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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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You are invited to a Zoom webinar. (Link leads to the event in the GHF Forum – Member Content)
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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Our goal is to reach and serve as many gifted and 2e families as possible, which is why we have a free level of membership, the GHF Forum Membership, that grants access to all of our live programming, the main areas of the Forum, and our comprehensive, self-paced  DIY Education course. 

For those who are able to support our work, we hope you will join as a GHF Choices Member. Choices 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. As a thank you, your $49.99/yr tax-deductible membership grants you access to the recording libraries of all of our events, as well as exclusive areas of the Forum.

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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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You are invited to a Zoom webinar. (Link leads to the event in the GHF Forum – Member Content)
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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Our goal is to reach and serve as many gifted and 2e families as possible, which is why we have a free level of membership, the GHF Forum Membership, that grants access to all of our live programming, the main areas of the Forum, and our comprehensive, self-paced  DIY Education course. 

For those who are able to support our work, we hope you will join as a GHF Choices Member. Choices 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. As a thank you, your $49.99/yr tax-deductible membership grants you access to the recording libraries of all of our events, as well as exclusive areas of the Forum.

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S2, E12: 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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Our goal is to reach and serve as many gifted and 2e families as possible, which is why we have a free level of membership, the GHF Forum Membership, that grants access to all of our live programming, the main areas of the Forum, and our comprehensive, self-paced  DIY Education course. 

For those who are able to support our work, we hope you will join as a GHF Choices Member. Choices 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. As a thank you, your $49.99/yr tax-deductible membership grants you access to the recording libraries of all of our events, as well as exclusive areas of the Forum.

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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)
When: November 19, 2021 03:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Cultivating Awareness and Acceptance for the Neurodivergent

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Our goal is to reach and serve as many gifted and 2e families as possible, which is why we have a free level of membership, the GHF Forum Membership, that grants access to all of our live programming, the main areas of the Forum, and our comprehensive, self-paced  DIY Education course. 

For those who are able to support our work, we hope you will join as a GHF Choices Member. Choices 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. As a thank you, your $49.99/yr tax-deductible membership grants you access to the recording libraries of all of our events, as well as exclusive areas of the Forum.

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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 )
When: August 27, 2021 03:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Supporting Twice-Exceptional Learners

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Our goal is to reach and serve as many gifted and 2e families as possible, which is why we have a free level of membership, the GHF Forum Membership, that grants access to all of our live programming, the main areas of the Forum, and our comprehensive, self-paced  DIY Education course. 

For those who are able to support our work, we hope you will join as a GHF Choices Member. Choices 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. As a thank you, your $49.99/yr tax-deductible membership grants you access to the recording libraries of all of our events, as well as exclusive areas of the Forum.

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