North Canton City Schools
First Christian Church
6900 Market Ave., N., North Canton, OH 44720

Topic: "Growing Up Too Fast"

(This event is open to the public)

Beth Israel - The West Temple
14308 Triskett Road, Cleveland, OH 44111

Time: 10:30 am
Topic: "Parenting Gifted Children for Achievement, Fulfillment and Contribution"

(This event is open to the public)

The Ecumenical Center 2017 National Speaker Series
Jones Hall
8310 Ewing Halsell, San Antonio, TX 78229

Workshop - 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Topic: "Guiding Gifted Children Toward Achievement, Fulfillment and Contribution"

(This event is open to the public)

Menlo Park Academy (New Address)
2149 West 53rd St., Cleveland, OH 44102

New Teacher In-Service - 8:30 am
Topic: "The Social-Emotional Needs of Gifted Children"

All Teacher In-Service - 12:30 pm
Topic: "Creativity, Rigor and Underachievement"

(These events are NOT open to the public)

University School at the University of Tulsa
326 South College Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74104

Workshop - 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Topic: "Helping Gifted Students Deal with Anxiety"

(This event is open to the public)

Menlo Park Academy (New Address)
2149 West 53rd St., Cleveland, OH 44102

Parent Session (Kindergarten) - 6:30 pm
Topic: "Parenting for Achievement: Welcome to Menlo Park Academy"

(This event is open to the public)

Menlo Park Academy (New Address)
2149 West 53rd St., Cleveland, OH 44102

Parent Session (All Parents) - 6:30 pm
Topic: "Parenting for Achievement: The Social-Emotional Needs of Gifted Children"

(This event is open to the public)

NAGC - National Association for Gifted Children - 64th Annual Convention

Fri., Nov. 10 - Topic: "The Next IDEA and Gifted Children with Disabilities"
Sat., Nov. 11 - Topics: "Gifted Underachievement and Twice-Exceptional Students", "The Paradox of Creativity and Rigor", Panel Discussion about the movie Gifted with Tom Flynn (Gifted Screenwriter) and McKenna Grace (Child Actress Lead in Gifted) and Family Day Roundtable Discussion: "Surviving Society with a Gifted Mind"
Sun., Nov. 12 - Topic: "Parenting the Gifted Child: Wisdom of the Sages"

Institute for the Development of Gifted Education (IDGE) -
Over, Under, Inside Out: Achievement and Emotions of the Gifted

Topic: "Jane Wins Again"

Educational Service Center of Lorain County (ESCLC)

Topic: "Gender Issues and Achievement"

University of Akron: Women in Engineering - Kids Career Day

Topic: "STEM for Girls"

Coventry Local School District

Topic: "Parenting for Achievement"

Muskego-Norway School District

Topic: "The Pressures Gifted Children Feel"

Oconomowoc Parent Education Network (OPEN)
Oconomowoc High School - Little Theater
641 East Forest Street, Oconomowoc, WI 53066

Topic: "How to Parent So Children Will Learn"

(This event is open to the public)

Rice University and Emery/Weiner School

May 5 - Rice University - BioScience Research Collaborative
6500 Main Street, Houston, TX 77030
(This event is open to the public)

Topic: "Passion, Reason and Religion: Forming Positive Identities from Cradle through College"

May 6 - Emery/Weiner School
9825 Stella Link Road, Houston, TX 77025
(This event is open to the public)

Topic: "Motivation and Pressure - Flip Sides of the Same Coin"

Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) - Parenting 101

Topic: "Helping Children Reach Their Potential"

(This event is NOT open to the public)

Menlo Park Academy

9:00-10:00 am - Coffee and Conversation with the Director
Topic: "Perfectionism and Anxiety in Gifted Children"

(This event is for Menlo parents only)

Menlo Park Academy

Teacher In-service
Topics: "Social-Emotional Development of Gifted Learners", "The Goals for Gifted Education--Brilliance and Eminence or Creativity, Contribution and Character" and "Preventing and Reversing Underachievement"

(This event is NOT open to the public)

Menlo Park Academy

Parent Session (Kindergarten) - 6:30 pm
Topic: "Parenting for Happy Achieving Children"

(This event is open to the public)

Menlo Park Academy

Parent Session (All Parents) - 6:30 pm
Topic: "The Social-Emotional Development of Gifted Learners"

(This event is open to the public)

United Arab Emirates University -
Scientific Committee of the Gifted and Talented International Conference

Oct. 24 - Keynote Topic: "The Goals for Gifted Education"

Oct. 25 - Workshop: "Reading - The Key to Lifelong Achievement"

NAGC - National Association for Gifted Children - 63rd Annual Convention
Walt Disney World Resort

Topic: "Counseling Anxious Children Toward Confidence"

Mayfield Heights Middle School

Topic: "Parenting for Success"

(This event is NOT open to the public)

Menlo Park Academy

8:30-10:00 am - Coffee and Conversation with the Director
Topic: "Oversensitivity and Anxiety"

(This event is for Menlo parents only)

Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education - Annual Hotung Lecture

Topics: "The MAGIC, PLEASURES and PRESSURES of Parenting Your Gifted Child", "How To Motivate Students To Learn" and *"Social-Emotional Development of Gifted Learners"

*Saturday, January 17, 2015 - Asynchronous Broadcasting Event

Event:           Annual Hotung Lecture 2015
“Social-Emotional Development of Gifted Learners”

English School Foundation - Teacher Workshop

Topic: "From Underachievement to Wondrous Achievement: Practical Strategies for Motivating Gifted Students"

Cruise - Queen Mary 2 - Southeast Asia

Lecture Titles (4 Total):
1) Smart Parenting and Wise Grandparenting for Smart Kids
2) Relating to Your Children When They're Adults - When You Can Be Friends
3) Jane Wins Again - Can Successful Women Have It All? A Fifteen-Year Follow-Up
4) Marching to the Beat of a Different Drummer

Ashland Leadership Academy Seminars (ALAS)

Topic: "How to Prevent and Reverse Student Underachievement"

Peabody School

Topic: "Social-Emotional Development of Gifted Children"

WCGTC World Conference 2015
Educating Gifted and Talented Children - Turning Research into Practice

Mon., Aug. 10 - 12:30-3:30 pm - Pre-Conference Workshop: "Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades: An Educational Epidemic"

Tue., Aug. 11 - 6:00-7:00 pm - Keynote Address: "From Underachievement to Wondrous Achievement: Practical Strategies for Motivating Gifted Students"

Thur., Aug. 13 - 5:00-6:00 pm - "Transforming Creative Talent into Achievement Through the International Torrance Legacy Creativity Awards"

Menlo Park Academy

New Teachers - 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Topic: "Social-Emotional Needs of Gifted Children"

Menlo Park Academy

All Teachers - 1:00-4:00 pm
Topic: "Practical Strategies for Reversing Underachievement"

Menlo Park Academy

Parent Session (Kindergarten) - 7:00 pm
Topic: "Keys to Parenting Your Gifted Child"

Menlo Park Academy

Parent Session (Grades 1-8) - 7:00 pm
Topic: "Keys to Parenting Your Gifted Child"

Albuquerque Association for Gifted and Talented Students (AAGTS)
37th Annual Conference - Growing a Gifted Learner

Topics: "The Magic, Pleasures and Pressures of Parenting and Teaching Gifted Children" and "Helping Anxious Gifted Children Build Confidence"

NAGC - Webinar

Topic: "Creative Underachievers and the Fashion of Passion"

Davidson Institute for Talent Development - Seminar

Topic: "Guiding Anxious Children Toward Achievement and Confidence"

NAGC - National Association for Gifted Children
62nd Annual Convention and Exhibition

Fri., Nov. 13 - Topic: "How Anxiety Leads to Underachievement in Middle Grades and What Parents and Teachers Can Do About It"
Sat., Nov. 14 - Topic: "Children Who March to the Beat of a Different Drummer"

Cruise - Haute Caribbean Holidays - Crystal Serenity Cruises (Caribbean Sea)

Lecture Titles (4 Total):
1) Jane Wins Again - Can Successful Women Have It All? A Fifteen-Year Follow-Up
2) Smart Parenting and Wise Grandparenting for Smart Kids
3) Relating to Your Children When They're Adults - When You Can Be Friends
4) Working in Television: Behind the Scenes on "20/20," "Today," and "Oprah"

Arkansas Association for Gifted Children
WOW! A Celebration of the Wondrous Opportunities Within

Topic: "From Underachievement to Wondrous Achievement - Practical Strategies for Motivating Gifted Students"

Keynote Topic: "WOW - Wisdom of Words for Engaging Gifted Children"

Arizona Association for Gifted Children
40th Annual Event--"Looking Back...Moving Forward"
Preventing and Reversing Underachievement

Keynote Topic: "Pressures Gifted Children Feel and Why Some Underachieve"

Breakout Session #1 - "The TRIFOCAL Model for Preventing and Reversing Underachievement"
Breakout Session #2 - "Helping Anxious Gifted Children Build Confidence"

Deer Valley Unified School District
Underachievement with a Focus on Prevention and Solutions

Topics: "Teaching for Success" and "Parenting for Success"

Western Kentucky University

Topics: "Parenting Your Gifted Child for Achievement and Fulfillment" and "Understanding the Social Emotional Issues That Lead to Gifted Achievement"

Greenwich Academy
Topic: "Growing Up Too Fast"

Quest Academy
Topics: "Underachievement" and "Parenting for Achievement"

Menlo Park Academy
Mon., Sept. 8 - Parent Session (Kindergarten) - 6:30 pm
Tues., Sept. 9 - Parent Session (Grades 1-8) - 6:30 pm
Topic: "Parents are Important at Menlo Park Academy"

Crystal Symphony Cruises/Sydney to Bali Reefs and Rainforests

Lecture Titles (4 Total):
1) Smart Parenting and Wise Grandparenting for Smart Kids

2) Relating to Your Children When They're Adults – When You Can Be Friends

3) See Jane Win: How Competitive Girls Become Successful Women

4) Working in Television: Behind the Scenes on “20/20,” “Today,” and “Oprah”

WRUW-"Max and Teddy in the Morning"
Radio Show: "College Student Issues, Featured Books: Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades and What You Can Do About It,and See Jane Win-15 Year Follow Up Study"
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Archdiocese of Louisville, Summer Institute
Workshop: "How Educators Can Prevent and Reverse Underachievement, Including the Importance of Differentiating Curriculum"

World Conference for Gifted & Talented Children 2013: Celebrating Giftedness and Creativity
Saturday, August 10— "Marching to the Beat of a Different Drummer" Workshop.
Morning Session: 9am-12pm
Afternoon Session: 1pm-4pm sessions

" Helping Anxious Gifted Children Reverse Underachievement and Build Confidence"

"My 'Top 10' for Preventing and Reversing Underachievment"

"Identifying Twice Exceptional Children" Symposium

Information and registration details are posted at: www.worldgifted2013.org

Menlo Park Academy
Monday, Sept. 9: Kindergarten Families 6:30 pm
Topic: Parenting for Achievement

Tuesday, Sept. 10: All other new parents 6:30 pm*
Topic: Parenting for Achievement

*This session is also open to any parents in the MPA community

University School at The University of Tulsa

Thursday, Sept. 19: "My 'Top 10' for Preventing and Reversing Underachievement" (Presented to teachers and parents)

Friday, Sept. 20: "The Pressures Gifted Children Feel" (Presented to 7th & 8th grade students)

Southwest Virginia Governor's School

Thursday, Sept. 26: "Underachievement: Causes and Cures"

Parent Session
Topic: Parenting Gifted Children for Achievement and Fulfillment

WATG-Wisconsin Association for Talented and Gifted

Thursday, Oct. 10: Topics: "The Pressures Gifted Children Feel & Why Some Underachieve"

Wisconsin Dells, WI

IDGE-The Institute For the Development Of Gifted Education

Acceptance of the Institute for Gifted Education Palmarium Award

Topics: "The Goals for Gifted Education - Eminence or Creativity, Contribution and Character?" and "Guiding Oversensitive Children Toward Confidence"

Thursday, Oct. 17: Conference Title: "Engaging The Mind & Heart - Character Education for Gifted Learners"

Avon Lake TV - *Bullying Show #3 - 4:00 pm

*Show airing starting on Wed., November 13 at 5:00 am/pm and 11:00 am/pm on government access (12 on Time Warner and 21 on W.O.W. in Avon Lake) and will run for two weeks.

The avonlake.pegcentral.com link is:
http://avonlake.pegcentral.com/player.php?video=d4ae0a6595efb516da93b4b1ab021c84

NAGC—National Association for Gifted Children
Thursday, Nov. 7: "Making a Difference: Steps to Reversing Underachievement"
Presented with Del Siegle, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut and D. Betsy McCoach, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut 12:30-2:15 pm

Friday, Nov. 8: "Helping Anxious Children Shift Into High Gear"

Friday, Nov. 8: "Gearing Girls Up for STEM Careers"

GT Parent Connection
GT Students: How They Are Different and What Services and Supports Are Needed

Topics: "Counseling Strategies for Gifted Children & Their Parents", "Underachievement Syndrome: An Educational Epidemic", "Understanding the Emotional Impact of GT", "How to Understand Our GT Children & Help Them Maximize Their Gifts" and "Equity/Diversity (Re: GT students are a special needs sub-population similar to ELL or Special Education Students)"

Menlo Park Academy
8/24: Teacher Inservice
8/27: New Kindergarten Families: "Parenting for Achievement"
8/27: New Grade 1-3 Families: "Parenting for Achievement"
8/27: New Grade 4-8 Families: "Parenting for Achievement"