FREE SENGinar: Gifted School-At-Home During COVID19
Mon, Apr 20
|Online Webinar


Time & Location
Apr 20, 2020, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Online Webinar
About The Event
FREE SENGinar: Gifted School-At-Home During COVID19: Using a Trauma Informed Approach to Support the Social-Emotional Needs of Your Children
Educators and parents often see gifted children as inherently academically resilient. Many of our smartest students seem to reach learning benchmarks with little instructional help. Some even wow us with their obscure knowledge and conceptual understanding that far exceeds grade level expectations. With virtually the entire country now schooling-at-home during the coronavirus crisis, it’s easy to see why some teachers may not be worrying about the learning needs of their gifted students.
Gifted children, just like all children living through times of trauma, benefit from educational practices that meet their academic needs, as well as their social-emotional needs. Simply: Children cannot learn if they do not feel physically, emotionally, or psychologically safe.
Supporting academic resilience with our gifted children requires parents and teachers to first examine the intersection of individual and…