The third annual Westport “Minds in Motion” event next month will feature an address by nationally-known child psychologist Dr. Sylvia Rimm. 
Sylvia Rimm: keynote speaker. File photo
She will be the keynote speaker at the Saturday, March 19 event from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Bedford Middle School. Her topic will be The Pressures Gifted Children Feel and How to Keep Them Motivated.”
An announcement described the event as “an afternoon of fun, fast-paced, hands-on workshops geared to high-ability, motivated children” and said the workshops are designed to enrich and encourage interested—not necessarily gifted—students in grades K-8.
This yearӒs offerings are diverse and include 32 workshops divided by age group, sponsors said.
While the children attend workshops, parents may hear Rimm’s address and then attend their own workshops on parenting gifted and high-ability children.
The keynote address is available to the public at no charge regardless whether they have children registered for the Minds in MotionӔ program.
Rimm has been a contributing correspondent to NBC’s “Today Show,” makes frequent appearances on public radio, and writes a nationally-syndicated parenting column.
She runs the Family Achievement Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio and is a clinical professor at Case Western School of Medicine. Her books include “Keys to Parenting the Gifted Child,” “Education of the Gifted and Talented,” “Gifted Kids Have Feelings Too,” and “How to Parent So Children Will Learn.”
After the Westport event on the following Tuesday, March 22, Rimm will speak in New Canaan on Parenting and Teaching the Gifted Child.” The lecture will be held at Saxe Middle School Auditorium, 468 South Ave. The event is open to the public.
The “Minds in Motion” Westport event is co-sponsored by The Connecticut Association for the Gifted (CAG), the Westport Public Schools and Westport Advocates for Gifted Education. For further information or to receive a registration brochure, contact Katie Augustyn at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or (203) 454-4735.
The lecture in New Canaan is co-sponsored by the Challenge Parent Group at Saxe and the New Canaan Public SchoolsӒ Special Education Department. For further information, contact Melissa Dobbyn at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or (203) 966-8946.
