Megan Bearce, LMFT specializes in counseling the gifted, especially gifted girls, through issues such as asynchronous development, downplaying talents, and managing stress. She also facilitates Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) parent groups and support groups for other issues.
Dr. Steven Mercer is a college counselor who works one-on-one with students and their families through the college application process, helping each student make the best of their high school experience, apply to colleges that fit them as individuals, and transition successfully to college life. Dr. Mercer is based in Santa Monica, CA.
Dr. Origer is a licensed clinical psychologist who provides therapy to specific populations, including gifted children. She has a specialization in the area of testing and assessment with over 17 years of experience and is referred by Mirman School for IQ testing. She also offers therapy and sibling support groups.
Serves as Advocate to the holistic educational needs of gifted & advanced learners and their families. Provides free initial consultation over the phone or video call. Other services include Needs Assessment, EP review and customization, meeting liason/advocate, and advocacy and follow up.
The organization goes by the name of ‘Neufeld Institute’ in order to honour the contribution of Dr. Gordon Neufeld whose life’s work has been to create a comprehensive evidence-based model for the unfolding of human potential. The institute was created initially in response to a growing number of educators and helping professionals who wanted in-depth training in attachment-based developmental paradigm approach. The Institute has grown rapidly in response to demands for parent education, professional development and continuing education. As individuals, they are a group of parents, teachers and helping professionals who have experienced the transforming power of insight and organized themselves into faculty, staff, facilitators and volunteers to help pass on this insight to others involved with children. Although the Neufeld Institute is physically headquartered in Vancouver, it uses the latest internet technology to provide training and education throughout the world. Neufeld Faculty as well as training and education programs exist currently in a number of languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Hebrew, Swedish, Russian, Danish and Dutch.
Dr. Tereault specializes in neurodevelopment and is well-versed in research on giftedness. She works to open a discussion, provide accurate information, language and compassion for the gifted experience by summarizing the latest scientific findings of neuroscience, physiology, and sensory processing in gifted individuals. She offers consulting in addition to speaking, writing articles, and conducting academic research.
Based in Laguna Beach, CA, Licensed Educational Psychologist, David Palmer, Ph.D., specializes in GATE assessment and IQ testing for educational planning from preschool and up.
Paradox Psychological Services offer support for gifted children and adolescents. Their gifted specialists help families develop a plan for identification through testing and assessments, academic accommodations (IEP and 504 Plan support), clarification of your child’s skills and abilities, and recommendations for specific programs and extracurricular activities.
Pathfinders offers assessments for learning disorders (ADHD, reading, writing, mathematics) as well as for gifted and talented placement. They also offer parenting support and other counseling services.
PEAK has a team of dedicated professionals in Denver and Northglenn, CO who are committed to working collaboratively with families to offer a range of testing, counseling, consulting, and support services and information that will help them advocate for their gifted children effectively. They specialize in working with giftedness, twice-exceptionality (2e), ADHD, and learning disabilities in children, teens, and adults.
Private Gifted Testing is an online resource of psychologists specializing in gifted testing. The site also offers a blog webpage on “Everything You Need to Know About Gifted Testing”.
Jerald Grobman, MD and Madelon Sann, LCSW specialize in working with the gifted individuals and their families through crisis management, comprehensive assessment and diagnosis, psychotherapy, and parent guidance. Though the center is located in New York City, its website includes abundant helpful resources including case studies, descriptions of common problems in giftedness, information about the assessment process, relevant articles and more.
Rice Psychology group is Tampa, Florida’s leading group of psychologists. They specialize in a complete range of Gifted Testing services that go beyond a one-time cookie-cutter test administration. They also offer executive functioning coaching, therapy, cognitive training, and diagnostic interviews.
SAGE Center for Gifted is a families’ first step in securing needed guidance and direction for the decisions they need to make regarding the assessment, educational, and clinical support of their children when traditional processes are not their path. They offer consultation, assessment of giftedness and learning needs, educational services, psychotheraphy and occupational therpay, school placement guidance, and more. They are located throughout Colorado and Southern California.
Savannah Behavioral Pediatrics (SBP) offers comprehensive psychological assessment, psychoeducational evaluations, and developmental assessment. Among the evaluations they offer are: behavioral assessment to evaluate interfering behaviors, comprehensive specific learning disorder evaluations, and gifted and talented assessment to help tailor instruction.
Seth Perler is an Executive Function and Education Coach who strives to help gifted students who struggle with homework motivation, organization, becoming overwhelmed or resistant, and more. In addition to online courses and toolkits, his site offers free resources, blog posts, and informative videos about twice-exceptionality and other relevant topics.
