Gifted News, Views & Happenings...
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Information Centre -
Resources for Parents
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Sunday, 20 July 2008 |
ONE OF THE most frequent concerns of parents of gifted children is how
to respond to the heightened sensitivities their children experience.
Within my practice, parents often pose the question of how to help their
children feel confident and comfortable fulfilling their potential, whilst
deflecting the intentional and unintentional hurt to which they are sometimes
subjected.
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Information Centre -
Resources for Teachers
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Sunday, 20 July 2008 |
Current educational research makes much of Vygotsky's theory that the potential for cognitive development is limited to a certain time span which he calls the 'zone of proximal development' (ZPD). Furthermore, full development during the ZPD depends upon full social interaction.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 20 July 2008 )
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Blogs -
Early Childhood Matters
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 |
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I wonder if you came across the article Hyper Parenting by Katie Roiphe last weekend in the Weekend Australian Magazine (July 12-13). I did, and although there were some valid points in the article, it caused me to revisit the sad “feminism vs children’s needs” debate, the one that has thrown out the baby with the bathwater.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 15 July 2008 )
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News -
Other
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Friday, 04 July 2008 |
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Australian Mensa has advised that their grants to gifted children under the terms of a bequest of Alan Wilfred
Bull. The grants being offered from this Bequest are available only to
children in Australia who have at least one parent, one grandparent,
and one great-grandparent who were all domiciled in Australia. The
grants are available to facilitate studies which are in advance of
those usually undertaken by children of the same age.
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Blogs -
Scarlett & Sam
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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 |
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Is there an optimal way to manage communication - particularly with valued friends who have children the same age - when they discover that your child is extremely advanced (and/or is skipping years at school)?
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 July 2008 )
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Blogs -
Teacher Cate
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Monday, 30 June 2008 |
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It is that time of year again. The reports are finalised and sent home and it is time to get together with the teacher, and hopefully, your child, to discuss their progress.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 30 June 2008 )
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Blogs -
Early Childhood Matters
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Sunday, 29 June 2008 |
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Welcome to the first Early Childhood Matters blog. Although I may know quite a bit about early childhood, I must admit that I am a very green blogger. I read a blog for the first time yesterday, and this is my very first blog entry. It may therefore be New-Blogger-Optimism, but I am hoping to inspire comments and interesting conversations about young gifted children as a result of this blog.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 July 2008 )
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News -
NSWAGTC News
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Saturday, 21 June 2008 |
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If you happen to work for Telstra, then you have the opportunity to apply for a small Telstra grant to assist an event run by the NSWAGTC. Telstra's Kids Fund is a contemporary expression of Telstra's tradition of helping local communities. If you are a permanent Telstra Group employee you can apply for a grant of $1,200 to support a project or activity run by a not-for-profit organisation involving a child, 18 years or under, in your immediate family.
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Blogs -
Teacher Cate
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Saturday, 07 June 2008 |
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The Association held a Family Day in conjunction with its AGM last Saturday. I had the enjoyable task of working with a group of children who were interested in drawing and sketching.
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Support -
NSWAGTC Groups
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Sunday, 01 June 2008 |
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This is a new informal support group for families with Gifted Children aged 0 to 14 years living in the South West of Sydney (Camden, Woollondilly, Macarthur regions) - all welcome! The benefits of meeting up with other families with Gifted Children are numerous - your children get to socialise with "like minds" and, as parents you are able to share and learn from each others' experiences. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 12 July 2008 )
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