Gifted Child Parent Support Group Featuring Prominent Expert

Parenting Precocious Kids:
Understanding the Ups and Downs of Growing Up Gifted

Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Jim Delisle

Parents of gifted children and teens have many questions about how best
to meet their intellectual and emotional needs. They want to know what
giftedness is and the label’s impact on other family members. They want
to know how to advocate for their gifted child in a school setting mired
in “bringing up the bottom” rather than “raising the bar” at the top.
They want to know how to set expectations that are appropriate and
attainable. And they want to know how to juggle the wide range of
emotional intensities that often “comes with the territory” in raising
gifted kids.

Dr. James (Jim) Delisle
has taught gifted children and those who work on their behalf for more
than 35 years. Jim retired from Kent State University in 2008 after 25
years of service there as a professor of special education. Throughout
his career, Jim has taken time away from college teaching to return to
his “classroom roots”, volunteering as a 2nd, 4th, 5th and 8th grade
teacher. Too, Jim taught gifted middle school students one day a week in
the Twinsburg, Ohio Public Schools. Currently, Jim works part-time with
highly-gifted 9th and 10th graders at the Scholars’ Academy in Conway,
South Carolina. The author of more than 250 articles and 19 books, Jim’s
work has been translated into multiple languages and has been featured
in both professional journals and in popular media, such as The New York
Times, People Magazine, and on Oprah!

Sign up for this free event today at: bit.ly/IEA14Delisle

This event is part of IEA's Gifted Child Parent Support Group series. These meetings featuring expert speakers are designed to provide
support and community for parents of gifted children free of charge.
Voluntary donations will be accepted and are greatly appreciated. Any interested parent or educator is welcome.

The Institute for Educational Advancement (IEA) is an independent, national nonprofit organization based in South
Pasadena that provides customized programs and services designed to meet
the intellectual, social, emotional, spiritual and physical needs of
gifted children ages 5 to 17. For more information about IEA, please visit our website.

If you have any questions about IEA or our Gifted Child Parent Support Group Meetings, please contact us at IEAgifted@educationaladvancement.org or 626-403-8900.

*This activity is not sponsored by the City of South Pasadena or the South Pasadena Public Library.