Featured Professionals for National Mental Health Month

By Niña Abonal, MA, Program Manager Each year during the month of May, organizations like National Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health America, raise awareness and highlight the importance of […]
Just Released: America Agrees: Public Attitudes Towards Gifted Education

The Institute for Educational Advancement (IEA) is excited to announce the release of the full results of IEA’s poll of voters about gifted learners, the first of its kind. America Agrees: […]
Giving Tuesday: Volunteering

By Anvi Kevany, Administrative Assistant I started my volunteer work as a teenager, when my local group needed participants to join their choir to perform at nursing facilities. In addition, […]
The Magic of Recurring Giving

by Zadra Rose Ibañez, Director of Operations In the non-profit world, donors are the lifeblood of an organization. Though many programs charge fees for services, these fees usually do not cover […]
How to Encourage Positive Mental Health Practices

By Anvi Kevany, Administrative Assistant As a parent, you always want what is best for your child and strive to provide it for them. Developmental specialists, health providers and other […]
Giving Thanks 2017

As Thanksgiving approaches, we’d like to take a few minutes to give thanks to our IEA community! Thank you to all the parents and volunteers who devote their time and […]
How to Talk to Your Child’s Teacher

by Anvi Kevany, Administrative Assistant As an involved parent and professional working within the education system, I have attended numerous parent teacher conferences throughout the years. First, as a parent […]
Showing Up, Being Aware, and Living Wholeheartedly

by Michelle Bodwell, LMFT, ATR Fall is here. School has started again, and the wonderful freedom and chaos of summer has come to an end. As a parent, I do my […]
Advocating for Your Gifted Child
by Anvi Kevany, Administrative Assistant When you recognize that your child may be gifted, and has not been identified as such, or has been identified as gifted but is not […]
My Smart Kid Is So Emotional–Am I A Parenting Failure?
by Paula Prober, Licensed Counselor and Consultant Your child is emotional. Anxious. Melting down. Telling you that you’re the worst parent. Ever. Not in so many words, necessarily. But still. You […]