Sharing Our Experiences:
A Conversation on Supporting 2e Learners During Challenging Times
with Professor Karen Rogers
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Join MCGT for a conversation with Dr. Karen Rogers, an internationally respected researcher, author, presenter, and educator in the filed of gifted and twice-exceptional education and support. Dr. Rogers will share ideas to help parents create a plan to develop their child's gifts while addressing their challenges. We'll have time for a discussion about supporting our 2e children during challenging times.
The conversation will be moderated by Carol Malueg, past president of MCGT, and Dr. Rogers will be answering questions from the participants throughout the evening.
When: Thursday, April 29, 2021, 7-8:30pm, Online via Zoom
Zoom info will be emailed prior to the event
Cost:
FREE for MCGT members - You must be registered to receive the Zoom link and to have access to video after the event
$10 for non-members
Karen B. Rogers, Ph.D. is Professor Emerita of Gifted Studies in the Special Education & Gifted Education Department at the College of Education, Leadership, and Counseling at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she was employed from 1984 until 2017 with a short 3-year hiatus in Australia. Between 2005 – 2008, she was Research Director for the GERRIC Centre (Gifted Education Research and Resource Information Centre) at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. She is a Professorial Fellow at the University of Wollongong and an Honorary Professor at the University of New South Wales in Australia. She is past president of CEC-TAG, past SIG AERA chair for the Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent special interest group, and has been on the Board of Directors for NAGC. She is author of five books, with another one – on twice exceptionality-- on the way. She is a manuscript reviewer for all the major journals in gifted education (U.S. and Australia) and served a term as Associate Editor for the Journal for Advanced Academics. She has expertise in research-based gifted practices via research syntheses of the research in the field and has additional interests in arts education, cognitive processing, parenting, creativity, gifted program development and evaluation, and twice exceptional education. Probably her greatest “legacy” is her wonderful family. She is the mother of three highly gifted children and the grandmother to nine gifted grandsons and one gifted granddaughter.
MCGT Members who are registered for this event will have access to Zoom recordings for four months after the event. Access to recordings after the event is not available to Non-members.
When: Thursday, April 29, 2021, 7pm to 8:30pm
Zoom information will be sent out the day before the event.
Where: Online!
Join us from your own home
Who: All those interested in supporting gifted students – parents, educators, other caregivers and professionals welcome!
Cost:
MCGT Members: Free, but must register to receive the Zoom link.
Includes access to event Zoom recordings for four months after the event.
Non-members, $10
Non-members will not have access to the recordings after the event.
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Financial assistance is available from the Betty Johnson Scholarship Fund: Families with gifted and talented children should not be restricted in their participation in MCGT activities because of limited funds. Therefore, the MCGT Board will accept requests for financial assistance which would enable families to attend events sponsored by MCGT, such as the annual conference or mini-conferences. MCGT also accepts requests for financial assistance for MCGT membership fees.
If you would like to submit a request for financial assistance from the Betty Johnson Scholarship Fund for a MCGT membership or event, please contact the MCGT office at info@mcgt.net.
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