TPP 126: Deb Douglas on Self-Advocacy for Gifted Learners
Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
Debbie Reber
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2018
⏱️ 53 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | If you're listening to this podcast, it's probably because a child you love and care for is differently wired. |
| 0:07.0 | Are they also struggling in their current educational setting, seen only for what they're doing wrong, while longing for positive relationships with peers and others? |
| 0:15.6 | Envision a world where your child's unique abilities are not just recognized but celebrated. |
| 0:21.0 | A world where they can connect with others and their true potential is seen and |
| 0:24.9 | appreciated. The Strength-based Assessment Lab's mission is to build a world for your child just |
| 0:30.7 | like that. Through its innovative approach that aims to empower students, families, educators, and professionals |
| 0:36.3 | to create positive, effective, and collaborative learning experiences. |
| 0:40.2 | Be a part of shaping a brighter future for your child. |
| 0:43.0 | Visit W. |
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| 0:47.0 | to learn more about what a strength-based assessment could mean for your family. |
| 0:51.0 | That's BGS. |
| 0:52.0 | E.D.U. Finally, family. That's BGS. Edu. |
| 0:54.0 | Finally occurred to me that we can't just tell our children they are gifted. |
| 0:59.0 | They probably already know they're different from other kids. |
| 1:02.0 | But we need to help them understand what that giftedness means, |
| 1:06.6 | all the pros and cons. |
| 1:07.9 | It needs to be a long conversation. |
| 1:10.4 | And instead the message kids were getting, oh, you're identified, you're in a gifted program, |
| 1:14.8 | okay that just simply means you're smarter than everybody else and you ought to be getting |
| 1:18.0 | aised. That's not the message we want to give. |
| 1:21.0 | Welcome to Tillilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed |
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