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Beyond IQ: Greater Boston

"Theories of Giftedness"

2012 Program

Registration and the Friday program will be held in rooms 320 & 321 of the Sherman Student Union Building - 775 Commonwealth Avenue..
Registration on Saturday & Sunday will take place in the lobby of Boston University Academy -
1 University Rd (by the BU Bridge)..

Friday, March 30, at BIQ

Workshops for Professionals

Check-in for Friday will be between 8 and 9am, with a continental breakfast. Lunch on Friday will also be with the Conference. We usually finish up around 4pm, but sometimes discussions go on into dinner!

In keeping with the theme of the weekend, a major focus of our discussions will deal with the conceptions of giftedness and how they affect professionals. We’ll explore those ideas – and what is and is not within our domain to address.

Rather than setting up a fixed structure for our day, we will engage in discussions, varying large and small group interaction based on the needs and interests of our attendees. This permits us to address individual questions more effectively than the standard presentation model seems to.

Let us know your interests!

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Note: Program Details and Speaker Biographies can be found on the Presenters page.
Click here for information about the Young Adult Program.

Saturday, 03/31/12		Conference Sessions (subject to changes and additions)
Time (Adult Program)	Adult Program		Off Topic	Children (6-9 or as noted)	Children (9-12 or as noted)	All Children	Time (Children's Program)
8:00-9:00 A.M.	Registration						8:00-8:55 A.M.
9:00-10:15	First Time BIQ Attendees Josh Shaine Room A	Topics We'd Like To See Carolyn K Room B	Casual Conversation Room C	Introductions Persis Thorndike Room D			8:55-10:20
10:30-11:45	Introductory Remarks BUA *Keynote:* Strategies to Promote Optimal Well-Being in our Brilliant, Intense and Asynchronous kids Sue Jackson Daimon Institute for the Highly Gifted Conference Auditorium 2nd Floor			Improvisation Games Arika Cohen Room D	Room E	Games Room F	10:25-11:50
12:00-1:15 P.M.	Lunch			Lunch - With Families			11:50-1:10 P.M.
1:15-2:30	Unravelling Psychological Testing: What Tests (Really) Measure & Scores (Really) Mean Erick Medina Room A	Insights into studio-based pedagogy Saeed Arida Room B	Casual Conversation Room C	Making Stuff and Making Stuff Up Mary Ellen Wessels & Louise Waugh Room D	Bumblebots Sean Stevens David Wang Room E	Games Room F	1:10-2:35
2:45-4:00	Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and the Gifted: One Therapist’s Experience Mika Gustavson Room A	This Isn’t Your Grandmother’s Classroom: Expanding the Theory of Developmental Differentiation for 21st Century Citizens Kathi Kearney Room B	Casual Conversation Room C	TBA Room D	Commedia dell'Arte Daniel Wilder Sarah Breslau Room E	Games Room F	2:40-4:05
4:15-5:30	Psychotherapy of the Gifted Child, Adolescent, & Adult: Pitfalls & Promises Erick Medina Room A	Forests & Trees: How the Asperger's Brain Thinks Eric Van Room B	Casual Conversation Room C	In Motion Catherine Williams Room D	Linguistics Raisa Lardie Room E	Games Room F	4:10-5:35
Please join us Saturday evening, at 8:00 PM, for an Ice Cream Social for all attendees

Note: Program Details and Speaker Biographies can be found on the Presenters page.
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Sunday,
04/01/12 Conference Sessions (subject to changes and additions)

Time (Adult Program)	Adult Program		Off Topic	Children (6-9 or as noted)	Children (9-12 or as noted)	All Children	Time (Children's Program)
8:00-9:00 A.M.	Registration						8:00-8:55 A.M.
9:00-10:15	Avoiding the Strange Attractor: Giftedness as a Cultural Experience Aimee Yermish Room A	2E & 3E: Accomodations Looking Forward to College and Career from Homeschool or School Diana Abramo Room B	Casual Conversation Room C	Shakespeare in a Box- -King Lear Lorel Shea Room D	Think About Thinking Nancy Norton Room E	Games Room F	8:55-10:20
10:30-11:45	Climbing a Narrow Path: Guidance for the Highly Gifted Adult Sue Jackson Room A	Necessary Failures Melinda Stewart Room B	Casual Conversation Room C	We’re Going On A Quest! Arika Cohen Room D	Inventing a Language Adrielle Stapleton Room E	Games Room F	10:25-11:50
12:00-1:15 P.M.	Lunch			Lunch - With Families			11:50-1:10 P.M.
1:15-2:30	Attendees' Choice of Topic Staff Room A	Straight Talk About Testing & Assessment Aimee Yermish Room B	Casual Conversation Room C	Egyptian mythology Raisa Lardie Room D	Arts & Crafts Susan Levitin Room E	Games Room F	1:10-2:35
2:45-4:00	Panel Discussion Room A			Indoor Cloudwatching Alexa Kay Room D	How to Sell (almost) Anything Steve Balzac Room E	Games Room F	2:40-4:05

Note: Program Information and Speaker Biographies can be found on the Presenters page.

Beyond IQ would like to thank Arisia Corp for the loan of materials for the Children's Program.

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