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Educational Opportunity Dates
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SCATS
June 10 through 22, 2012
KAGE DIFFERENTIATION
SUMMER WORKSHOP
June 20, 2012
VAMPY
June 24 through July 14, 2012
AP INSTITUTE
June 24 through 29, 2012
THE SUMMER CAMP
July 9 through 13, 2012
FALL BREAK IN SCOTLAND
September 28 through October 7, 2012
SEMINAR ON TWICE
EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN
October 10, 2012
BERTA EXCELLENCE IN
EDUCATION WORKSHOP
October 22-23, 2012
FALL SUPER SATURDAYS
October 27, November 3, 10, 17, 2012
2012 Seminar on Twice Exceptional Learners
October 10, 2012
Join The Center for Gifted Studies for this free one-day seminar made possible by the generosity of the Arts Education Task Force – Twice Exceptional Foundation. This year's seminar leader is Dr. Beverly A. Trail, the National Association for Gifted Children's Special Population Network Chair. She is a twice-exceptional consultant, trainer, researcher, and frequent presenter at the National Association for Gifted Children and Council for Exceptional Children Conventions. She outlines the focus of her seminar below:
Maximizing Outcomes for Twice-Exceptional Children: What Educators and Parents Need to Understand and Be Able To Do
Twice-exceptional children possess a unique combination of characteristics that include incredible strengths and debilitating weakness. These children have the characteristics of gifted students and students with disabilities. They can appear unmotivated, defiant, and oppositional, yet they are emotionally fragile. Participants in this training will gain a better understanding of twice-exceptional gifted children. In the training, strategies from both gifted and special education will be shared that are proven effective in meeting the academic, social, and emotional needs of twice-exceptional students. Specific strategies are included to assist children develop skills in executive functioning, processing speed, fluency, critical thinking, and creative problem solving. In addition, social and emotional development is supported by strategies to help students in dealing with dysfunctional perfectionism, interpersonal relationships, and intrapersonal understanding. Finally, participants will learn how to develop a comprehensive plan using Response-to-intervention (RtI) approach that will address diverse needs and improve outcomes for twice-exceptional gifted children.
Twice Exceptional 2012 Information
Date: October 10, 2012
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Central Time)
Place: Western Kentucky University
EILA Credit: EILA credit will be available for educators
Speaker: Dr. Beverly A. Trail, Ed.D, the National Association for Gifted Children's Special Population Network Chair, earned a doctorate in Special Education from the University of Northern Colorado and a master's degree in Gifted Education from the University of Denver. She has an endorsement as a Gifted Education Specialist and holds a Director of Special Education License. Dr. Trail is on the faculty at Regis University where she is developing online courses and teaching in a new master's degree program for teachers in gifted education. Her career in education spans 22 years with experience at the district level as gifted education coordinator, resource teacher, twice-exceptional consultant, and as a teacher/gifted program coordinator at the elementary and secondary level. The school based gifted program she coordinated was designated as a model program in gifted education by the Colorado Department of Education 2+2 Excellence in Education Project. She was contracted by Colorado Department of Education to develop an introductory resource handbook and training module for the Twice-Exceptional Project. For three years, she conducted twice-exceptional trainings throughout the state. As a result of her extensive work in gifted education, she was inducted into the Colorado Academy of Educators for the Gifted, Talented, and Creative.
