Spotting SENG Speakers

SENG’s experts could be coming to your neighborhood!  The most current speaking schedule is noted below.   As dates and times are subject to change, please email the contact name provided to confirm the event you plan to attend.  SENG’s speakers include current directors, past directors, and professional advisory committee members.  “Spotting SENG Speakers” is updated once per month.   

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Date/Time Hosting Organization and Speaker Title of Presentation Additional Information
Arizona
March 27 2010 Parent Institute:Parenting High Ability Children
ASU Law School

Speaker: Jean Goerss

The Gifted Preschooler: Transition from Home to School  
March 27 Arizona Association for Gifted Children - Parent Day

Speaker: James Webb, Ph.D.
Motivation and Underachievement in Gifted Children and Adolescents For more information, visit www.arizonagifted.org
March 27 Arizona Association for Gifted Children - Parent Day

Speaker: James Webb, Ph.D.
Parenting Successful Children: Relationships and Discipline For more information, visit www.arizonagifted.org
California
March 25 Piedmont Gifted Parent Support
Piedmont, CA

Speaker: Dan Peters

Coping with Anxiety and Perfectionism Contact: Kathleen Crombie, M.A., M.Ed.
Kathleencrombie@summitcenter.us
Illinois
March 18 Logandale Middle School, Chicago

Speaker: Rosina Gallagher, Ph.D.
Conversaciones con sus adolescents, III: Alternativas al Castigo (Alternatives to Punishment) For more information, contact Dr. Michelle Cohen, Assistant Principal
March 23 Home Schooling Gifted Students (HSGS), Evanston, IL

Speaker: Lisa Rivero

Learning with Intensity: Celebrating Passions, Creativity, and Excitabilities Home Schooling Gifted Students,
Contact Person: Cindi Link, cindilink@marketinganalytics.com
March - May 13 Chicago Public Schools

Speaker: Rosina Gallagher, Ph.D.
Gifted Education Seminar Online For more information, contact Dr. Trudy Wallace
April 15

5:30 to 7:00 PM
Logandale Middle School, Chicago

Speaker: Rosina Gallagher, Ph.D.
Conversaciones con sus adolescentes, IV: Resolviéndolo juntos. (Working it out together) For more information, contact Dr. Michelle Cohen, Assistant Principal
April 20

9:00 to 3:30 PM

IEA Professional Development Center, Springfield

Speaker: Rosina Gallagher, Ph.D.
Prisms of Diversity: Altering Images of the Gifted Learner

With Sam Smith
For more information, contact Mary Ellen Leonard, ROE SchoolWorks
http://www.roeschoolworks.k12.il.us
April 21

10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
IAGC – ISBE Capitol Building
Springfield, IL

Speaker: Rosina Gallagher, Ph.D.
IAGC Springfield Day Statewide Advocacy for Gifted Children For more information, contact Jill Ko
Iowa
March 31

1 PM
OPPTAG Spring Investigation Series, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Speaker: Arlene R. DeVries

“Four Things Gifted Students Need” Jillian Carstensen 515-294-5691 jcars@iastate.edu
Michigan
March 18 Steppingstone School, Farmington Hills, Michigan

Speaker: Ellen Fiedler

Mini-keynote: Our Only Hope? For more information contact:
Steppingstone School, http://www.steppingstoneschool.org/, or email Kiyo Morse at: kiyo@steppingstoneschool.org
New Jersey
April 19

2:00 - 3:30 PM

Eastern Evaluation Research Society Conference, Atlantic City, NJ

Speaker: Cheryl Ackerman

Developing Innovation Configurations to Measure Fidelity of Implementation Eastern Evaluation Research Society Conference, http://www.eers.org/
New York
March 31

10:30 - 11:45 AM

Vassar College Department of Education
Blodgett Hall, Room 242

Speaker: Amy Price

Meeting the Needs of Gifted Children: Resources for Future Teachers

Contact:  Erin McCloskey, ermccloskey@vassar.edu
April 13

7:30 - 9:00 PM

Westchester-Putnam AGATE
Soundview Preparatory School
370 Underhill Ave
Yorktown, NY

Speaker: Amy Price

Laughter, Tears & Two Extra-Strength Aspirin: A Prescription for Parents and Educators of Gifted Children For more information email: wpagate@gmail.com
April 15

7:00 - 9:00 PM

Annual Parent Forum sponsored by Syosset Council of PTA’s Gifted and Talented Committee
Syosset, NY

Speaker: Amy Price

Laughter, Tears & Two Extra-Strength Aspirin: A Prescription for Parents and Educators of Gifted Children For more information email: Diane Hornick hornick722@aol.com
Wisconsin

February 17, 8 AM - 8:30 PM and

February 18, 8 AM - 1 PM

Wisconsin Assoc. for Gifted; Carthage College, Kenosha, WI

Speaker: Arlene R. DeVries

Facilitating SENG Model Parent Support Groups, James Webb and Arlene DeVries For more information contact: Dal Drummer, telephone: 414-828-7481
April 23-24

5:30-9:30 PM & 9:00 AM-4:00 PM

Wyndham Hotel & Conference Center, Airport Center,
Milwaukee, WI

Speaker: Rosina Gallagher, Ph.D.
2010 NAGC Regional Academy Series
Overlooked Gems: Working with Low Income & Culturally Diverse Gifted Learners
For more information, visit http://www.nagc.org
April 24

1- 4:15 PM
NAGC Overlooked Gifts Academy Milwaukee, WI

Speaker: Arlene R. DeVries
“Living in the Gifted Family”
“Parent Power: How to Make it Work”
Jackie Drummer, blufflovers@wi.rr.com 414-762-4785; Karen Yoho, 202-785-4268
England
March 21
10:30 AM
The Surrey Branch of England’s National Association for Gifted Children, Kingston, Surrey, England

Speaker: Wenda Sheard

"What Do They Have To Worry About? Their Kid Is Gifted!" For more information please visit: http://www.surreyexplorers.org.uk/