Barbara Klein, Ed.D.

Another book signing!

Saturday, October 7th at 1 PM

Barnes & Noble
160 South Westlake Blvd.
Thousand Oaks, CA  91362
805 497-9616 (Voice Mail)

Another book signing for Raising Gifted Kids.

Sunday  Oct. 8 at 2:00PM

Dutton's Brentwood Bookstore
11975 SAN VICENTE BLVD. LOS ANGELES, CA 90049
(310) 476-6263 

First book signing for Raising Gifted Kids.

September 23 at 1:00PM

Barnes & Noble, 6100 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Woodland Hills, CA 91367   Tel: (818) 704-3850 

The back cover of RAISING GIFTED KIDS.

A PARENTING WORKSHOP
Learn How to Develop Your Gifted Child’s Potential

Understand
    •Ways gifted children are unique
    •The right way to motivate your child
    •How to interact with your child’s school
    •How to set realistic limits

Through group interaction and readings from Raising Gifted Kids: Everything You Need to Know to Help Your Gifted Child Thrive by Barbara Klein, Ph.D., parents will acquire new strategies and skills to parent their gifted children.

Fridays 9:30AM–11:00AM: August 11th, 17th, 25th
10956 WEYBURN AVE., SUITE 224  (CORNER OF BROXTON)
Cost: $95 per week or $200 for all 3 sessions
Dr. Barbara Klein (310) 209-0515

Strategies to Tame Perfectionism

1.  Do not use perfectionistic criteria when motivating a gifted child, because it will intensify overachievement or underachievement, and distract from the child’s inner potential.
2.  Be careful to set realistic achievable goals that are meaningful to a child.
3.  Don’t transmit your own perfectionistic goals and ideals to the gifted child. In other words, don’t overidentify with your child or student.
4.  Understand the difference between challenging a child and pushing a child.
5.  Learn to advocate for your child in a fruitful manner. Avoid being your child or student’s business manager.     
6.  Foster intrinsic motivation.
7.  Help develop peer interaction.

I'm speaking at the SENG Conference in the Hilton Irvine (Crystal A2) Friday July 7 at 2:45 PM

Developing Strategies to Tame Perfectionism in Gifted Children

Perfectionism is natural to the gifted child’s development. Perfectionism compels the child forward if properly harnessed. But the gifted child can become derailed by perfectionistic tendencies that get out of control. Parents and teachers who understand and realistically deal with their child’s or student’s needs to complete a task perfectly will be more effective. Insights and strategies for dealing with childhood perfectionism will be presented.

http://www.sengifted.org/conference_sessions.pdf 

Thanks to Elizabeth Cheldin.  And thanks to Deborah Wald. New author photograph for my forthcoming book.

 

 

Tentative cover design of my forthcoming book!

 

Date changed for #14 below---please read---Workshop for parents is Friday May 19. Please call for information.