Gifted / 2E Online Conference with the Eides April 21-23 - Register Now!

Topic: Gifted /Twice-Exceptional
Experts: Drs. Brock & Fernette Eide, co-authors of The Mislabeled Child

Day 1: Understanding Gifted Children

In this opening session the Eides will present a framework for understanding the strengths, challenges, and development of gifted children. Discussion will include the overlaps of gifted traits and ADHD and Aspergers checklists, gender differences in learning, sensory sensitivities and behaviors, memory and organizational issues, and differences in motivation and temperament (including intensity, perfectionism, and dealing productively with failure). After their talk, the Eides will answer questions and explore issues more deeply with conference participants.

Day 2: Dyslexia and Writing Challenges in Gifted Children

Gifted Dyslexics are amazing, underrecognized, and poorly served in many educational environments. Although the connections between adult creative accomplishment and dyslexia have been widely recognized, both the talents and the dyslexic challenges of gifted dyslexic children often go unrecognized during their school years because their strengths in memory and higher order thinking compensate for their weaknesses in phonology and single word decoding, while their "silly mistakes," "inattentiveness," and "slow work" obscure their abilities. The Eides will explain why these students are often "stealth dyslexics" whose dyslexic challenges and gifted abilities fly under the radar of detection. They will also discuss how dyslexia presents differently in gifted children, the typical pattern of development in gifted dyslexic children, the interventions that are particularly helpful for gifted dyslexic students, and most importantly the very positive talents often seen in gifted dyslexic thinkers. Also in this session the Eides will discuss Dysgraphia and Writing Challenges in Gifted Students. Topics will include causes and types of writing challenges (including sensory-motor challenges, automaticity problems, unrecognized visual issues, and subtle language, organizational, and attentional issues), and effective approaches to overcoming these writing struggles. Following their presentation, the Eides will host an active discussion with conference participants.

Day 3: Attention, Sensory Processing, and Social Challenges of Gifted Children

In this last conference session the Eides will address attention, sensory processing, and social issues among gifted children. Topics covered will include overlaps with ADHD or Aspergers syndrome diagnoses, effective educational and therapeutic means to improve attention, working memory, and motivation, as well as recent advances in our understanding of creativity and attention. The Eides will again host a discussion and question and answer period following their presentation.

Date: April 21- 23 2009 Still Time to Register!
Time: 8:30 - 10:00 PM EST -USA 5:30 - 7:00 PM PST - USA

Register below:

Gifted / 2E Webinar Registration

3 Days $40.00 2 Days- Day 1,2 $30.00 2 Days- Day 1,3 $30.00 2 Days- Day 2,3 $30.00 3 Days + Donation $50.00 3 Days + Donation $100.00

A 70 minute lecture will be followed by discussion and Q & A period. Questions may be sent in advance (karinasfund"at"gmail.com) or during the webinar via chat.

The event will be recorded and available for 3 weeks following the conference. The meeting room will be opened April 20th for participants to try out their computer connections in the webinar room.

Registration by check can be addressed to: Karina Eide Health Fund, 6701 139th Pl SW Edmonds WA 98026-3223. Please include your contact information - Name, address, phone number, email address, and days of interest if registering for 2 days.

Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide are strong advocates for 'neurolearning' approaches to learning differences based on brain-based differences in development, perception, and processing. The Eides speak widely to parents, teachers, and other professional groups on giftedness and twice exceptionalities like giftedness with dyslexia. They are on the professional advisory boards for groups like SENG, Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted, served as consultants to groups such as the President's Council on Bioethics, and co-authored The Mislabeled Child (Hyperion, 2006).

Brock L. Eide, M.D., M.A., is a Phi Beta Kappa and AOA Medical Honors Society graduate from the University of Washington, and University of Washington School of Medicine. He received his Masters Degree from the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago and engaged in postdoctoral studies at the University of California-San Francisco, National Institutes of Health, and University of Pennsylvania.

Fernette Eide M.D. is a Magna Cum Laude graduate with highest departmental honors from Harvard-Radcliffe College. She received her M.D. from the University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine and has been on the Neurology faculties of University of Washington, the University of California-San Francisco, and University of Chicago School of Medicine.

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