Hi All,
Thank you for your interest in this research project! I hope this letter answers some of your questions.
My name is Sundance “Sunny” Friedrich, and I’m a doctoral candidate at Sofia University (formerly the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology) in Palo Alto, CA. I am reaching out to this group as well as helping professionals for gifted children and their families to invite participants in my doctoral dissertation research.
I am studying the spiritual and existential wellbeing, affect, and self-esteem among gifted adolescents attending schools for the gifted and not attending schools for the gifted (public school, home-schooling, schools for the gifted, etc.). My research was inspired in my work with gifted teens at my internship site (a public high school). Parents of gifted children would ask me if it would be better for their child’s wellbeing and self-esteem to attend a school for the gifted. In my search for research that showed gifted schools as more beneficial for the wellbeing and self-esteem, I discovered there were no studies conducted.
I had no clear answers for those concerned parents. It is my hope that the findings from my study will provide school counselors with grounded answers when they are asked the same question I was asked. I am now calling for gifted adolescent participants for my research. It is my hope that you will be willing to share my flyer (http://www.dissertation-expert.com/flyers/GiftedResearchFlyer.pdf) with people you know who are either the parents of gifted adolescents or the gifted adolescents themselves. All help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you so much for your time and consideration,
Sunny Friedrich, Ph.D. (Candidate)
Sofia University/ITP
s.friedrich@sofia.edu
(650) 918-0552
http://www.dissertation-expert.com/flyers/GiftedResearchFlyer.pdf
