[UAGCNews] UAGC co-sponsors talk on Twice Exceptional Learners

[Teri Lane]

Drs. Fernette and Brock Eide are giving 3 lectures on while in
Salt Lake City:  The Utah Association for Gifted Children and a
local group of parents (Sally, Teri, Steve and Michelle) are
co-sponsoring "Twice Exceptional Learner" on Wednesday September
27.  The University of Utah Eric Moerer Memorial Lectures
include:  "Gifted Children: A Full Perspective - Neurobiology,
Temperament, Motivation, Experience and Development" and "The
Midas Touch: How Giftedness Itself Can Become a Learning
Challenge".  See details below and in attached flyers.

 

 

Drs. Fernette and Brock Eide present:

Twice Exceptional Learners

September 27, 2006 at 6:30pm

Granite Education Center, Room D-102 (in the 5-story building)

2500 South State Street, Salt Lake City

 

Gifted and Learning Challenged: Twice Exceptional Students

Twice-exceptional students are atypical learners who are often
characterized as smart students with school problems.

They may have:

. Attention Difficulties

. Visual and Auditory Problems

. Dyslexia

. Sensory Processing Disorder

. Memory Weaknesses

. Troubles with Math

. Language Difficulties

 

Brock Eide, M.D., M.A. is a member of the prestigious Alpha Omega
Alpha Medical Honor Society from the University of Washington
School of Medicine.

He has trained in clinical medicine and basic science research at
the National Institutes of Health, the University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine, and the University of California-San
Francisco School of Medicine. Fernette Eide, MD is a graduate of
Harvard University and received her M.D. from the University of
California-San Francisco School of Medicine. She has been on the
Neurology faculties of University of Washington, the University
of California-San Francisco, and University of Chicago School of
Medicine.

 

The Drs. Eide run the Eide Neurolearning Clinic in Edmonds
Washington, which provides neurology consultation,
neuropsychological assessment, and learning and school report
recommendations for children: http://neurolearning.com. They are
on the Professional Advisory Committee for SENG (Supporting
Emotional Needs of Gifted).

 

Eric Moerer Memorial Lecture Series

Gifted Children Lectures

Free and Open to the Public

Sponsored by: University of Utah Department of Family and
Consumer Studies

Presenters: Brock Eide, M.D., M.A. and Fernette Eide, M.D.

 

Gifted Children: A Full Perspective

Neurobiology, Temperament, Motivation, Experience and Development

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2:00 P.M.

University of Utah Campus

Alfred Emery Building - Room 320*

 

The Midas Touch: How Giftedness Itself Can Become a Learning
Challenge

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 7:00 P.M.

Salt Lake City

Downtown Pubic Library

Conference Room - Level 4

 

 

 

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