Parent Conversations:  Exploring Best Practices for Gifted Children

In 2023 we will be meeting bi-weekly, continue to address a parent chosen topic, and provide informative articles and readings.  Please join us to listen, participate, collect resources, share ideas and create a community that supports gifted parenting. Topic suggestions welcome and will change each session.  No time to read? Don't let that stop you from joining these inspiring conversations with other gifted parents and Katherine Peterson, CGCC Board Member / Facilitator. Other CGCC Board Members, including Carole Jones, CGCC President, and Aileen Kelleher, LCSW, CGCC Professional and Board Member will join the discussions, as they are able.

This week's topic is Executive Functioning Strategies to Support and Empower. Even the brightest students can struggle with executive functioning (EF) because it's not connected to intelligence.  EF is a series of skills that are taught and developed.  We'll discuss how we can support and help to establish these learned skills in our gifted learners.  Here's some reassuring and useful resources to review for our discussion:

 Executive Functioning - the Struggle is Real  http://covingtonlatinschool.blogspot.com/2017/01/executive-functioning-struggle-is-real.html

7 Executive Functioning Activities for Small Children

 http://www.raisinglifelonglearners.com/executive-functioning-activities-for-small-children/

How to Engage Strong Executive Skills in Gifted Learners 

http://www.raisinglifelonglearners.com/executive-functioning-activities-for-small-children/