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2.2.9 Female Talent Development in the 21st Century: A Brazilian Online Counseling Program for Graduate Students
This session will present findings and recommendations from an online counseling intervention to 25 Brazilian graduate women and explore challenges faced by this group concerning their talent development. The study analyzed participants’ perception of their potentialities, internal and external factors associated with talent development, well-being and self-realization in this process. Self-knowledge, interaction and sharing experiences were considered significant factors. This research offers suggestions for the planning of innovative actions aimed to promote favorable conditions for the identification and expression of female potential, as well as to share the positive effects on the use of technology in the talent development process.
Author(s):
Renata Muniz Prado
pradobasto@gmail.com
Uninassau
Brazil
Renata Muniz Prado Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and professor of School Psychology at University Mauricio de Nassau, Fortaleza, Brazil. She is the founder and responsible for the Gifted and Talent Development research group at the same institution, and coordinates training courses in giftedness for teachers, counselors, and psychologists. She holds a psychoeducational online program for parents of gifted children. During her doctorate studies she was a visiting scholar at Florida State University, supervised by Dr Steven Pfeiffer. Her publication in the field is on female talent development, counseling the gifted, psychosocial variables, gender and creativity, and parenting the gifted.
Denise Fleith
fleith@unb.br
University of Brasiliá
Brazil
Denise de Souza Fleith, Ph.D., is a psychologist, a professor at the Institute of Psychology, University of Brasilia, and a researcher at the National Council for the Development of Science and Technology in Brazil. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Connecticut in gifted and talented education. She is a member of the executive committee of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children and of the scientific committee of the Brazilian Network of Science for Education. She is the author of books and articles on creativity and giftedness.