Petra Leinigen
Parent Counselor
https://www.herausforderung-begabung.de
Oldenburg, Germany
Website: Counseling nationwide
Petra Leinigen is a counselor for parents of gifted children in Germany for more than 20 years. Her focus is on the families well being with a gifted child. Petra gained her ECHA-Coach Diploma at ICBF in Muenster and did the nationwide telephone counseling for Germany for four years. Petra holds speeches and also does workshops to train the trainers. She also was on the board for IQ-NordWest e.V., an association for parents with gifted children in Lower Saxony, Germany. https://www.herausforderung-begabung.de Mail: info@herausforderung-begabung.de
- Contributions at Talent Education 2024
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Tight corset and long leashPaperThere is hardly a right way to teach gifted pupils, but more often a clear ‘wrong’. The ideal approach would be to impart knowledge while taking into account a pupil's talents; the wrong approach would be to fundamentally ignore giftedness. ‘Your child could get very good grades if he or … More
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Grade skipping as a successful option for gifted childrenPaperTalent Education 2019Over the course of almost fifteen years I have been counselling far more than 700 families. In more than a third of the cases, skipping a grade has been a possible option for the children. more than 200 children skipped, often in grades 1 and 2 of primary school and … More
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Look at the siblingsPaperTalent Education 2023Giftedness has many faces. We know the mathematical probability of giftedness in an age-matched group, but that doesn’t necessarily result in identifying the specific quantity. Finding gifted individuals takes more than mathematics and understanding that some gifted people hide themselves very well. Giftedness, whether recognized or not, has a strong … More
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Individual education for gifted studentsPaperTalent Education 2020As the Corona virus struck this spring it was a hard cut for the families and their social development which all of the sudden turned towards zero. On the other hand, a tailored learning addressing individual needs of their gifted children all of the sudden seemed more possible than ever … More