Understanding Giftedness: Sensitivities, Overexcitabilities, and Dąbrowski’s Theory of Positive Disintegration

Gifted people may experience heightened sensitivities. We examine these including, how they relate to the Overexcitabilities, how these in turn fit with Dąbrowski’s Theory of Positive Disintegration; and what this might mean for your gifted person.

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Presented by Dr Amanda J Harper

$110.00

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Dr Amanda J Harper

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Dr Amanda, TTC, BMus(ed), GCertPubSectMgmnt, GCertResearch, GDipSocSci(Psych), MEd(Hons)(Gifted Ed), PhD, is an Australian educator, specialising in gifted education. She currently works within the tertiary sector, but spent many years working in schools and in curriculum leadership roles. Amanda has presented at national and international conferences and is a Contributing Editor for the Roeper Review, a specialist gifted education journal based in the United States. Amanda has published on Dąbrowski’s Theory of Positive Disintegration, and she is also a contributing author of The Palgrave Handbook of Transformational Giftedness for Education (2022).