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4.4.3 Enabling parents, enabling children
In 2015, I led advocacy by way of parent guided study groups about giftedness. Seeking to shift parent support meetings towards more productive and sustainable learning opportunities, I set about to embed facilitated guided study groups using six key areas of understanding giftedness to not only provide a pathway for parents to understand their gifted children, but to enable them to have credible conversations with key educational stakeholders. This session will review the data collected, share the model that was implemented, and how parent education contributes to a better understanding of the social, emotional, and educational needs of gifted learners.