Supporting a gifted child
is often challenging.
As parents and educators, it can be difficult to understand how best to meet the complex needs of gifted children. During the school year, IEA offers complimentary monthly Gifted Support Group meetings featuring professionals who are experts on various aspects of gifted youth. These meetings provide support and community, a venue for shared discovery, and a space to exchange resources and ideas. Sharing experiences with other parents and educators who interact with gifted children has proven to be enormously helpful.
Click here to view the printable schedule.
In order to assist the widest range of families, we will be livestreaming the meetings on our Facebook page, unless otherwise noted.
Dr. Palmer is Licensed Educational Psychologist, award winning researcher, university lecturer, and author of the book, Parents’ Guide to IQ Testing and Gifted Education. Dr. Palmer specializes in assessment and program referrals for gifted and Twice Exceptional (2E students). His office is in Laguna Beach, California.
Michael M. Piechowski, Ph. D, is the author of “Mellow Out, They Say. If I Only Could: Intensities and Sensitivities of the Young and Bright and Living with Intensity” (with S. Daniels). Earning a Ph. D first in Molecular Biology and later in Counseling Psychology, he served as a faculty member at three universities and one small college. He has published extensively in the areas of emotional development, developmental potential of the gifted, and emotional and spiritual giftedness. He is one of the original designers of Yunasa. In 2016, he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by SENG and the NAGC Global Awareness Network Annemarie Roeper Award. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin.