GHF Represented on The G Word Film Advisory Board

The G Word Film is a documentary directed and produced by award-winning filmmaker Marc Smolowitz and produced by Ron Turiello. The G Word explores the lives of gifted individuals in America, giving us a better understanding of the gifted experience.

According to The G Word, the film tells its story through, “A mosaic of revealing stories told by children, adults, and elders will explore giftedness, intelligence, and neurodivergent learners across the age spectrum and ask, 'In the 21st century, who gets to be gifted and why?' Searching for an answer, THE G WORD takes an unexpected path, visiting rural, urban and suburban schools, homes of gifted families, low-income neighborhoods, brain scientists, educators, and policy experts to discover that gifted people reside in all walks of life - including our prisons – but many go unrecognized and don’t receive the support they need to fully thrive, sometimes with disastrous consequences.”

Supporting the film’s direction, The G Word Advisory Board consists of recognized experts and leaders within the gifted community, and GHF is proud to have three of its own on the board:

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Sharon Duncan provides coaching and consultation to parents, teachers, schools, and districts to help them meet the social, emotional and intellectual needs of gifted children through Gifted Identity. and is a co-founder of GRO--Gifted Research and Outreach--GRO's mission is to promote a comprehensive and accurate understanding of giftedness through research and outreach. GRO is a 501.c.3 and the only gifted organization of its kind which is actively investigating the physiological differences of gifted individuals

As President of the GHF Board, my job is to be the public face of the organization, lead strategic planning, lead and provide support for the board of directors, and supervise staff leadership. Strategic planning is fun for me as I am a big picture integrator. I love to see how parts work together. I see GHF as a community of families, professionals, educators, researchers, writers, volunteers, and staff whose purpose is to come together and support gifted learning at all phases of life.

Initial Goal is the Development of a High-Quality Organization

In working with the board of directors, I see my job as empowering each director to be creative, feel strong ownership over their domains, work collaboratively with each other, and to then lead the community in the same way; working with each other with an attitude of Love and Kindness as our goal.

The organization has many functional capabilities that are meant to be integrated and work together:

I feel very good that we have the team, community, and resources to build something more complete and special than before. Please reach out to me by email, I would love to hear from you.

Altogether, I see GHF as a self-supporting community where we are all engaged within our roles to support gifted learning at all phases of life. We are building the attitude, resources, and infrastructure for GHF to thrive as a joyful learning community for years to come.

Finding the Right Fit: 2e kids in a “one-size-fits-all” world

by Heather Pleier at Wonderschooling

Imagine with me, for a second, that you’re going shoe shopping. You want to find a good, affordable pair of shoes that fit and look nice too.

If you’re average – say a US Women’s Size 7 or 8, you can walk into almost any shoe store and expect to find something that could work.
In fact, you may find multiple pairs, may have dozens or more at home to choose from.

Now imagine that your feet aren’t an “average” size. Let’s say that you wear a size 12 Women’s shoe. And not only that, but your feet are extra narrow as well.

Clearly, you didn’t choose your shoe size. There was nothing you did to influence either the length or width of your feet, and there’s really nothing you can do to change it. (Read more...)

Paula Prober is a psychotherapist and consultant in private practice based in Eugene, Oregon. Over the 35+ years she has worked with the gifted, Paula has been a TAG teacher and teacher trainer and has presented at universities, conferences, and webinars. She consults internationally with gifted adults and parents of gifted children. Her popular book, Your Rainforest Mind: A Guide to the Well-Being of Gifted Adults and Youth was published by GHF Press. She blogs at Your Rainforest Mind. Her writing has appeared in the Psychotherapy Networker, Advanced Development Journal and online at Thrive Global, Introvert Dear, Highly Sensitive Refuge, and Rebelle Society.

We know that GHF has a thriving global community, and we want your help to showcase where gifted learners live. This Spring, we are mapping our community through the Lights On In Our Homeschool initiative. We are working on creating new local groups, resources for more isolated homeschoolers, and a microschool directory.

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Nova Middle School
2020 22nd Ave SE
Olympia, WA 98501
Doors open at 8:00 AM

Topics Include:
* The Gifted Brain
* Twice Exceptionality
* Social/Emotional Development
* Grit
* Asynchrony
* Trauma
* Anxiety
* And more!