[UAGCNews] UAGC hosts FREE PARENT NIGHT January 18, 2007

[Teri Lane]

The Utah Association for Gifted Children presents a

 

FREE PARENT NIGHT

Thursday, January 18, 2007, 7-8:30pm

Salt Lake City Sheraton

150 W. 500 South, Salt Lake City

 

Featuring Carolyn Callahan, Ph.D.

 

"All I Ever Needed to Know About Parenting Gifted Students I
Learned from Star Trek"

 

Carolyn M. Callahan, Ph.D., professor in the Curry School of
Education, University of Virginia is also associate director of
the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented. She
teaches courses in the area of education of the gifted, and is
executive director of the Summer Enrichment Program. Dr. Callahan
has authored more than 130 articles, 25 book chapters and
monographs in gifted education focusing on creativity, the
identification of gifted students, program evaluation, and the
issues faced by gifted females. Dr. Callahan has received
recognition as Outstanding Faculty Member in the Commonwealth of
Virginia and was awarded the Distinguished Scholar Award from the
National Association for Gifted Children. She is a past-president
of The Association for the Gifted and the National Association
for Gifted Children. She also sits on the editorial boards of
Gifted Child Quarterly, Journal for the Education of the Gifted,
and Roeper Review.  

 

 

::: CONNECT with other parents

::: LEARN strategies to support your child

::: BECOME a member & register to win a door prize

::: MEET Gifted Program Coordinators and the UAGC Board

::: GATHER free resources about gifted children and programs

::: GET INVOLVED with your local affiliate or learn how to create
an affiliate organization to support gifted programs in your
district

::: SHOP vendors of specialized books, games and curricula

 

Register for Parent Day at the UAGC Annual Conference: Saturday
January 20, 2007 from 8 am - 2:30 pm.   

Early bird member registration is $100.  Visit www.uagc.org for a
registration form. 

 

Questions about FREE Parent Night?  Email Teri Lane at
4Lanetloo at comcast.net

Questions about Parent Day?  Email Teri Mattson at
teri.mattson at jordan.k12.ut.us

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