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Connections Between Critical Thinking, Writing and Meeting the Social Emotional Needs of Gifted Children

This workshop will focus on how to help children be better thinkers and learners.  There will be an emphasis on the importance of challenge, perseverance and hard work as social-emotional components for acquiring skills that help gifted children adapt to meet life’s expectations.  Practical ideas and materials will be presented by author, consultant, and former President of New Jersey Association for Gifted Children, Nathan Levy.

Speaker Bio: Nathan Levy (the author of Stories with Holes, Whose Clues?, and Nathan Levy's 100 Intriguing Questions) is a gifted educator. In his thirty five years as a teacher, principal, and consultant Nathan worked directly with children, teachers and parents. He has developed unique teaching strategies that encouraged the love of learning. Mr. Levy has mentored more than thirty current principals and superintendents, as well as helped to train thousands of teachers and parents in better ways to engage children in learning.