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4.3.6 Supporting Gifted Students’ Social-emotional Needs in a Mentoring Program
The purpose of this session is to illustrate the importance of supporting gifted students’ social-emotional needs in order to make a mentoring program successful by describing a year-long mentorship program called the Hong Kong Gifted Apprentice Program (HKGAP). Educators in the program join hands with masters, schools, and parents to create a supportive community for the apprentices, which is important in East Asian culture. The pairs of mentors and mentees are matched through a careful process. Very positive responses have been received via both qualitative and quantitative feedback. We will briefly share program experiences and feedback in this session.