Session

Speakers

DINNER

Evening

6:00pm – 8:00pm

 

Opening Address

Tony Stevens

 

THURSDAY

Morning

8:30am – 9:00am

Welcome & registration

 

9:00am – 10:30am

Key Note

Bright and Sparkling gems: achieving Happy and resilient gifted children

Michele Juratowitch

Morning

10:30am – 11:15am

Opal Characteristics: complex, colourful, fascinating and unique

Michele Juratowitch

In one ear and out the other

Kay Distel

MORNING TEA

Middle

11:30am – 12:15am

Who are our gifted gems and how do they learn?

Leanne Martin

A Happy, Content Gifted Child- a Parent’s Perspective

Christina Rasmussen

12:15pm – 1:00pm

Models of differentiation

Elaine Geraghty

Parenting Gifted Students

Pat Burgess

LUNCH

Afternoon

1:30pm – 2:15pm

Troubleshooting acceleration - it's not a one-size-fits-all strategy

Susan Stevens

Who are our gifted gems and how do they learn?

Leanne Martin

2:15pm – 3:00pm

Differentiation – A practical approach

Elaine Geraghty

In one ear and out the other

Kay Distel

3:00pm – 4:15pm

Solitaires, bands and Clusters: the gift of friendship is rarer than diamonds

Michele Juratowitch