Category Archives: About SENG
Q & A with SENG Model Parenting Group (SMPG) Facilitators
April 17, 2012
Q & A with SENG Model Parenting Group (SMPG) Facilitators First published in the Twice-Exceptional Newsletter (http://www.2enewsletter.com), March/April 2012 2e Newsletter asked three SMPG facilitators to discuss their experiences leading these groups and what parents get out of the experience. The facilitators are: Melissa Sornik, a licensed master social worker and author of the accompanying article (www.melissasorniklmsw.com) [...]
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SMPG: My Gifted Education
February 14, 2012
SMPG: My Gifted Education Author: Carol Raymond Citation: First published in the SENGVine, February 2012 Several years ago, I enrolled in my first graduate course in gifted education – “The Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted Learners.” At that point, I did not have plans to continue an advanced degree in gifted education; I simply [...]
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Your Favorite SENG Articles
December 29, 2011
Your Favorite SENG Articles Author: SENG Citation: First published in the SENGVine, November 2011 One of SENG’s most popular free programs is its online library database of articles, both original articles written expressly for SENG and reprints of articles (with permission) that discuss social-emotional aspects of giftedness. What are your favorites? The most visited SENG [...]
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A Fond Farewell to Rosina Gallagher
December 27, 2011
A Fond Farewell to Rosina Gallagher by Lori Comallie-Caplan As December arrives, we are reluctant to say farewell and thank you to Rosina Gallagher, SENG’s outgoing President. It has been my honor and privilege as President Elect to learn from Rosina how to be a leader of competence and character. Rosina began her dedicated service [...]
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SENG-Model parent support groups
September 14, 2011
SENG-Model parent support groups Author Arlene R. DeVries and James T. Webb Citation Copyright 2003, SENG When SENG was first established in 1981, a specific model of a support group for parents of gifted children was developed within SENG by Jim Webb and Betty Meckstroth. Parents of gifted children were invited to participate in a [...]
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Making the Most of a SENG Conference
September 13, 2011
With Seattle’s SENG Summit so close (try that three times fast), it seems like a good time to think about how to get the most out of the experience. I’ve written before about how my own SENG conference attendance was “summer camp for Mom” when my children were younger. I actually came without them and [...]
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SENG-Model parent groups
Many of us who have long had a passion for SENG began our journey through the guided discussion groups for parents of the gifted. Parents of bright children often feel alienated, confused, overwhelmed, and frustrated. These discussion groups become a haven, a place to find support from other parents experiencing similar challenges, and for sharing [...]
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SENG-Model Parent Groups
Many of us with gifted children realize our offspring are a little different early in their development. Often, in sharing these observations with others, we are seen as braggarts, or parents who “push” our kids. Well-meaning relatives suggest firmer discipline to calm them down. Pediatricians offer parenting books, and the implied “inadequate parent” casts its [...]
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Giving to SENG
One of our daughters recently made and sold finger puppets to raise money for Tsunami victims. It seems so often that the most worthwhile causes are funded on bake sales and shoe strings. SENG often seems like it is only a notch further along, thanks to the gift of one kind elderly woman, Mrs. Eugenie [...]
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The SENG Conference
SENG has been many places over the years, from its roots at Wright State University, through its time at Kent State University, to its current independent nonprofit status. In that time, SENG Conferences have crossed America. As I began reflecting on my involvement with SENG, I realized that I have been involved in some capacity [...]
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