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Jodie Mahoney Center for Gifted Education
William and Mary Center for Gifted Education
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Creativity

Concurrent

The Challenges of Creatively Gifted Students

Friday, November 10, 2023
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM East Coast USA Time
Location: Monterrey 2/3
Creative adolescents face unique challenges in gifted education programs. Their tendency to excel in one domain and practice "selective conscientiousness" may lead to them being labeled underachievers. Their nonconformity in appearance, opinions, and gender roles may lead to social rejection. Their career goals often lack clear pathways. We share lessons learned from counseling interviews with 1100 highly creative students.

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn the three major challenges affecting creatively gifted adolescents in achievement, social relationships, and career development.
  • Describe the research evidence for creative adolescents' variable achievement, social nonconformity, and career uncertainty.
  • Learn how to include, accept, and encourage creative students using strategies to help creative students plan for strategic achievement, overcome social isolation, and find the right mentors