This post describes how parent support groups for parents of twice-exceptional (2e) children reduce isolation, lower stress, and foster connections. Drawing on personal experience and research, it argues that SENG Community Groups and similar programs provide emotional support, shared strategies, and improved well‑being for parents caring for 2e children.
SENG’s May 2023 Mental Health Month featured 18 free virtual and in-person outreach events with partners. Highlights included mindfulness workshops, an international panel, student-produced media, webinars, podcasts, regional meetups, and several articles and resources addressing mental health for gifted and 2e learners.
The author describes how virtual parent support groups expanded access for families of complex outliers (twice-exceptional and profoundly gifted), reducing isolation and enabling cross‑timezone participation, shared resources, and flexible involvement. She invites parents to join or train as SENG SMPG facilitators to build wider supportive communities.
This post describes SENG Model Parent Groups (SMPGs), eight-to-ten week co-facilitated parent groups that support families of gifted children. It explains topics covered, participant benefits reported, and SENG’s commitment to training facilitators and preserving program quality to ensure supportive, well-researched SMPG experiences.
SENG’s Online Parent Support (SOPS) groups extend the SENG Model to offer weekly one‑hour, eight‑week online discussions led by certified trainers. They follow A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Children, build supportive connections, and address practical questions about cost, session length, parent interaction, and transitioning to in‑person groups.
Wenda Sheard offers nine ‘heart hints’ for advocating for gifted children, emphasizing empathy and relationships. She recommends documenting a child’s school day, trusting teachers, encouraging self-directed learning, running contests, considering home learning transcripts, citing evidence, using sunshine laws, and strategic persuasion to build support and change practices.
Gifted children often display behaviors—intensity, sensitivity, perfectionism, underachievement—that can be mistaken for disorders. Lack of clinician training leads to misdiagnosis, especially in twice-exceptional youth. Psychologists need education, and organizations like SENG provide resources, training, and public awareness to reduce misdiagnosis and support families.
This Q&A; with three SENG Model Parenting Group facilitators explains why parents join SMPGs, how meetings run, and differences for twice-exceptional children. Facilitators describe session topics, group dynamics, and observed changes: parents gain understanding, peer support, practical strategies, self-reflection, and often ongoing connections.
This study evaluated SENG Model Parent Groups and found parents increased understanding of gifted characteristics, social and emotional needs, peer and family relationships, and advocacy. Participants reported greater confidence supporting their gifted children, improved strategies for discipline and stress management, and valued peer support and school partnerships.
This article describes the SENG-Model Parent Support Groups, a ten-week program developed to help parents of gifted children address social and emotional needs. It outlines topics covered, training expansion, participant outcomes, and encouragement to establish local groups and facilitator training.
