Practicing Mindfulness in Gifted Children
At Yunasa Summer Camps for Gifted, campers learn mindfulness and being present in the moment without judgement or fear
Spring Activities to Help Improve Mental Health
IEA provides suggestions on keeping your mind and body occupied while adhering to physical distance
Virtual Learning Lab: Mindfulness Exploration
IEA’s Yunasa Program Coordinator Qiao Li provides useful tips to apply mindfulness in our daily lives
Parenting, the Self-Compassion Way
Michelle Bodwell,a LMFT and the lead for IEA’s Gifted Support Group, reminds parents of gifted kids to show themselves self-compassion
What We’re Reading: Summer 2018
Are you looking for a summer book recommendation? Check out what some of us at IEA are currently enjoying
10 Reasons Your Child Should Participate in Academy
Looking for ways to keep your gifted child active and engaged this summer? We’ve got the answer for you: IEA Academy
Intense Kids, Intense Parents — Tips for Managing the Mayhem
How do you manage your emotions and your sensitivities while raising your super intense super smart children? How do you raise your children without unconsciously repeating the patterns set down by your own parents?
Top 10 Blog Posts of 2016
Here were the Institute for Educational Advancement’s top blog posts in 2016
Top 10 Blog Posts of 2015
Here were the Institute for Educational Advancement’s top blog posts in 2015
Mindfulness and the Gifted
The stories are anecdotal but the research is clear: The gifted person’s experience of the world is quantitatively and qualitatively different from those we might describe as more “neuro-typical” in their development