Saturday, February 25, 2012: San Ramon Valley Council of PTAs Parenting Conference, Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, CA. Dr. Dan Peters will present “Characteristics of Gifted Learners” and “Taming the Worry Monster: Anxiety in Gifted and Twice-Exceptional Youth.” 8:30-3:00 pm. For more information, go to http://srvcouncilpta.org/.
Friday-Saturday, March 2-3, 2012: Dr. Daniel Peters will be a keynote speaker at the California Association for Gifted conference in Palm Springs, CA. His topic will be “Characteristics of Gifted Learners.” Both Dr Peters and Dr Susan Daniels will be speaking on additional topics throughout the two-day conference. More information at http://www.cagifted.org.
Saturday-Sunday, March 17-18, 2012: SENG Model Parent Group Facilitator Training, presented by Kathleen Crombie and the Summit Center. Emeryville HYATT Summerfield Suites, San Francisco Bay Area. Learn everything you need to become a certified SENG parent group facilitator in your community. Click here for details and to register.
Saturday, March 24, 2012: Dr. Susan Daniels will be hosting the “First Annual CSUSB Conference for Innovative Education: Creativity, STEM, and 21st Century Learning” at California State University – San Bernardino, College of Education. Sessions and topics are provided for the entire educational community: administrators, teachers, counselors, psychologists, and higher education students and faculty. Details at http://coe.csusb.edu/cie.htm.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012: NAGC Webinar. Dr. Dan Peters will speak on “RTI and the Gifted Child: What Every Child Should Know” with Bobbie Gilman, M.S, Mike Postma, EdD, and Kathi Kerney.
More information at http://www.nagc.org.
Wednesday, April 3, 2012: Gifted Counseling Center in Ventura presents the Summit Center’s Margaret Husbands, Psy.D. Margaret will address “The Role of Comprehensive Assessment for Gifted Children,” including reasons for testing a gifted child, and how results can help parenting and education planning. Pre-registration required. Contact JudyWiener (at) gmail.com for more information.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012: Dr. Dan Peters will speak on “Taming the Worry Monster: Helping Your Child Deal with Stress and Anxiety,” at Maria Carrillo High School in Santa Rosa. 7:00-8:30 pm. For more information, go to www.mariacarrillohighschool.com/MCHSAssociation/Pages/default.aspx.
Friday, April 20, 2012: California Psychological Association Annual Conference, Monterey, CA. Dr. Dan Peters will speak on “Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnosis of Gifted Children” with at Stephen Chou, PsyD.
More information at http://www.cpapsych.org.
June 17-24, 2012: Camp Summit, Marin Headlands, California. A residential summer program for gifted, talented, and creative kids and teens, ages 9-14. Learn more at http://www.campsummitforthegifted.com.
Speaker Bureau
The Summit Center founders and staff are available to speak on the following topics:
- Living with Intensity – Overexcitabilities in Gifted Youth
- Gifted Kids on the Edge: At-Risk and At-Promise
- Taming the Worry Monster: Anxiety in Gifted and 2e Youth
- Avoiding Avoidance: Just Use Your Disaster Supply Kit
- Gifted and Learning Disabled: What Can We Do?
- Building Fortitude in Gifted Youth
- Perfectionism in the Gifted
- Organization for the Creative Mind
- Raising Creative Kids
- Developing Differentiated Education Plans
- Bringing it all Together: Integrative Assessment and Educational Planning for Gifted Youth
- Diagnosis and Misdiagnosis of Gifted Youth
- The Essence of the Gifted Person
- Passion for Learning Beyond Kindergarten: The Power of Choice
