Minnesota Council for the Gifted & Talented
Connections. Advocacy. Resources. Equity. Support.
Building community and empowering families of gifted & talented children from all backgrounds through five core values: Connections, Advocacy, Resources, Equity, and Support.
Gifted & talented people are everywhere. Many parents observe markers of gifts and talents in their child before educators see their strengths.
Learn more about the traits of giftedness
Highlighted Events
AI Meets IQ: Exploring Talent Development with Artificial Intelligence
with eric calvert, ed.d.
monday, april 7, 2025
6:30-8:00pm, cdt via zoom
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A growing number of researchers are viewing giftedness not as a fixed trait, but as an interaction between potential and opportunities in our environments. A defining characteristic of humans is the use and creation of tools to overcome our own limitations. It’s already clear that AI tools will be powerful and offer both potential to create great benefits and great harms for humans.
This session explores recent research on the strengths and weaknesses of human brains and how talent develops in people and communities using AI as a mirror. Dr. Calvert will highlight AI-based tools parents and educators can use to support the development of thinking skills while equipping students to be intentional, critical, and capable creators and users of technology.
Riding Out the Storm: Managing Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students
With Matthew Zakreski, PSYD
wednesday, april 9, 2025
12:30-1:30pm, CDT via Zoom
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Gifted and twice-exceptional individuals are marked by their intensity, particularly their emotional intensity. These emotional outbursts can be very disruptive and dysregulating to the students, their peers, parents, teachers, and community supports. This session will focus on the psychology and neuroscience behind emotional intensity and give concrete, accessible techniques that will allow for the development of self-regulation skills.
Bedtime & Sleep Strategies for Smart Families
a two-part virtual workshop
wednEsdays, april 16 & 23, 2025
7:00-8:15 pm CDT via zoom
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Parents and caretakers of smart kids, y’all have heard it all before: “Yadayada, get more sleep, yadayada.” But what about our kids’ intensities – their extraordinary imaginational, sensory, intellectual, emotional, and psychomotor needs? What about anxiety? What about our late-night social owls? How does sleep even happen with these kids? What about OUR sleep?
Join us for some support, tips, and activities for a better night’s sleep for all family members. Then try some things and come back a week later with more “what about…” questions.
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Upcoming Events
- April 7, 2025
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AI Meets IQ: Exploring Talent Development with Artificial Intelligence with Dr. Eric Calvert
April 7, 2025 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
via Zoom
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- April 8, 2025
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Caregiver Conversations: Parenting Gifted & 2E Kids with Gifted Roads
April 8, 2025 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
via Zoom
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- April 9, 2025
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Riding Out the Storm: Managing Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students with Dr. Matthew Zakreski
April 9, 2025 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
via Zoom
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