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Parenting & mentoring

Below are the best resources we could find on Parenting and mentoring.

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Raising Your Daughter to Lead: Janelle Kerrisk at TEDxQUT

Janelle is the Queensland and Northern Territory President of the not for profit organisation, The National Association of Women in Construction as well as a partner in one of the largest specialist construction and infrastructure practices in Queensland. She sits in a small 17.

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An Inside View of Autism

This page is written by Temple Grandin and describes her journey and challenges as a woman affected by autism. Temple outlines the support she received, discusses sensory and auditory difficulties, tactile problems, her squeeze machine and many other topics.

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Parenting: The Hero’s Journey.

It’s been said that parenting it not for the faint of heart. I’ll go further to say that it is, in fact, a hero’s journey.

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Genius May Be an Abnormality: Educating Students with Asperger’s Syndrome, or High Functioning Autism

I am becoming increasingly concerned that intellectually gifted children are being denied opportunities because they are being labeled either Asperger’s or high functioning autism.

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Angela Duckworth with Amy Cuddy: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Why do some people succeed and others fail? Sharing new insights from her landmark research, Angela Duckworth explains why talent is hardly a guarantor of success. Rather, the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a focused persistence called "grit.

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Sportsmanship from the Bench

Being on the bench shouldn’t be seen as a punishment. Instead, coaches and parents need to help players recognize their critical role in the success of a team even from the sidelines.

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Is Online Education Our Future?

Depending on what happens with Covid-19 this summer and fall, it’s likely there will be some influence on plans for the 2020-2021 school year.

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Searching for Bobby Fischer

A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

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Am I the Impostor among Us?

There’s a nagging feeling most of us experience from time to time, that tells us maybe we’ve fooled everyone. We shouldn’t have been placed in a certain position, or we’re not qualified to take on a project.

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Autism’s History and Neurodiversity’s Future

We talk with Steve Silberman, author of Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, about autism, what the neurodiversity movement is, and where it’s going.

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