35 tips for gifted students and those who raise them

On-Demand Class · Supporting development

Details of 35 tips to support gifted students and their families around their learning, social and emotional needs. These practical strategies are easy to put into action and easy to find to rewatch when needed.

Class Description

Gifted children are more intense than neurotypical children and this can cause issues when we are trying to parent them 'normally'. Their 'normal' is often different from the 'normal' that is talked about in books and parenting courses. Dealing procrastination, perfectionism, self-care, control, overthinking, friendships, overthinking... and more. These tips can be put into place really easily in your home wherever you are based around the world.

Class Materials

Notepad and pen

Sessions Overview

  1. Embrace their potential: Tips to help you embrace your child's potential
  2. The brain can lie (part 1): Tips to learn how to control the brain
  3. The brain can lie (part 2): Tips on how our brain makes connections that may not be true.
  4. Intensitiy: Tips for handling gifted intensity.
  5. Let it go: Tips for detaching from thoughts.
  6. What do these kids have control over?: Tips for focusing on what we can control.
  7. Self-care: Tips for how kids can take care of themselves.
  8. Putting feelings into words (part 1): Learn how to communicate emotions.
  9. Putting feelings into words (part 2): We are able to process and communicate emotions more easily if we name them.
  10. Strategies: Easy strategies to put in place.
  11. Homework: Tips to support getting homework completed without drama.
  12. Making a plan: We know that issues will happen... make a plan before they do.
  13. Procrastination: Tips to help overcome procrastination.
  14. Overthinking (part 1): Giftedness and overthinking often go hand in hand.
  15. Overthinking (part 2): Continue with learning tips for overthinking.
  16. Perfectionism (part 1): Our gifted children often haven't developed their risk ability as tasks have come too easy. This can lead to perfectionism issues - they want everything this be exactly right.
  17. Perfectionism (part 2): Continue to learn tips to handle perfectionism.
  18. Making mistakes: Our children make mistakes easily enough... we need to help them learn how to handle that.
  19. Problem solving: How do we teach problem-solving skills?
  20. Smart breaks: Learn how to break things up to manage potential issues.
  21. Anxiety (part 1): Learn strategies to support children when they become anxious
  22. Anxiety (part 2): Tips for managing anxiety continued.
  23. Friends and showing respect: How do we deal with friendships?
  24. Being in charge: Often our gifted children desire and need to be the ones in control. Here are some strategies to help negotiate that need.
  25. Recognising needs: Support our children by helping them identify their own needs and recognise what their behavior is showing us.
  26. The good in their friends: Sometimes our gifted children only focus on the negative... help them find the good in their friendships.
  27. Finding friends: Sometimes our gifted children struggle to make friends. Here are some tips to help.
  28. Bullying: Help our gifted children learn how to cope with bullying.
  29. Being 'normal': Tips to handle things when your child feels 'different'.
  30. Accepting others: Gifted children know only their reality so sometimes they do not understand why others may be different from them.
  31. Comfort zone: Sometimes our gifted children are reluctant to take risks and step out of their comfort zone.
  32. Communication: How do we help our gifted children communicate?
  33. The blame game: How do we deal with blaming?
  34. Can vs should: Tips for managing over-commitment
  35. Boundaries: How do we help our gifted children set boundaries?
  36. Making mistakes: Learning from mistakes.
  37. What is the end of the world?: How do we stop gifted children catastrophizing?
  38. Attempting balance: Gifted children will never be well-rounded.
  39. Making Amends: Help your gifted child understand how to make things right when they do things wrong.
  40. Knowing and Understanding the Rules: Often gifted children can be black and white in their thinking. Help them understand the rules and when they can bend them.

Your Instructor

Brooke Trenwith

An experienced educator, Brooke is passionate about providing teachers and families with the knowledge and strategies to support learners in their care. Brooke was President of the New Zealand Association for Gifted Children (2016-2020), a New Zealand Representative on the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children (2016-2020), and is a NZ Ministry of Education Accredited education consultant through her own company, Potential to Performance Ltd. She has taught early childhood through to university level, been a Gifted Coordinator and an Enhanced Learning Teacher, and was assistant director of an English Language School in Taiwan. Brooke works with families and schools to support gifted students.

Degrees and Certifications

Waikato University, New Zealand Masters in Education | Currently enrolled Massey University, New Zealand Postgraduate Diploma in Special Education (Gifted & Talented) with Distinction | 2010 University of Auckland, New Zealand Postgraduate Diploma of Education (Secondary) | 2000

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