This is just a rambling idea- butI would love some feedback...
I was really impressed when I saw the retreat for profoundly gifted kids in Colorado, and was thinking about maybe (maybe maybe) organizing something like that for families on the East Coast. The question is, first, would there be sufficient interest (I am basically thinking family camp at a YMCA type facility for 4 days with a gifted emphasis)? Second, where would you draw the line. Our difficulty (for our family) is there are organizations on the East Coast, which are great btw, such as HEROES in NJ for profoundly gifted kids, but our son just misses that cutoff, and I am trying to reach out to the folks(like us) who are just below that cut-off and have HG+ kids. It is tricky, as I feel that for generally GT kids there is plenty of attention and oppty. via regular G/t programming programs and the national organizations, and that there are opportunities for HG (typically 3 SD above the mean) via DYS and HEROES (for example) but that for the kids just missing that cut-off, there is not a lot (not complaining about the other programs, I am v. glad they exist), but unfortuately we cannot avail ourselves of them.
So, what about a program for HG/HG+ kids? My concern of course is that def. becomes a bit hard, and maybe better to just do some sort of family camp for G/T and see who shows up - anyone on the eastcoast or New England interested?
Thanks, Cat
