We have been hearing more and more from parents of both PG and or 2e children looking for support from other parents, and feeling more and more isolated as gifted funding and programming continues to get cut and as the pandemic rages on. These parents are interested in building a community with other parents whose children are also PG and or 2e, in person, in the Chicagoland area. There will be no way to participate virtually, and if you are sick and can’t make it, we won’t be able to refund your fee, in order to protect the privacy of attending families. There are privacy rules set in place, and light facilitation, with optional lightly supervised childcare.
Parenting kids is hard (but plenty of support), parenting gifted kids is harder (barely any support), and parenting 2E and or PG children is extremely hard (almost no support)! If you want to receive support with parenting your gifted child, please join us. Come meet with others who are also seeking support. Many of the struggles around perfectionism, anxiety, are shared among the gifted. We collect topics for input at registration, and will pick one or two topics per discussion, along with making time for everyone saying what they need support with the most and others helping troubleshoot the challenge. Come, needles in a haystack, we will be your collector magnet to help you find each other and find support in each other.
2E PG Parent Support Group (IN PERSON)
Our community has asked us that we host this parent support group. The group will be hosted by our Director, Judy Wahl, who is a SENG facilitator. This will be in person, and no part of this will be recorded. Limit 10 participants with a waitlist. You do not need to have a MAGE student to attend.
Register by clicking on the link here.
The group will meet for 45 minutes per week, over 4 alternating weeks starting on January 13 and we will add additional weeks if there is interest.
Thursday, January 13, 6:00PM-6:45PM
Thursday, January 27, 6:00PM-6:45PM
Thursday, February 10, 6:00PM-6:45PM
Thursday, February 24, 6:00PM-6:45PM
The cost of the group is $100 for all 4 weeks per adult participant. There’s childcare for an additional cost! Read below.
Boardgames+Pizza (bring your own if gluten free, etc) will be provided at $25/child including supervised play for ages 5+, child must have achieved all self-care and social milestones expected for their age to be hanging out in this setting. There will be minimums for child and parent enrolled attendees so that we can make sure there are enough participants to make this fun. Limit 10 children for COVID safety and student teacher ratio.
You (and your child if they are coming) must upload your vaccine record+booster (else it doesn’t count) to attend in person and you will be tested on site with a self-administered RAPID test as well that we will provide. Limit 10 children for COVID safety and student teacher ratio.
Please wait for your confirmation before you show up. Your seat will be forfeited if you don’t pay for it. Yes, we may do a 2e adult mingle at some point too, we’ve been asked for that as well.