2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007: 7:30 p.m. at a member's
home
GECO Bookclub
- Join us to discuss
The Myth of Laziness
by Dr. Mel Levine.
E-mail
Lynne Bloomfield to
RSVP:
GECObookclub@ArvaMont.com.
She will tell you where the meeting will be held.
Read the book (or at least skim it!). Come to
the meeting with one or two discussion points, questions or issues that are
relevant to the topic for you and your child/children. Haven't
read the book, but always wish you had? Join us anyway!
Friday, January 26, 2007: 9 - 11 a.m. at the Community House
GECO Coffee
- Join us to discuss a child's need to struggle. Why is it vital
for gifted children to have special programming? If they are so bright,
why do more for them? Research indicates that one of the most important
things children learn is school is how to learn, which is impossible to do when
you already know the answer before the teacher asks the question. Join us
as we explore this question. Meet other parents who are just embarking on
their child's educational journey and others who have older children.
Want to read more about this concept before the
meeting? Check out:
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Struggle, Challenge and
Meaning: The Education of a Gifted Child
by Valerie Bock
-
Gifted 102: The Next
Steps...
by
Carolyn K of
HoagiesGifted.com
Grab a mug of your favorite morning brew and join us
for a round table discussion.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007: 7 p.m. at Clarendon Hills Middle School
SELAS Author
Presentation - Come hear Dan Kindlon discuss his book and our December book
club choice,
Too Much of a Good Thing, Raising Children of
Character in an Indulgent Age.
Thursday, February 1, 2007: 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. at a member's home
GECO
Planning Meeting - Join other GECO members as we plan for upcoming events.
All GECO members are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please email
GECO@Arvamont.com for an agenda and the
location of the meeting.
Sunday, February 4, 2007: 12 noon - 4 p.m. at Chicago Marriott
Hotel, Michigan Ave.
IAGC Parent Seminar - Come
and share a stimulating afternoon with parents from all over Illinois as we listen to our featured speaker,
Dr. Susan Jackson. Dr.
Jackson is a counseling psychologist, District Gifted Coordinator, teacher,
researcher, parent, and founder of the Daimon Institute for Highly Gifted, which
is located in British Columbia, Canada. The title of her presentation is "Down the Rabbit Hole - Growth and Development of the Gifted Child: a Parent's
Primer." You'll learn important strategies which will help you support the
social and emotional development of your child.
A second
feature of the afternoon will include the latest update on advocacy for
gifted education and what is going on in the Illinois legislature. Finally,
choose to participate in one of several breakout sessions led by experienced
facilitators. These sessions will focus on issues related to social-emotional
needs as a follow up with the presenter; school; home and family; underserved
populations, including twice exceptionalities; and Chicago Public Schools. By
the end of our time together, you will go home knowing what you can do to help
your child, and you'll know that you are not alone!
The IAGC
Exhibit Hall will be open for previews between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Exhibitors include schools for gifted children, summer programs, publishers,
game and toy makers and more! Plan to stop in to browse or shop!
Register
before November 30th for the best rate!
Click
here to register or for more information.
Sunday, February 4, 2007: 7 - 8:30 p.m. at Chicago Marriott
Hotel, Michigan Ave.
IAGC Parent
Evening - Understanding and Sustaining the Uncommon Development of the
Gifted Child
by Dr. Susan Jackson, Daimon Institute for the Highly Gifted — More than
an “able learner,” the gifted child is a rich amalgam of mind, body, spirit, and
soul in dynamic evolution. What does “normal” (yet often uncommon) development
look like in this population? What is the optimal role of parents and educators
in
responding to and guiding the gifted child? What are some of the key indicators
that a gifted child is at risk? This presentation provides insights as parents
and educators navigate the matchless, often impenetrable “code” at the core of
each gifted child in the always surprising and most often rewarding task of
parenting and educating gifted children.
Register
before November 30th for the best rate! The early rate for this
presentation is as low as $15 per couple!
Click
here to register or for more information.
The IAGC
Exhibit Hall will be open for previews between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Exhibitors include schools for gifted children, summer programs, publishers,
game and toy makers and more! Plan to stop in to browse or shop!
Monday and/or Tuesday, February 5 &6, 2007: 8:30 a.m. - 3:45
p.m. at Chicago Marriott Hotel, Michigan Ave.
IAGC Convention
- Over 175 sessions per day with more than 75 presenters on topics ranging from
parenting gifted children, the social/emotional needs or gifted children,
differentiation of instruction, specific curricula appropriate for gifted
children, twice exceptional children and more!
Register
before November 30th for the best rate!
Click
here to register or for more information.
Thursday, February 8, 2007: 7 p.m. -
8:30
p.m. in the Hinsdale Middle School Commons
GECO
Summer Activities Fair - Looking for new or different things for your
children to do this summer? Come learn about many summer programs and meet
the people behind many of programs.
Click here
for last year's
Summer Camp Catalog.
This program is an Open House - come any time between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Please direct questions to
Tom
Isaac.
Sunday, February 11, 2007: 1 - 5 p.m. Fermilab,
Batavia
Fermilab Family Open House -
Organized by the Fermilab Education Office, the event offers free
family-style hands-on activities and exhibits, make-and-take projects,
science shows and tours. The highlights of this year's program will
include the demonstration of historic experiments originally conducted
during the 18th century by Benjamin Franklin and other scientists; the
popular Ask-a-Scientist session on the 15th floor of Wilson Hall; and tours
of the linear accelerator. Plans for tours to additional sites are now being
finalized. More than 2,000 people are expected to attend.
Registration is required!
Thursday, February 22, 2007: 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. at a member's home
GECO
Planning Meeting - Join other GECO members as we plan for upcoming events.
All GECO members are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please email
GECO@Arvamont.com for an agenda and the
location of the meeting.
Saturday, February 24, 2007: 11 - 3:30 p.m. Illinois Institute of
Technology, Rice Campus in Wheaton
Engineering the Future: Celebrating Sustainable Engineering - IIT has a day
of hands-on activities and presentation planned, designed to introduce children
to the disciplines of engineering. You'll find a building full of
opportunities to build, touch and create science and technology knowledge.
Make plans now to attend this fun, free event! For more information see
the
Engineering the
Future Flyer, the web site:
www.rice.iit.edu/engineersweek
or contact Barbara Kozi - 630-682-6040.
Wednesday, March 7, 2007: 7:30 p.m. at a member's home
GECO Bookclub
- Join us to discuss
Losing Our Minds: Gifted Children Left Behind by Deborah Ruf. Copies ordered at Books-a-million in Grant
Square. E-mail
Lynne Bloomfield to
RSVP:
GECObookclub@ArvaMont.com.
She will tell you where the meeting will be held.
Read the book (or at least skim
it!). Come to the meeting with one or two
discussion points, questions or issues that are relevant to the topic for
you and your child/children. Haven't
read the book, but always wish you had? Join us anyway!
Friday, March 9, 2007: 9 - 11 a.m. in the Community House Auditorium
GECO Speaker:
Cathy Risberg
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Celebrate the Differences: Creating Understanding, Support and Advocacy for Your
Twice-Exceptional (2e) Child.
Cathy Risberg, M.A., is an educational consultant. As the owner of Minds That
Soar, LLC, she specializes in providing academic advocacy services for gifted
and twice-exceptional children and their families. Cathy has 15 years of
teaching experience in public and private schools, the last ten as a classroom
teacher in a school for gifted and talented. She is an adjunct faculty member
for the Technology in Education program at National-Louis University in
Wheeling, Illinois, and presents regularly to various educational and
professional groups. Cathy can be contacted at
c.risberg@comcast.net.
What
is a twice exceptional child? How can parents create a collaborative
relationship with each other and the schools to help meet the needs of their
bright, talented and gifted children with learning differences? Why are there so many gifted children who
are also learning challenged? Why do the intellectual needs of so many
special education students get ignored in the classroom? What can you do to help your child?
Join us as we explore twice exceptionality.
Want to read more about this concept before the
meeting? Check out:
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The
Twice-Exceptional Dilemma by the National
Education Association.
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Gifted But Learning Disabled: A Puzzling Paradox by Susan Baum.
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Meeting the Needs of Twice-Exceptional Children by Meredith Warshaw.
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What Does It Mean to
Be Twice-Exceptional (2e)? by Cathy Risberg.
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2 e - twice-exceptional
newsletter by Glen Ellyn Media.
Grab a mug of your favorite morning brew and join us at
the Community House. This presentation is free and open to the public, so
bring a friend! Contact
Linda Rio Reichmann for more information.
Friday, March 16, 2007: 4 - 6 p.m. at The Lane School
GECO Kids
- Join other GECO kids and their families for our annual Mastermind Mania
Party!
Tuesday, March 20, 2007: 7 p.m. River Forest
Public Library
I N S I G H T
(INforming,
Supporting & Inspiring Gifted, Highly Talented & Twice Exceptional Children)
presents Randee Blair and colleagues from the Northwestern
University Center for Talent Development SUMMER PROGRAMS, SATURDAY
PROGRAMS and TALENT SEARCH for GRADES K-12. Learn about
·
Summer and
Saturday Enrichment Classes and Programs
·
Distance
Learning through LearningLinks,
·
Midwest
Academic Talent Search
Questions? Contact Maury at (708)
771-2189 or Cheryl at (708) 366-1686 or by email to
INSIGHT.RiverForest@gmail.com
Thursday, March 22, 2007: 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. at a member's home
GECO
Planning Meeting - Join other GECO members as we plan for upcoming events.
All GECO members are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please email
GECO@Arvamont.com for an agenda and the
location of the meeting.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007: 7:30 p.m. at a member's home
GECO Bookclub
- Hold this date for the April GECO Book Club! The book for April has not
yet been selected. Have a recommendation? Email Lynne at
GECObookclub@ArvaMont.com
and let her know what you would like to read!
Friday, April 13, 2007: 9 - 11 a.m. location to be determined
GECO Roundtable
- Join us to discuss Charting Your Child's Course. Discuss what we
did and what you can do to mold your child's educational experience.
Discuss what you can expect next year with parents who have children who are a
little older than yours. What can you do to ensure that your children
flourish? Grab a mug of your favorite morning brew and join us for a round
table discussion.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007: Springfield Illinois
IAGC Please Don't Leave Our Children Behind Day - Join other gifted
children and their parents on a visit to Springfield, our state
capital. The objectives of
this visit are twofold. First, we want an opportunity for our children
to experience democracy in action, see how laws are made, meet their local
representatives and visit the new Lincoln Library and other historic sites.
Second, we want state lawmakers to see that many of their constituents are
interested in educating gifted
children.
More details will be posted once they are available. Email
Springfield@Arvamont.com to be
added to the mailing list for more information on this trip. To
organize a group to participate, please see the
Springfield Organizers Packet.
