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Beyond IQ: Greater Boston

"Images of Self"

2013 Program

Registration and the Friday program will be held in rooms...

Friday, April 5, 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 self-image of the gifted and how they affect professionals. We’ll explore those ideas – and what is/is not within our domain to address.

Rather than setting up a fixed structure for our day, we will engage in 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, 04/06/13		Conference Sessions (subject to changes and additions)
Time (Adult Program)	Adult Program		Off Topic	Children (6-9 or as noted)	Children (9-12 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 Solarium Ballroom	Topics We'd Like To See Kit Finn Room A	Casual Conversation Room B	Introductions Staff Executive Club A			8:55-10:05
10:15-11:30	*Keynote:* Mika Gustavson, MFT Mirrors, Masks and Messages: Notes on Self-Reflection Solarium Ballroom			Origami Susan Levitin Executive Club A	Executive Club B	Games Executive Club C	10:10-11:35
11:45-1:00 P.M.	Lunch			Lunch - With Families			11:50-1:10 P.M.
1:15-2:15	Dabrowskian Concepts of Self Josh Shaine Room A	Adolescent Identity Formation in Highly Gifted Adolescents Melinda Stewart Solarium Ballroom	Casual Conversation Room B	Making Stuff and Making Stuff Up Mary Ellen Wessels & Louise Waugh Executive Club A	Topic Presenter Executive Club B	Games Executive Club C	1:10-2:20
2:30-3:30	Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and the Gifted: One Therapist’s Experience Mika Gustavson Solarium Ballroom	Indecent Exposure: How Global Media Exploits the Highly Gifted Kathi Kearney Room A	Casual Conversation Room B	TBA Executive Club A	Topic Presenter Executive Club B	Games Executive Club C	2:25-3:35
4:00-5:00	The self through the lens of Constructive Developmentalism Ellen Neelands Room A (Hilton)	Personality, Giftedness, and The Aesthetics of Visual Narrative (aka Taste in Movies) Eric Van Room B (Hilton)	Casual Conversation Room C (Hilton)	Kinetic Connections Catherine Williams Executive Club A	Topic Presenter Executive Club B	Games Executive Club C	3:55-5:10
Please join us Saturday evening, at 7:45 PM, for an Ice Cream Social for all attendees

Note: Program Details and Speaker Biographies can be found on the Presenters page.
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Sunday,
04/07/13 Conference Sessions (subject to changes and additions)

Time (Adult Program)	Adult Program		Off Topic	Children (6-9 or as noted)	Children (9-12 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	Through a Mirror Darkly: The Problem of Narcissism Aimee Yermish Solarium Ballroom	2e Family Roundtable Mary Ellen Wessells & Louise Waugh Room A	Casual Conversation Room B	Topic Presenter Executive Club A	No Sew Costumes Susan Levitin Executive Club B	Games Executive Club C	8:55-10:05
10:30-11:30	The Paradox of Giftedness: When Potential Doesn't Necessarily Predict Performance Michel Fitos Solarium Ballroom	Graphic Novels for Gifted Kids and Their Families Kendra Brown Room A	Casual Conversation Room B	Open Season on Crafts! Susan Levitin Executive Club A	Topic Presenter Executive Club B	Games Executive Club C	10:25-11:35
11:45-1:00 P.M.	Lunch			Lunch - With Families			11:45-1:00 P.M.
1:15-2:15	Attendees' Choice of Topic Staff Solarium Ballroom	Intensity Kit Finn Room A	Casual Conversation Room B	Topic Presenter Executive Club A	Topic Presenter Executive Club B	Games Executive Club C	1:10-2:20
2:45-3:45	Panel Discussion Solarium Ballroom			Sing-along Alexa Kay Executive Club A	Topic Presenter Executive Club B	Games Executive Club C	2:40-4:00

Note: Program Information and Speaker Biographies can be found on the Presenters page.

Beyond IQ would like to thank Arisia Corp for the loan of materials for the Children's Program.