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Poster 8: Addressing Adversities: Trauma-Informed Supports for Gifted, Adopted/Foster Youth

Thursday, November 13, 2025
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM ET
Location: Convention Center, Exhibit Hall B
Grade Level: Pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary, Professionals
Short Description: This session focuses on the social and emotional issues, stories, and lived experiences of gifted adoptees, gifted foster youth, and their parents, particularly as they relate to trauma. We will share tools, best practices, and understandings needed by teachers, administrators, counselors, and parents. Participants will apply knowledge learned to real-life scenarios during the session.

Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will understand the intersectionality between trauma in giftedness and adoption/foster care.
  • Participants will develop a toolkit (based on research, stories, and recommendations from individuals with lived experiences) for understanding and working with this population.
  • Participants will apply strategies to case studies of individuals from this population.