Upcoming Events

Wednesday, May 30, 2012: Dr. Dan Peters will present on “Giftedness and Preschool: How to Identify and Meet the Needs of Young Gifted Children,” 6:30-8:30 pm, at Sylvan Learning Center, 2493 Solano Avenue, Napa, CA. Learn more at http://tutoring.sylvanlearning.com.

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.

Friday-Saturday, July 13-14, 2012: Annual SENG Conference in Milwaukee, WI.

  • Dr. Dan Peters will speak on “Misdiagnosis and Missed Diagnosis of Gifted Children and Adults” with at Ed Amend, PsyD.
  • Dr. Susan Daniels will speak on “Living with Intensity”
  • Dr. Dan Peters will speak on “My child is gifted, not me! Parents coming to terms with their own giftedness”
  • Dr. Dan Peters will speak on “My Gifted Child Wants More Friends: What Can I Do?”
  • Kathleen Crombie, M.A., M.Ed., will speak on “Organizing the Chaos: Challenges of Everyday Life in a Gifted Family”
  • More information at http://www.sengifted.org.

    Tuesday, October 23, 2012: Dr. Daniel Peters will co-present with Joanna Haase, PhD, MFT, on “Preventing and Managing Anxiety in Children” at Crestview Preparatory School, La Canada, California.

     

     

    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