Beyond IQ - Greater Boston

Joy, Sadness, and the HG/PG Person

2016 Program

Registration will be in the foyer. The Friday program will be held in Boardroom & Cotillion.

Friday, April 15, at BIQ

Workshops for Professionals

Check-in for Friday will be between 8 and 9am, with a continental breakfast. Lunch on Friday will also be with the Conference. We usually finish up around 4pm, but sometimes discussions go on into dinner!

In keeping with the theme of the weekend, a major focus of our discussions will deal with joy and sadness as experienced by HG/PG children, teens, and adults. We’ll explore those ideas – and what is/is not within our domain to address.

We will be offering both a fixed structure with specific workshops for those who prefer them, and less formal discussions, varying large and small group interaction based on the needs and interests of our attendees. This permits us to address individual questions more effectively than the standard presentation model seems to.

Let us know your interests!

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Note: Program Details and Speaker Biographies can be found on the Presenters page.
Click here for information about the Young Adult Program.

Saturday, 4/16/16		Conference Sessions (subject to changes and additions)
Time (Adult Program)	Adult Program		Off Topic	Children (6-12 or as noted)		All Children	Time (Children's Program)
8:00-9:00 A.M.	Registration						8:00-8:55 A.M.
9:00-10:00	First Time BIQ Attendees Josh Shaine Seminar Room	Boxwood	Casual Conversation Deck	Introductions Alexa K Ivy			8:55-10:05
10:15-11:30	*Keynote:* Aimee Yermish Surfing the Whirlwind: Accepting and Working with Big Feelings Seminar Room			Not Too* Messy!* Sherene Raisbeck Ivy	Fern	Games Deck	10:10-11:35
11:45-1:00 P.M.	Lunch			Lunch - With Families			11:50-1:05 P.M.
1:15-2:30	Existential - Phenomenological Perspectives on Joy & Sadness Erick Medina Seminar Room	Personality Types Revisited Eric Van Boxwood	Casual Conversation Boardroom	TBA TBD Ivy	Fern	Games Deck	1:10-2:35
2:30-3:30	Social Time	Social Time	Casual Conversation Boardroom	Social Time Ivy	Social Time Fern	Games Deck	2:35-3:25
3:30-4:45	When Gaming, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Collide: Using Jane McGonagal's Superbetter as Parent and as Clinician Mika Gustavson Seminar Room	“The Happy Factor” & School Search Anna Fallon Boxwood	Casual Conversation Boardroom	TBA Mary Ellen Wessels & Louise Waugh Ivy	Fern	Games Deck	3:25-4:50
Please join us Saturday evening, at 7:45 PM, for an Ice Cream Social for all attendees

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Sunday,
04/17/16 Conference Sessions (subject to changes and additions)

Time (Adult Program)	Adult Program		Off Topic	Children (6-12 or as noted)		All Children	Time (Children's Program)
8:00-9:00 A.M.	Registration						8:00-8:55 A.M.
9:00-10:00	Joy, Sadness, and other emotions from a Dabrowskian Perspective Josh Shaine Seminar Room	Boxwood	Casual Conversation Boardroom	How to Win at Puzzles Alexa K Ivy	Fern	Games Deck	8:55-10:05
10:15-11:15	Social & Emotional Carolyn K. Seminar Room	Boxwood	Casual Conversation Boardroom	Logic Games Staff Ivy	Fern	Games Deck	10:25-11:35
11:45-1:00 P.M.	Lunch			Lunch - With Families			11:45-1:00 P.M.
1:15-2:15	Differentiation through Art Integration Mary Ellen Wessels Seminar Room	Boxwood	Casual Conversation Boardroom	Fictional Character Development Nina Judith Katz Ivy	Fern	Games Deck	1:10-2:20
2:45-3:45	Panel: "I have become comfortably numb" Josh Shaine Moderator Seminar Room			Topic Presenter Ivy	Fern	Games Deck	2:40-4:00