Summit Center Blog
Living 2e Comes Full Circle at SENG Conference, by Dr. Dan Peters
Last month, I gave the opening keynote address on "2e 360: Lessons Learned From Working With 2e Youth, Raising 2e Kids, and Living 2e" at the annual SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of Gifted) Conference in the San Francisco Bay Area. In my profession, this annual...
Summer Movies and Books May Provide Parallels to Life’s Challenges For Your Kids, by Dr. Dan Peters
Two of this summer's most popular movies are stories of young people dealing with the harsher challenges of life both through illness and evil. In the popular film The Fault in Our Stars we see two teenagers fall in love while struggling with the chronic disease of...
Family Matters for Father’s Day
In his roles as Executive Director of Summit Center, author of books on creativity and worry, and national speaker on raising creative kids who can communicate and lead fruitful lives, Dr. Dan Peters finds himself writing a lot about his personal life. Not only is he...
Dr. Dan Peters on Parenting a 2e Child
The annual SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of Gifted) national conference is coming to San Jose, July 18-20, 2014 – in the Bay Area for the first time ever. Summit Center is taking part as a sponsor and Executive Director Dr. Dan Peters will be presenting the opening...
A Parent’s Point of View: The 2e Journey, by Dr. Dan Peters
Even though I work with children and families as a professional psychologist, I am first and foremost a father to three children. My experiences in raising them has informed my work greatly. Some people may not know that and for this very reason, I decided to share an...
Reflections, Insights, Confessions, and Inspiration on Dyslexia and Talent
This article first appeared on the Dyslexic Advantage website, a charitable organization founded by Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide, and dedicated to helping those with dyslexia thrive. By Dan Peters, PhD Sitting at the New York/Newark airport, I feel compelled to write....
Twice-Exceptional (2e) Youth: An Endangered Species
This article originally appeared in the January 2013 issue of A Word from Gifted Homeschoolers Forum. By Dan Peters, Ph.D. Twice-exceptional individuals are both gifted (show advanced abilities) and also have significant learning or processing delays, as well as...
Creativity Is for Everyone! A Message from Co-Founder Dr. Susan Daniels
Everyone has creative potential! Yes, that's right. We are all born with the innate capacity for creative activity. Just think of young children ages two to five. They explore, question, wonder, experiment, test, investigate, combine, separate, dramatize, invent, try...
A Message from Dr. Susan Daniels: Get Creative With Your Kids This Summer
Summer is here and with it brings more time for creativity, exploration and play. Kids love to draw paint, act, experiment, and design, and summer provides the opportunity to diverge from a structured school curriculum and allows time to delve into self-chosen...
A Message from Dr. Dan Peters: Why Is My Child So Complex?
Why is my child so complex? This is a question I am often asked by parents of gifted children during a consultation appointment. The initial answer is simple - gifted children often have several different ability levels occurring at the same time. They may be...
A Message from Dr. Dan Peters: Managing Anxiety in Gifted Children
I am often asked if gifted kids are more susceptible to becoming anxious. My experience is that they are. Gifted kids tend to have active minds that think about A LOT of things. While their minds come up with elaborate and creative ideas, their minds also come up with...