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4.2.8 An Introduction to Understanding Your High Ability Student
The world of gifted education can be overwhelming in the beginning. This session will endeavor to provide parents/legal guardians with a basic understanding of gifted, including asynchronous development, social and emotional needs, advocating, and where to find resources including, but not limited to, those through their state agencies, the National Association for Gifted Children, and the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children. This session will provide foundational understanding and help participants be a voice in advocacy.
Author(s):
Jo Tuite
jtuite@bsu.edu
Ball State University
United States
Ms. Tuite joined Ball State University in 1989 and has been their Associate Director /Head of Admissions at the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities since 2007. Mrs. Tuite is responsible for identifying and recruiting high ability high school juniors who demonstrate the aptitude to be successful in the Academy program. Ms. Tuite is a doctoral candidate in Educational Leadership and is working to defend her dissertation entitled An Exploration of School Belonging, Connectedness, and Life Satisfaction of Students from a Residential High Ability High School, Differentiated by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Spring of 2019.