Gifted Chat

Matthew “Dr. Matt” Zakreski, PsyD is a high energy, creative clinical psychologist and professional speaker who utilizes an eclectic approach to meet the specific needs of his neurodivergent clients. He is proud to serve the Gifted community as a consultant, a professor, an author, and a researcher. He has spoken over 400 times all over the world about supporting neurodivergent

Dr. Beghetto is an internationally recognized expert on human creativity and the possible in educational settings. He holds the Pinnacle West Presidential Chair and serves as a Professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. Dr. Beghetto is Editor for Review of Research in Education, Series Editor for Creative Theory and Action in Education (Springer

Dina Brulles, Ph.D., is the Gifted Program Coordinator at the Mary Lou Fulton Teacher’s College at Arizona State University and the former Director of Gifted Education at Paradise Valley Unified School District in Arizona. She recently served as NAGC’s Governance Secretary and also as the board’s School District Representative. Dina received the prestigious 2022 NAGC Anne Isa

Joy Lawson Davis, EdD, is the award-winning author and expert scholar in Diversity & Equity in Gifted & Advanced Learner Programs. She is a leader in gifted education at the local, state, national, and international levels. Dr. Davis not only has the knowledge and wisdom, but has the experience in gifted education, as a gifted teacher. Two of her must-have books are Bright,

Join the conversation with Dr. Jaime Castellano, Professor in the Department of Special Education at Florida Atlantic University, to identify and support students with trauma, toxic stress, and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Learn strategies to support and locate services to help our gifted students and their families. Also, hear about the new edition of his book, Special Po

Join Dr. Emily Mofield, assistant professor from Lipscomb University,  as she discusses vertical differentiation for gifted and high-potential students. She shares a few strategies from her latest book, Vertical Differentiation for Gifted, Advanced, and High-Potential Students, and how they can be applied to reveal and cultivate talent in K-12 students. Emily uses the ABC's fo

Join the conversation with Dr. Matt Makel, Associate Research Scientist in the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University, as we discuss "Why do we need gifted education?". This episode is one of the longer chats as we discussed the need for gifted education and how to improve how we do gifted.

Join Dr. Joni Lakin as she discusses services for gifted students as well as sharing data with general education teachers to provide services in the general education classroom. You will learn why advanced math needs to start in middle school for students going into STEM and medical fields! Dr. Lakin shares strategies gifted specialist can use to help with talent development and ta

Join Gifted Guru, Lisa van Gemert, as we discuss the importance of teaching vocabulary to gifted students.

Gifted readers need appropriate instruction and reading level books, but we have to make sure the content is appropriate. Dr. Patti Wood explains how to teach to the gifted and High-Ability Readers. She shared her resource links below. Blendspace link for resources for gifted readers: https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/aerO28kQxqYt4w Novel Guides for Gifted Readers: https://ww