Parent Learning Over Lunch

Name: Parent Learning Over Lunch
Start: 2024-10-24T11:45:00-05:00
End: 2024-10-25T12:00:00-05:00
Location: Franklin Marriott Cool Springs

Schedule

Thu Oct 24 2024 at 11:45 am to Fri Oct 25 2024 at 12:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Franklin Marriott Cool Springs | Franklin, TN

TAG is pleased to offer two parent seminars during our fall conference! Join us Thursday, Friday, or both to hear from our amazing speakers!
About this Event

We hope you can join us for some incredible parent-focused seminars led by our amazing conference speakers, Dr. Matt Zakreski and Andi McNair. Each session will be an hour-long interactive session including time for parent Q&A. Please note that lunch will NOT be provided, but feel free to bring your own and eat while you learn!

THURSDAY: Andi McNair, author of Genius Hour and Passion Projects

Family Passion Projects: Learning, Growing, and Serving Together

Are you looking for ways to engage your gifted child and cultivate
their passion for learning? Do you want to find meaningful ways to
bond as a family while making a positive impact in your community?
"Family Passion Projects" is a workshop that will show you how to use
the 6 Ps of Genius Hour framework to work on passion projects
together.

During this workshop, you'll learn how to implement the Genius Hour
framework at home, including how to identify your child's passions and
interests, plan and pitch project ideas, develop a project, and
present the work. You'll also discover how this approach can help your
child practice life-ready skills and experience productive struggle in
a supportive and collaborative environment.

FRIDAY: Dr. Matt Zakreski, renowned psychologist and speaker

Trying to Fill the Black Hole: How to Parent Gifted Children

“Oh you’re so lucky, you have a gifted child!” If only it was that simple. There are many wonderful things about raising a gifted/2e child, and there are many difficult (if not impossible) things as well. This session will focus on strategies in communication, emotional regulation, executive functioning support, and psychoeducation that will empower all members of the family to communicate more effectively and from a place of knowledge, which should lead to enhanced workability and empathy. Additionally, this session will offer several theoretical role-play activities where parents can see their own roles in the challenges that naturally arise when parenting a neurodivergent.