[Oz-gifted] general update

[Alison Miller]

I have a few ideas an will get back to the list sometime soon as work calls
24/7 ATM
alison

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From: "tony nolan" <t.nolan at uts.edu.au>
To: <oz-gifted at rite.ed.qut.edu.au>
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 9:33 PM
Subject: [Oz-gifted] general update


>
> G'day
>
> Just to let you know a few things
>
> 1 - the gifted policy work is still going on, however, it should be soon
> coming to an end and to be presented to the minister Brendan Nelson. There
> are now a few more Gifted People, who know far more that I are also
> involved in giving information to that committee, so we hope to raise
> issues again soon.
>
> 2. I have been in discussions with an professional body of counsellors,
who
> are interested in the areas of gifted teens and gifted adults. My fiancee
> and I are looking at doing some of the training and becoming accredited,
> however this will take several years to do. Because of the need for
> resources in the community, there is going to be an in-service
professional
> development workshop to already trained counsellors, who i hope will be on
> a list some where, as well as available as any other type of counsellors.
>
> The current need areas I have discussed are;
> Gifted suicide - gifted depression - gifted relationships breakdown -
> gifted vocational guidance - gifted learning disabilities
>
> There has also been a suggestion to also focus on support for families who
> have both gifted and mentally disabled members of the same family.
>
> These counsellors would not be the same type as Lesley Sword, or Helen
> Dudeney - who are the  specialists and experts in the field. The
> counsellors who would do the in-service would deal with other aspects of
> counselling, but would be aware of the difficulties / specialities of the
> Gifted Community.
>
> Anyway I am after any topics or feedback that can help in this path.
>
> Regards
> Tony
>
>
>
>
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