SENG & GDC Professional Development Course: What is Giftedness?

Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) and Gifted Development Center (GDC) Present:

A series of professional development courses for psychologists, school counselors, administrators, and examiners of gifted and twice exceptional children. The series will generate APA Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Others may take the courses without earning APA CEUs. The courses will be offered in a live webinar format with additional reading material. The lectures will be recorded and available to registrants for a 3-month viewing.

The first course is “What is Giftedness?”

What is Giftedness?

Presenter: Linda Silverman, Ph.D.

In this session, we will discuss giftedness as a psychological reality, rather than as the potential for success. When giftedness is equated with the potential for noteworthy achievement in adult life, it is biased against individuals of color, those who are economically disadvantaged, many neurodiverse groups, and females. Giftedness is color-blind, is found in equal proportions in males and…