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Scottsdale, Arizona (September 6, 2016) – The International Gifted Consortium (IGC) has been awarded funding by Staples Foundation

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The IGC has so much to share with YOU and ALL STAKEHOLDERS involved in the lives of highly-profoundly gifted children and adolescents - from the latest IGC research published in 2024, to our learnings and sharings with friends & colleagues @Echa2024. http://GiftedConsortium.org

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!!! Who is interested in helping INDIANA parents,

!!! Who is interested in helping INDIANA parents, educators, counselors, psychologists to even better understand, inclusively identify, and support our K-12 children and adolescents? !!! The International Gifted Consortium is looking for immediate sponsorship to present 2024 research findings at the Indiana Gifted Conference. Please Private Message with interest. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382597649_Prevalence_of_Emotional_Intellectual_Imaginational_Psychomotor_and_Sensual_Overexcitabilities_in_Highly_and_Profoundly_Gifted_Children_and_Adolescents_A_Mixed-Methods_Study_of_Development_and_Developm

The IGC has so much to share with YOU and ALL STAK

The IGC has so much to share with YOU and ALL STAKEHOLDERS involved in the lives of highly-profoundly gifted children and adolescents - from the latest IGC research published in 2024, to our learnings and sharings with friends and colleagues at the European Council for High Ability (ECHA) Conference. We look forward to supporting YOUR NEEDS and even better understanding, identifying, and supporting ALL of our children with YOU in 2024-2025 and beyond. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382597649_Prevalence_of_Emotional_Intellectual_Imaginational_Psychomotor_and_Sensual_Overexcitabilities_in_Highly_and_Profoundly_Gifted_Children_and_Adolescents_A_Mixed-Methods_Study_of_Development_and_Developm

Join us for one more workshop on Saturday, Aug. 31

Join us for one more workshop on Saturday, Aug. 31 @ 9am @ Thessaloniki Concert Hall. The IGC will be presenting new research on the prevalence of overexcitabilities in highly-profoundly gifted children and adolescents. GiftedConsortium.org

Wonderful to be among friends representing 40 coun

Wonderful to be among friends representing 40 countries at the opening European Council for High Ability (ECHA) Conference in Thessaloniki, Greece with keynote from Amy Shelton. We look forward to learning and sharing new research on behalf of The International Gifted Consortium (IGC) Research Center Team. @19thecha.2024

Possibly the greatest gift we can give to a gifted

Possibly the greatest gift we can give to a gifted child is a teacher (school administrator, counselor, psychologist, pediatrican, parent) who recognizes the gift, who is not threatened by it, but rather rejoices in it and works with JOY to foster it. https://giftedconsortium.com https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382597649_Prevalence_of_Emotional_Intellectual_Imaginational_Psychomotor_and_Sensual_Overexcitabilities_in_Highly_and_Profoundly_Gifted_Children_and_Adolescents_A_Mixed-Methods_Study_of_Development_and_Developm

Did you know...emotional, intellectual, and imagin

Did you know...emotional, intellectual, and imaginational overexcitabilities experienced together are developmentally different than 1 or 2 overexcitabilities? Join The International Gifted Consortium and IGC Research Center at The European Council for High Ability Conference (ECHA) in Thessaloniki, Greece or visit https://giftedconsortium.com/ https://giftedconsortium.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/education.pdf

Want to learn more about the development of highly

Want to learn more about the development of highly-profoundly gifted children and adolescents? Join The IGC @ The European Council for High Ability (ECHA) Conference AND/OR Read: "Exceptionally Gifted Children" by Miraca Gross
"Creativity As An Order Through Emotions" by Krystyna Laycraft
"Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults by James T. Webb et al. including Marianne Kuzujanakis, M.D.
"America's First Gifted Program" by Williard White
"The Light in You" by Renata Hamsikova
"The Highly-Profoundly Gifted: A Holistic and Critical Approach" Edited by: Els De Wit and Vanessa R. Wood upcoming 2025! giftedconsortium.org

When we are attuned to and supporting the natural

When we are attuned to and supporting the natural development and potential of the child, we are attuned to their well-being ~ Join the IGC, Research Center at the European Gifted Conference in Thessaloniki, Greece! https://giftedconsortium.com https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382597649_Prevalence_of_Emotional_Intellectual_Imaginational_Psychomotor_and_Sensual_Overexcitabilities_in_Highly_and_Profoundly_Gifted_Children_and_Adolescents_A_Mixed-Methods_Study_of_Development_and_Developm

The IGC Research Team Presents New Research - The

The IGC Research Team Presents New Research - The 19th European Council for High Ability (ECHA) Conference. Thank you Peter Van Petegem @vanpetegempeter, Lorraine Bouchard, Els De Wit, Suzanne Pickett Martinson, Jared Nussbaum https://giftedconsortium.com https://giftedconsortium.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/education.pdf

Please let us know if YOU will be attending - The

Please let us know if YOU will be attending - The 19th European Council for High Ability (ECHA) Conference - We look forward to engaging with YOU in Thessaloniki, Greece in 19 days! https://giftedconsortium.com https://giftedconsortium.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/education.pdf

NEW research - Prevalence of Overexcitabilities in

NEW research - Prevalence of Overexcitabilities in the Development and Developmental Potential of Highly-Profoundly Gifted Children and Early Adolescents. Join The (IGC), Research Center for Highly-Profoundly Gifted - Thessaloniki, Greece -Aug. 28-31, 2024 https://giftedconsortium.com

The International Gifted Consortium, (IGC) Researc

The International Gifted Consortium, (IGC) Research Center for Highly-Profoundly Gifted - University of Antwerp - presenting NEW research - European Council for High Ability (ECHA) Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece

In memory of Miraca Una Murdoch Gross (1944-2022)

In memory of Miraca Una Murdoch Gross (1944-2022) and in acknowledgement of highly-profoundly gifted children, adolescents, and families across the globe, The International Gifted Consortium and IGC Research Center for Highly-Profoundly Gifted - in collaboration with The University of Antwerp - dedicates: The Prevalence of Emotional, Intellectual, Imaginational, Psychomotor, and Sensual Overexcitabilities in Highly and Profoundly Gifted Children and Adolescents: A mixed-methods study of development and developmental potential https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382597649_Prevalence_of_Emotional_Intellectual_Imaginational_Psychomotor_and_Sensual_Overexcitabilities_in_Highly_and_Profoundly_Gifted_Children_and_Adolescents_A_Mixed-Methods_Study_of_Development_and_Developm

"Possibly the greatest gift we can give to a gifte

"Possibly the greatest gift we can give to a gifted child is a teacher who recognizes the gift, who is not threatened by it, but rather rejoices in it and works with joy to foster it." (Gross, 2004, p. 264 in Brigandi et al., 2019).

Thank you Carla Brigandi, Department Learning Sciences and Human Development, College of Education and Human Services, West Virginia University and Cindy M. Gilson, Special Education and Child Development Department, University of North Carolina.

Wishing you peace, joy, and camaraderie ~ from IGC

Wishing you peace, joy, and camaraderie ~ from IGC change agents across the globe!

Support the change U want to see ~ if you want to

Support the change U want to see ~ if you want to see more inclusive identification and better understanding of the unique yet typical educational and developmental needs of highly-profoundly gifted individuals, please consider a year-end gift to The International Gifted Consortium (IGC), Research Center for Highly-Profoundly Gifted - THANK U! https://giftedconsortium.com/cohorts/donate-now/

*GIVE International Gifted Consortium (IGC), resea

*GIVE International Gifted Consortium (IGC), research-based training to your community https://giftedconsortium.com/join-the-igc-consortium/ *Have 10 stakeholders support an IGC Cohort and The IGC will support a training presentation for your U.S. community (Int’l TBD) email vanessawood@giftedconsortium.org

"Traditional programs sometimes neglect the most a

"Traditional programs sometimes neglect the most advanced students." - Jessica Potts, curriculum coordinator at Davidson Academy Online, a school for profoundly gifted middle and high school youth and IGC Contributor. http://GiftedConsortium.org https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/articles/schools-for-gifted-students-what-to-know

Check out this affordable opportunity to engage wi

Check out this affordable opportunity to engage with like-minded peers for students in 7th -12th grade. MIT’s long-running Spring HSSP - run by MIT students - meets on campus February 25 - April 8, 2023. Registration closes tonight (Sunday) https://esp.mit.edu/learn/HSSP/index.html?src=spring-hssp-2023-announcements

End-of-Year Giving - Please Join The IGC Mission -

End-of-Year Giving - Please Join The IGC Mission - 100% goes to The IGC Research Study and Education-Outreach. If not YOU, then WHO? https://giftedconsortium.com/join-the-igc-consortium/

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