Description
No one can be a perfectionist because no one is perfect. And perfectionism is an occupational hazard of the gifted. Although giftedness and perfectionism often go hand-in-hand, perfectionism can have many “faces” and may look different in each individual. In this engaging and practical course, Lisa Van Gemert, M.Ed.T., explains how damaging perfectionism can be and how its strengths can be harnessed for good.
In this 1-hour course you will learn to:
- Identify the five faces of perfectionism in gifted children
- Build strategies to change perfectionism from unhealthy to healthy
- Classify global failure from beneficial adversity
- Utilize Barbara Clark’s model for overcoming failure
Presenter Bio
Lisa Van Gemert shares best practices in education with audiences around the world using a combination of neuropsychology, pedagogy, experience, humor, technology and sheer fun. She is an expert consult to television shows including Lifetime’s “Child Genius,” and a writer of award-winning lesson plans, as well as numerous published articles on social psychology and pedagogy and the book, Perfectionism: A Practical Guide to Managing Never Good Enough. A former teacher, school administrator, and Youth & Education Ambassador for Mensa, she shares resources for educators and parents on her website giftedguru.com and is co-founder with Ian Byrd of the Gifted Guild, a professional community for educators of the gifted. Lisa and her husband Steve are the parents of three sons and live in Arlington, Texas.
Maribel – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was a good informative session.
Alberto – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting.
Noemi – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great presentation.
CORINA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot about perfectionism and how to help students work through it.
Stacy – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I found the different types of perfectionists interesting, found myself in a few of these, gathered information on how to deal with disappointment, and how to teach my son that it’s ok to not get that 100 and it’s not the end of the world as I once felt and was not nurtured through my anxiety.
Kelly – BOLING ISD (verified owner) –
Helpful
Jennifer – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
good ideas – thank you!
Lillian – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Good strategies!
Claudia – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
It was interesting to learn the different faces of perfectionism and how affects students in the classroom.
Kristina – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Overall the content was good. Some really good strategies were introduced. However, the presentation was completely out of sync. Most of the time the slides did not match with what the presenter was talking about, and the video automatically stopped in the middle of her sentences so frequently (in order for you to read something completely different on the slides), that I completely lost track of what she was talking about. I had to reference the PDF handout on almost every slide just so I could follow along. It was an extremely disjointed experience. I like to walk away from a presentation feeling excited about what I learned, not frustrated with the format. That didn’t happen with this one.