This practical, 4 session course explains a research-based and holistic approach to parenting a Gifted child and supporting them in their unique needs and challenges.
We cover dealing with big emotions, issues with the education system, the pain of unmet needs, behavioral challenges, social challenges and so much more.
YOU WILL LEARN:
- The neurodiversity of the Gifted child’s brain and its implications
- How lifestyle changes can help
- Practical strategies to improve their mental health and resilience
- Step-by-step guidance from an experienced Clinical Psychologist (a mother of three Gifted/2E kids)
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ONLINE COURSE (join live)
FACILITATOR: Chantal Hofstee
Clinical Psychologist
Start date: 24 Oct ’23
Session time: 7.30 – 9 pm – join the session live or combine with on-demand option
Duration: 4 sessions
Where: Online via Zoom
Included resources: Session summaries and step-by-step CBT exercises
ON-DEMAND (watch anytime)
FACILITATOR: Chantal Hofstee
Clinical Psychologist
Start date: Anytime
Duration: 4 sessions of 1.5 hours each
Included resources: Session summaries and step-by-step CBT exercises
CHANTAL HOFSTEE
Clinical Psychologist, course/workshop facilitator and mother of 3 (Gifted/2E) kids.
Chantal is a board-certified Clinical Psychologist and the author of the books Renew Your Mind, Reach Your Goals and the children’s book The Big Balloon. She works in private practice and sees children, young people, teenagers and adults and runs online courses focused on neuro research, psychology and CBT skills.
Giftedness is asynchronous development in which advanced cognitive abilities and heightened intensity combine to create inner experiences and awareness that are qualitatively different from the norm. This asynchrony increases with higher intellectual capacity. The uniqueness of the gifted renders them particularly vulnerable and requires modifications in parenting, teaching and counseling in order for them to develop optimally. (The Columbus group)
Giftedness often comes with:
– High sensitivity both sensory and emotionally (prone to sensory and emotional overstimulation )
– Perfectionism (prone to anxiety and self-criticism)
– High levels of empathy (prone to depressive feelings)
– Increased levels of creativity (struggling to work ‘inside the box’)
– Advanced reasoning and thinking abilities (a brain that never stops)
– Advanced humor and language abilities (not speaking like peers do which can make them feel different)
– Intense curiosity and appetite for learning (easily bored and intellectually understimulated)
– Strong sense of justice (issues with friendships)
– Ability for sustained focus (obsessive over hobbies, struggles with transitioning)