Re: Guidance and Counseling

On 10/31/09, Dee wrote:
> I am taking a class on gifted counseling and guidance. No,
> I do not work with gifted children, just need to understand
> what to do with them if they come to me. I have to do a
> final project and need some suggestions for my idea. MY
> IDEA: To create a club/group for early release days at my
> school. Invite TAG students to participate. Have discussion
> sessions based on topics that they face so they can get it
> off of their chest; provide some activities (fun) for them
> to interact with their peers; provide some off campus
> activities for them to get some exposure to their
> surroundings; provide interest and career exposure that may
> be of interest to them; build self esteem and have them do
> some volunteering and public service activities. Now, how
> to present this idea, I am at a lost. I want to also use a
> few episodes from the Big Bang Theory

You've identified *your* goals for the class. Now what are
you going to do that will actually attract the students to
come? Most of those activities (as you've described them)
sound like the sort of things most kids (and especially gifted
kids) would pay to avoid---earnest adults trying to "better"
them