, and is a member and prior president of the board of directors for the Massachusetts Association for Gifted Education. She is a member of the MA State Gifted and Talented Advisory Council. 

Dr. Stewart has received several awards in education, including two teacher-of-the-year awards from districts in NY and CT, the Service Award from the MA Assoc. for Gifted Education, and this November she received national recognition from NAGC for her work with both MAGE and IDEAL4Gifted.

Her doctorate is from the University of Southern California in Education Leadership and Change. She holds an advanced graduate degree (ABD) from the University of Connecticut in Gifted Education, a masters in Physiology/Education/Art from SUNY Fredonia, a bachelor’s in art education from SUCNY Buffalo, AND… a certificate of Mime for the Actor from The Canadian Mime School at Niagara on the Lake, Ontario!

Don’t miss this sure-to-be edifying episode!

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: June 17, 2022 3:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

---

Join GHF to enjoy these interviews and more

GHF Membership is our primary source of income for this non-profit. GHF has no full-time staff and we are just looking to cover our costs. Your $49.99 membership is your way to support GHF so that we can continue to serve our community. The membership discounts are there to help you recoup the cost of your membership fee. Please visit these vendors and save.

---

PJ Manney

---

Interview Summary

PJ Manney is the author of the bestselling and Philip K. Dick Award nominated Phoenix Horizon trilogy, (R)EVOLUTION, (ID)ENTITY, and (CON)SCIENCE. Her ghost story “Ours” appeared in the 2021 anthology, DECEMBER TALES. She is on the board of directors of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, is the futurist, media consultant and writer/producer for the Human Energy Project, and runs The New Mythos Project. A former chairperson of Humanity Plus, she helped rebrand the organization, launch H+ Magazine and organize the first multi-org conference on futurist topics, Convergence ’08. She authored “Yucky Gets Yummy: How Speculative Fiction Creates Society” and “Empathy in the Time of Technology: How Storytelling is the Key to Empathy,” foundational works on the neuropsychology of empathy and media.

She has presented her ideas to groups like National Geographic, the Producers and Directors Guilds of America, NASA-JPL, Huffington Post, The H+ Summit, and the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, is a frequent guest on podcasts and webshows including StarTalk, Technically Human, The World Transformed, and Singularity.FM. Manney consults with and speaks to companies and organizations about the future of technology and humanity and teaches science fiction writing at the Rambo Academy.

So much scope for harnessing Gifted Big Thoughts here – let’s get deep! 

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: May 20, 2022 3:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

---

Join GHF to enjoy these interviews and more

GHF Membership is our primary source of income for this non-profit. GHF has no full-time staff and we are just looking to cover our costs. Your $49.99 membership is your way to support GHF so that we can continue to serve our community. The membership discounts are there to help you recoup the cost of your membership fee. Please visit these vendors and save.

---

---

Bryan Mischler is a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist at the Treffert Center in Fond du Lac, Wi., a program of SSM Health. The Treffert Center is a facility dedicated to diagnosis, treatment, research and advocacy for the autistic community, with the focus of finding strengths and talents of the individual and scaffolding from these in developing areas in need of support. The center currently provides educational opportunities through the Treffert Way school for K- 8th grade. Bryan is developing programs to expand to high school, including technical school degrees and vocational skills.

Bryan has a true passion for carrying out this work. He has presented internationally and written about using strength based techniques to inspire those with which he works. Bryan was the recipient of the Professional of the Year award as a professional that does great things with children from the Wisconsin Counsel for Children and Families. He uses creative ways to find and develop a child’s talents. His motto: “Start with the Heart.” Find a child’s passion and help them develop these skills. His proudest professional achievement? Learning music and how to play guitar, because he was taught by several of his students, who used his own teaching philosophy to disabuse him of the notion that he had no musical ability!

Strengths-based learning techniques work for myriad neurotypes – there’s much to be gleaned from this session – so, come with questions!

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: April 15, 2022 3:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

---

Join GHF to enjoy these interviews and more

GHF Membership is our primary source of income for this non-profit. GHF has no full-time staff and we are just looking to cover our costs. Your $49.99 membership is your way to support GHF so that we can continue to serve our community. The membership discounts are there to help you recoup the cost of your membership fee. Please visit these vendors and save.

---

---

Don’t miss our interview with the amazing Debbie Reber! Debbie Reber, MA, is a parenting activist, New York Times bestselling author, podcast host, and speaker who moved her career in a more personal direction in 2016 when she founded TiLT Parenting, which has grown to be a top resource for parents who are raising differently wired children – the TiLT Parenting Podcast now has more than 3 million downloads! A certified Positive Discipline trainer and a regular contributor to Psychology Today and ADDitude Magazine, Debbie’s book, Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World, is in our constant rotation of recommendations. Join us for what is sure to be a fun and fulfilling episode, LIVE and FREE in the GHF Forum!

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: February 25, 2022 3:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

---

Join GHF to enjoy these interviews and more

GHF Membership is our primary source of income for this non-profit. GHF has no full-time staff and we are just looking to cover our costs. Your $49.99 membership is your way to support GHF so that we can continue to serve our community. The membership discounts are there to help you recoup the cost of your membership fee. Please visit these vendors and save.

---

We’re so happy to welcome Julie Skolnick, M.A., J.D. to Experts this month! Founder of With Understanding Comes Calm, LLC, Julie passionately guides parents of gifted and distractible children, mentors 2e adults, trains educators and advises professionals on how to bring out the best and raise self-confidence in their 2e students and clients. A frequent speaker and prolific writer, Julie is also the mother of three twice exceptional children who keep her on her toes and uproariously laughing. Those of you who are familiar with her via her well-known Let’s Talk 2e! virtual conferences and Let’s Talk 2e! Parent Empowerment Series know this is going to be a great episode, especially (and obviously) for those with twice exceptional folks in their lives, LIVE and FREE in the GHF Forum, DATE & TIME!

Please join us for this event! 
You are invited to a Zoom webinar. (Link leads to the event in the GHF Forum)
When: Friday, March 11, 2022 3:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

---

Join GHF to enjoy these interviews and more

GHF Membership is our primary source of income for this non-profit. GHF has no full-time staff and we are just looking to cover our costs. Your $49.99 membership is your way to support GHF so that we can continue to serve our community. The membership discounts are there to help you recoup the cost of your membership fee. Please visit these vendors and save.

---