Beyond IQ - Greater Boston

Lessons Learned: What do we know about educating highly and profoundly gifted children?

2014 Program

Registration will be in the foyer. The Friday program will be held in rooms A & B.

Friday, April 4, 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 lessons learned from working with the gifted and their influences on what we do. We’ll explore those ideas – and what is/is not within our domain to address.

We will be offering both a fixed structure with specific workshops for those who prefer them, and less formal 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, 04/05/14		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.
9:00-10:00	First Time BIQ Attendees Josh Shaine Solarium Ballroom	The white elephant in the living room Aimee Yermish Salon A	Casual Conversation Salon B	Introductions Staff Executive Club A			8:55-10:05
10:15-11:30	*Keynote:* Kathi Kearney Lessons Learned from Leta Hollingworth and the Speyer School Solarium Ballroom			Topic Presenter Executive Club A	Topic Presenter Executive Club B	Games Executive Club C	10:10-11:35
11:45-1:00 P.M.	Lunch			Lunch - With Families			11:50-1:05 P.M.
1:15-2:15	Depression: Responses to 'The Ten Lies Depression Tells You' Anna Caveney Solarium Ballroom	Being Different: How Extreme Giftedness Changes The Way We, As Adults, Perceive, Believe, Work, Play, and Love Michael Rios Salon A	Casual Conversation Salon B	Topic Presenter Executive Club A	Topic Presenter Executive Club B	Games Executive Club C	1:10-2:20
2:30-3:30	One Brief Moment, Locked in Time: The Lifelong Impact of the Individual Progress Class Kathi Kearney & Marleina Ford Solarium Ballroom	Lessons Learned: Treating the Gifted Child, Adolescent, and Adult Erick Medina Salon A	Meditation for Parents of Highly Gifted Children: You don’t have to superhuman to raise a Highly Gifted Child, but it sure helps Robin Goldberg Salon B	Topic Presenter Executive Club A	Topic Presenter Executive Club B	Games Executive Club C	2:25-3:35
4:00-5:00	Mindfulness and Metacognition for Moms, Dads, and Everyone Else -- Expanding the Toolkit for Family and Personal Well-being Mika Gustavson Solarium Ballroom	Houston, We Have Meltdown Kit Finn Salon A	Casual Conversation Salon B	Topic Presenter Executive Club A	Topic Presenter Executive Club B	Games Executive Club C	3:55-5:10
Please join us Saturday evening, at 7:45 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,
04/06/14 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.
9:00-10:00	Motivational Paralysis Anna Caveney Solarium Ballroom	The Road Less Traveled – Introduction to unschooling and alternative career paths Michael Rios Salon A	Casual Conversation Salon B	Topic Presenter Executive Club A	Topic Presenter Executive Club B	Games Executive Club C	8:55-10:05
10:15-11:15	Lessons Learned: An Overview from the Book Josh Shaine Solarium Ballroom	Imposter Syndrome Lisa Fontaine-Rainen Salon A	Casual Conversation Room B	Princess and Dragon Arika Nabutovsky Executive Club A	Topic Presenter Executive Club B	Games Executive Club C	10:25-11:35
11:45-1:00 P.M.	Lunch			Lunch - With Families			11:45-1:00 P.M.
1:15-2:15	Attendees' Choice of Topic Staff Solarium Ballroom	An Exploration of Emergent Curriculum Mary Ellen Wessels Salon A	Casual Conversation Room B	Topic Presenter Executive Club A	Improv Games Arika Nabutovsky Executive Club B	Games Executive Club C	1:10-2:20
2:45-3:45	Keynote: Colleen Harsin Continuous Improvement – What We Are Learning at the Davidson Academy Solarium Ballroom			Topic Presenter Executive Club A	Topic Presenter Executive Club B	Games Executive Club C	2:40-4:00

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

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

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