B-BC in Journal of Applied School Psychology
Psychologists working in the schools have another resource to use in their work to impact in new and exciting ways the services they provide to high ability students. A recent special issue of the...
View ArticleJack Kent Cooke Grant Provides Scholarships for Twice-Exceptional Students
Through a generous grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (JKC), twice-exceptional students (high-ability students with a learning, behavior, or social-emotional disability) will have greater access...
View ArticleB-BC in Gifted Child Quarterly
Megan Foley-Nicpon (Supervisor of Psychological Services at the Center’s Assessment and Counseling Clinic), Susan Assouline (Associate Director), and Rebecca Stinson recently published an article in...
View ArticleMark Your Calendars – Upcoming Talk on Asperger Syndrome and Marriage
David Finch, a best-selling author with Asperger Syndrome, will be giving a talk in October about his recent book, The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man’s...
View ArticleGiftedness & ADHD
“Just because you’re high ability or have academic talents doesn’t mean that everything else is automatically going to be okay. That is not always true, and we need more awareness about how to help...
View ArticleDon’t Forget – Upcoming Talk on Asperger Syndrome and Marriage
If you’re free the evening of October 15th, join us for an evening with David Finch at 7:30 p.m., Pappajohn Business Building Auditorium (W10 PBB). Following the talk, Mr. Finch will be available to...
View Article“Journal of Best Practices” Author David Finch in Iowa City Tonight!
Join us for an evening with David Finch at 7:30 p.m. in the Pappajohn Business Building Auditorium (W10 PBB). Following the talk, Mr. Finch will be available to sign books. Because of university rules,...
View ArticleOn Being Twice-Exceptional
Twice-Exceptional by Allison Hartman I am Special. I am one of 300,000 people who are just like me, but not like me. We are each Unique and Similar, in our own Special Way. Every single person who is...
View ArticleSummer Scholarships for Twice-Exceptional Students
The Belin-Blank Center is pleased to announce a wonderful opportunity for twice-exceptional students. The Center recently received a grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation which provides...
View ArticleParenting Twice-Exceptional Kids
Dr. Megan Foley Nicpon, a licensed psychologist and researcher at the Belin-Blank Center, recently hosted a seminar titled “Parenting Your Twice-Exceptional Child: Developing Talent and Accommodating...
View ArticlePractical Help for Parenting Children with Autism
Join Belin-Blank Center Staff Psychologist Alissa Doobay on April 13th for a free workshop on parenting high-ability children with autism! Attend the event in person if you’re in Iowa City, or you can...
View ArticleSummer Scholarships for Twice-Exceptional Students Still Available!
The Belin-Blank Center is pleased to announce a wonderful opportunity for twice-exceptional students. The Center recently received a grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation which provides...
View ArticleNew Grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation awarded a grant to the Belin-Blank Center that will provide scholarships to twice-exceptional students who attend the Center’s summer programs. The scholarship will...
View ArticleFree Family Therapy for Gifted & 2E Families
We are seeking families interested in participating in free family therapy services at the Belin-Blank Center. Due to a recent collaboration with the Couple and Family Therapy Program (CFT) at The...
View ArticleMessage from the Director: The 4 “D’s” of Working With Highly Able Students
To fulfill our mission of “empowering and serving the gifted education community through exemplary leadership in programs, research, and advocacy,” the Belin-Blank Center relies on a 4-D service...
View ArticleFree Counseling Services for Families with High-Ability/2E Children
Could you use some assistance with parenting strategies, managing your child’s difficult behaviors, coping with family stressors, or improving communication between family members? We currently have...
View ArticleTwice-Exceptionality in the News
The following is an article about a gifted child diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome; this child was not assessed in our clinic and has no relationship to the Belin-Blank Center. It is, however, an...
View ArticleHow Do You Predict Achievement in Twice-Exceptional Students?
The Belin-Blank Center’s Susan G. Assouline, Megan Foley Nicpon, and Lori Dockery recently published an article in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. In the article, “Predicting the...
View ArticleB-BC Well-Represented in Journal of Applied School Psychology
The October-December 2011 Journal of Applied School Psychology was a special issue focusing on school psychologists who work with gifted students. The issue was co-edited by the Belin-Blank Center’s...
View ArticleB-BC in Journal of Applied School Psychology
Psychologists working in the schools have another resource to use in their work to impact in new and exciting ways the services they provide to high ability students. A recent special issue of the...
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