We're thrilled to continue our monthly Children’s Mental Health Seminar Series, featuring our expert clinicians! Each month, we'll explore a different topic related to children’s mental health and evidence-based treatments through a series of blog posts and a live seminar that will be free to attend.

Join us on Thursday, January 29 from 11AM until 12PM EST for the next event in the series, The Purpose and Utility of Neuropsychological Evaluations for Children and Adolescents. In this seminar, we will discuss the rationale and utility of neuropsychological evaluations for children and teens, and how it could help you understand and advocate for your child. 

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Registration is free, but you must reserve a spot ahead of time to join live.

Event Details

When: January 29, 11AM - 12PM EST

Where: Virtually, on Zoom

Cost: Free

Meet the Speaker

Terry Harrison-Goldman, EdD

Director of Assessment Services

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Dysgraphia Life: When Writing is Hard.

Dr. Troia will discuss the importance of feedback and revising/editing for enhancing the productivity and quality of written texts for students who find writing challenging. Building upon a shared understanding of what constitutes quality feedback, revising, and editing, Dr. Troia will introduce specific procedures for providing feedback and helping students engage in the revising and editing aspects of the writing process. Supports for these efforts, including checklists, graphic organizers, and technology applications will be shared. This webinar is appropriate for both parents/guardians and professionals.

Speakers

• Dr. Gary Troia, Professor of Special Education· Michigan State University

Organization Name: Renzulli Center

Contact Emaildel.siegle@uconn.edu

Contact Name: Del Siegle

Join us for the virtual Taste of Confratute on January 28, 2026, where you’ll discover strategies to help students ask better questions, think critically, and dive into inquiry-based research using AI. You’ll also learn how to use AI tools to spark curiosity, support meaningful research, and open doors to creativity in the classroom. At the same time, you’ll reflect on how to balance the power of technology with human skills like curiosity, originality, and problem-solving. Walk away with new ideas, practical tools, and fresh inspiration to make AI work for you and your students. Matt Worwood will present the keynote. In it he will address future-focused is your classroom? How do you engage students in thinking creatively and envisioning possibilities? And how can artificial intelligence tools help to foster that creativity? Register at https://confratute.uconn.edu/taste-of-confratute/

Exploring Our Own Needs as Gifted and Multi-exceptional Adults

6 Sessions
Tuesdays, January 20 - February 24, 2026
5:30 - 6:45pm CT 

Adulting is hard, even when you've been at it for a while. Gifted and 2e adults often don't have a welcoming space where we can share the ups and downs of being a smart, quirky person in a world that doesn't always understand our intensity or get our jokes. Framed by weekly topics, this discussion series is all about celebrating yourself and the other gifted adults in your life.

Date:  Tuesdays, January 20 - February 24, 2026

Time:  5:30 to 6:45 pm Central Time 

Discussion Guides:  Carol Malueg and Joan Larson

Cost:  $150 per household (partners welcome)
Contact support@giftedroads.com for scholarship availability or if you’d like to provide a scholarship for another attendee.

Location:  Virtual, using Zoom — a Zoom link will be sent to all participants before the first meeting

Questions?  Email carol@malueg.com

Carol Malueg, M.A., GCT, 2e,  is a learning coach and consultant, specializing in gifted and twice-exceptional education and support. Carol serves on the Board of Directors for the Minnesota Council for the Gifted and Talented (MCGT) and the Gifted Homeschoolers Forum (GHF).  She was honored with the MCGT Friend of the Gifted Award in 2020.  Carol has trained hundreds of Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) Model Parent Group Facilitators worldwide and was awarded the SENG Presidential Award for Distinguished Service in 2021. She has worked on three Javits Grant research projects focused on improving identification of and services for gifted at-risk students.  Her company, Gifted Roads, addresses the gifted and multi-exceptional experience across the lifespan.https://giftedroads.com

Joan Larson is a gifted education specialist with Minnetonka Public Schools in Minnesota.  She was an elementary classroom teacher for ten years, and has been a gifted education specialist for thirty years.   Joan earned her Master’s Degree in Gifted, Creative, and Talented education from the University of St. Thomas.  She has worked full-time work with gifted and talented students and their families in a variety of capacities, including program and curriculum development, coaching fellow teachers, and helping families navigate school with their gifted children.  She has trained hundreds of SENG Model Parent Group Facilitators and led SMPGs with participants from all over the world.

Dates
January 26 – March 9, 2026 (no session on February 16)
(6 meeting dates for 75 minutes each)

*NOTE:  Registration closes January 22, 2026*

Time
Mondays from 5:30-6:45 pm PST

Location
This group meets virtually via Zoom

Price
*This price is for 2 primary caregivers/parents within the same family. Please include the second email and name in your order.

• Champion:  $120

• Pioneer (including student/senior):  $120

• Explorer:  $199

About the Event

• Limit of 10 pairs of adult primary caregivers/parents within the same family  (20 participants total)

• No paid books are required

Sample Weekly Topic:

1. Common mental health challenges in the gifted population

2. What to Look For and How to talk to your child and siblings about mental health

3. When to act – How do I seek help

4. How to find help: Finding mental health care professionals, Treatment Options, Planning Ahead

5. Community support: Caregiver Selfcare, Dealing with family and friends who don’t understand or believe

6. Group Choice

Hosts

Dr. Lin Lim, Nisia Patalan

With the Bruells Family: Harry & Jenny

Contact email: Lin.lim-goh@quarkcollaboration.org

About our Facilitators

Dr. Lin Lim – SENG Past President
Nisia Patalan: 

Nisia Patalan has been an educator for 26 years, 18 of which have focused on gifted learners.  She is the Director of Gifted Education for the San Juan BOCES based in Durango, CO.  SENG has provided Nisia with support, empathy, and belonging and she is honored to facilitate an SCG group focused on mental health needs amongst gifted children.Harry Bruell
Jenny Bruell

Saturday, January 10th, 10:00am-12:00pm, Fusion Academy
320 Needham St #100, Newton, MA

Does your child seem to struggle with motivation? Why can gifted and 2E children easily engage in activities they love, sometimes for hours, yet struggle immensely with doing tasks that are seemingly simple? Traditional methods like rewards, consequences, and reminders often prove ineffective, and often lead to increased frustration for both children and parents.

This in-person session by Courtney Edman, Founder of 2tametheshamE offers a fresh perspective on motivation and blends neuroscience with a neurodiversity-informed, compassionately curious parenting style. Parents will leave with a new understanding of motivation and feeling empowered with strategies and creative ideas for helping their child get started on all types of activities and tasks while also strengthening their relationship.

Free to MAGE members.

Reel: Understanding Motivation and Burnout in 2e and Neurodivergent Learners with Dr. Megan Anna Neff

In our community survey, motivation emerged as the number one topic of interest among families of 2e learners. Many parents see their bright, capable child struggling to engage with schoolwork and wonder why typical incentives - grades, rewards, or praise - don’t seem to work.

In conversation with the REEL team, Dr. Megan Anna Neff will explore motivation through a neurodiversity-affirming lens, introducing the concept of the interest-based nervous system and unpacking why ADHD, autistic, and gifted learners often arrive at motivation through very different pathways. She’ll explain how spiky cognitive profiles, sensory processing differences, and chronic stress or burnout can all shape how a child approaches tasks.

As Dr. William Dodson notes, “If I can get engaged, I can do anything", and yet for many ND learners, that sense of engagement can be hard to access. Dr. Neff will share compassionate, practical strategies families can use to support curiosity, energy, and emotional well-being at home and in school, helping kids reconnect with authentic motivation rather than compliance-driven effort.

Dr. Megan Anna Neff is a licensed clinical psychologist, author, and educator who specializes in neurodivergent-affirming care. As a late-identified autistic and ADHD psychologist, she blends clinical expertise with lived experience to help families, educators, and clinicians understand neurodivergent inner worlds with nuance and compassion. Through her work at Neurodivergent Insights, she creates widely used tools, courses, and frameworks that translate complex psychology into accessible, empowering resources for everyday life.

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Minnesota Council for the Gifted & Talented: Exploring Our Own Needs as Gifted and Multi-exceptional Adults

6 Sessions
Tuesdays, January 20 - February 24, 2026
5:30 - 6:45pm CT 

Adulting is hard, even when you've been at it for a while. Gifted and 2e adults often don't have a welcoming space where we can share the ups and downs of being a smart, quirky person in a world that doesn't always understand our intensity or get our jokes. Framed by weekly topics, this discussion series is all about celebrating yourself and the other gifted adults in your life.

Date:  Tuesdays, January 20 - February 24, 2026
Time:  5:30 to 6:45 pm Central Time 
Discussion Guides:  Carol Malueg and Joan Larson
https://giftedroads.com

Cost:  $150 per household (partners welcome)
Contact support@giftedroads.com for scholarship availability or if you’d like to provide a scholarship for another attendee.
Location:  Virtual, using Zoom — a Zoom link will be sent to all participants before the first meeting
Questions?  Email carol@malueg.com

Register here!

Summer Sage 2026 offers families of students in Kindergarten - Grade 5 a fresh, engaging, and deeply enriching experience that is thoughtfully designed to inspire curiosity and confidence. Our program blends imagination with purpose—inviting children to explore big ideas, build skills, and grow with confidence in a joyful summer setting. 

• Week 1: Stage, Studio, and Beyond (6/22-6/25)

• Week 2: Real World Skills Summit (6/29-7/2)

• Week 3: Passages and Pathways (7/6-7/10)

• Week 4: Secret Agent Summer School (7/13-7/17)

• Week 5: Game On! (7/20-7/24)

• Week 6: Portal to the Realms (7/27-7/31)

Dates: Thursdays

January 15 – March 5, 2026

Time:

Parent Workshop 5:00–6:30 PM PT

Optional Office Hours 6:30–7:15 PM

For families up through 5/6 grades 

$299 for SENG Members

Recording Available

Event Date
January 14, 2026 (Wednesday)

SENGconnect January Topic: Perfectionism, Pressure, and Permission to Be Human

About:

As we move into a new year, many families find themselves setting fresh goals and hoping for smooth starts. But for gifted and twice-exceptional (2e) children, the beginning of the year can also reignite feelings of pressure. Pressure to achieve, to “get it right,” or to live up to their own high standards. In this SENG Connect session, we’ll explore the emotional roots of perfectionism and how it uniquely shows up in gifted and 2e children. Together, we’ll discuss how to help kids recognize perfectionistic thinking patterns, reframe mistakes as essential parts of learning, and replace self-criticism with self-compassion.

Through shared experiences and practical strategies, we’ll also reflect on how modeling self-acceptance and flexibility as adults can create emotionally safe spaces for children to take healthy risks and grow.

Themes include:

• Recognizing signs of perfectionistic thinking in gifted and 2e kids

• Reframing success, failure, and effort through a growth mindset lens

• Encouraging self-compassion and emotional resilience

• Giving kids, and ourselves, permission to be human

NOTE:  Registration closes January 10, 2026

Time
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EST

Location
This session meets virtually via Zoom.
Live event only (no recording).

Price (log in to receive member prices)
Champion:  Complimentary
Pioneer (including Student/Senior):  $25
Others $50

Guest: Dr. Kali Fedor, SENG Secretary

Host:  Dr. Ciminy St. Clair, SENG President-Elect

Event Date
January 13, 2026 (Tuesday)

January Topic: Therapeutic Challenges in Meeting the Whole-Person (intellectual, physical, social, and emotional) Needs of the Profoundly Gifted

About: Asynchronous development reaches its widest span in profoundly gifted individuals. Early reading and rapidly expanding vocabularies provide access to complex content, while protean imagination, metaphorical thinking, and intuitive insights create a rich inner world. Yet, without the skills to organize and contain these capacities, emotional and cognitive flooding may result. Through a compelling case study, Dr. Grobman will illustrate therapeutic challenges and share both his client’s journey and his own emotional and intellectual responses as therapy unfolded.

NOTE:  Registration closes January 9, 2026

Organization Name: Renzulli Center

Contact Emaildel.siegle@uconn.edu

Contact Name:;; Del Siegle

talent development, and expertise? What does it mean to add depth, complexity, and abstractness as part of differentiated and advanced instruction? Frameworks and models are important tools teachers can use to create challenging learning opportunities, promote advanced thinking, and make thinking visible. Students can rely on models and frameworks to guide their own thinking and to engage in practices of the discipline.   Add to your pedagogical toolkit and learn various models and frameworks that help students examine problems, relationships, and concepts in different disciplines and guide teacher questioning. Register at https://gifted.uconn.edu/free_webinars/

Saturday, January 10th, 10:00am-12:00pm, Fusion Academy
320 Needham St #100, Newton, MA

Does your child seem to struggle with motivation? Why can gifted and 2E children easily engage in activities they love, sometimes for hours, yet struggle immensely with doing tasks that are seemingly simple? Traditional methods like rewards, consequences, and reminders often prove ineffective, and often lead to increased frustration for both children and parents.

This in-person session by Courtney Edman, Founder of 2tametheshamE offers a fresh perspective on motivation and blends neuroscience with a neurodiversity-informed, compassionately curious parenting style. Parents will leave with a new understanding of motivation and feeling empowered with strategies and creative ideas for helping their child get started on all types of activities and tasks while also strengthening their relationship.

Free to MAGE members.

Registration has begun online at www.kaleidoscopekids.com
K I T E
(Kaleidoscope Institute for Thinking Excellence)
July 27-31, 2026
A one-week full-day advanced program for high ability learners in grades
Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 7
Location: Pike School, 34 Sunset Rock Road, Andover, Massachusetts
KITE 2026 Theme: “MYSTERIES AND MARVELS”
Cost: $550+ Extended Day options available
“Mysteries and Marvels” works beautifully as a theme for high-ability learners because it taps into their natural curiosity and love of big, open-ended questions. It’s broad enough to cover history, scienceu, literature, and creativity, while also giving room for deep dives and hands-on exploration.
WHO SHOULD COME TO KITE?
If your child grasps new concepts quickly and deeply, asks questions that show depth of understanding, often adds that “something extra” to a project, does not require any in-classroom support, seems motivated to explore new ideas, and/or spends time waiting for others to “catch up”... then we highly recommend that you try the KITE program this summer. Please feel free to call us at (978) 494-3978 or email kelsea@kaleidoscopekids.com any time to discuss your child and to determine whether the KITE program would be a good match.

Registration has begun online at www.kaleidoscopekids.com
K I T E
(Kaleidoscope Institute for Thinking Excellence)
July 27-31, 2026
A one-week full-day advanced program for high ability learners in grades
Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 7
Location: Pike School, 34 Sunset Rock Road, Andover, Massachusetts
KITE 2026 Theme: “MYSTERIES AND MARVELS”
Cost: $550+ Extended Day options available
“Mysteries and Marvels” works beautifully as a theme for high-ability learners because it taps into their natural curiosity and love of big, open-ended questions. It’s broad enough to cover history, scienceu, literature, and creativity, while also giving room for deep dives and hands-on exploration.
WHO SHOULD COME TO KITE?
If your child grasps new concepts quickly and deeply, asks questions that show depth of understanding, often adds that “something extra” to a project, does not require any in-classroom support, seems motivated to explore new ideas, and/or spends time waiting for others to “catch up”... then we highly recommend that you try the KITE program this summer. Please feel free to call us at (978) 494-3978 or email kelsea@kaleidoscopekids.com any time to discuss your child and to determine whether the KITE program would be a good match.

Technology isn't going anywhere, and many families are struggling with how to manage it. From late-night screen sneaking and meltdowns when it's time to log off, to endless homework delays caused by digital distractions -- Parent coaches Diane Dempster and Trina Maclean will lead an interactive workshop to offer a fresh coach-approach to reducing device dilemmas and digital drama. Walk away with:

Realistic strategies for setting boundaries without constant conflict

• Tools to help kids develop healthier tech habits

• Ideas to bring more calm back into the home -- without rigid rules

Bonus: Everyone who registers is also invited to attend an exclusive community conversation, Parenting in the World of AI facilitated by Elaine & David Taylor-Klaus.

Event details:
  Date: Wed., Nov. 19, 2025
  Time: 2:00 p.m. ET
  Length: 90 minutes
  Format: Online
  Cost: $35 (early bird rate)
  Referral Fee: 40%

The registration link is: https://sageschool.org/admission/admission-events/

Join us for The Sage School’s Fall Open House on November 16 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM! This is a wonderful opportunity for prospective families to explore what makes Sage a unique and inspiring place for students to learn and grow. Meet our dedicated faculty and administrators who are passionate about fostering a love for learning. Discover our classrooms, incredible art studios, and makerspace, where students can explore their artistic talents and innovative ideas. Whether you’re new to the Sage community or looking to learn more, our Open House is the perfect way to experience the vibrant, inclusive environment that makes Sage so special. We look forward to welcoming you!

REEL's community consistently votes self regulation as  a top topic of interest.  Self-regulation is a complex concept that is often referred to in discussions about how to manage emotions, behaviors, and reactions to various stimuli that could lead to a stress response. 2e children’s (and 2e adult’s!) experience of self-regulation may be more complex and unique compared to their neurotypical peers.

Join Teresa Nair, REEL's Parent Community Program Manager and expert, at this lunchtime event to learn: 

• What is Self-Regulation?

• A 3-Step Pathway to Better Regulation Management

• The Role of Co-Regulation

• Examples and Scenarios

The discussion will be recorded and shared with all RSVPs. This event will have live Spanish translation.

Date & Time: Monday, Oct 27, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PDT

 Location: Online

 Event Details & RSVP

Thursday, October 23rd, 6-7 pm

The Brighton School is designed to meet the intellectual, emotional, and social needs of inquisitive, talented children who are eager to learn. We offer children and their families an alternative educational setting where each child is recognized for their unique gifts.

360 Water Street Framingham

508 -877-8200