“A SMART world for SMART kids"
Gifted & Talented
WHO WE ARE
Gifted & Talented is the first program in Lebanon to develop the intellectual, emotional and social abilities of Gifted and Talented students. It focusses on the unique concerns of gifted children and their families. OUR MISSION:
Our mission is to enhance the achievement of children with special gifts and talents in all domains: academi
c disciplines, performing arts, sports and other professions. OUR OBJECTIVES:
Identifies gifted, talented, and artistic learners;
Offers specialized educational opportunities for students;
Provides assessment, counseling, and consultation services;
Develops curriculum resources and materials;
Facilitates the professional development of educators;
Disseminates information through conferences and publications;
Leads in local, national, and international policy formation;
Enhances educational opportunities through technology;
Collaborates with the worldwide gifted community;
Promotes access, diversity, and equity in developing talent. Gifted & Talented provides special designed instructions that maintain flexible and comfortable environment for students identified as gifted. Students attend the Center once per week and participate in hands-on learning activities that encourage self-directed learning, problem solving and creativity. Gifted & Talented Educational Assessment and Student Support Clinic:
It’s a Psychoeducational Clinic that serves children, adolescents and their families. Assessment and IQ test are necessary for the follow up with children. Our center uses specialized tests to study the cognitive development of children and adolescents from the age of 6 -16 years old. The first Clinic appointment will involve an evaluation of you and your child's needs. By the end of this evaluation period, the clinician will be able to offer you an initial impression of you or your child's needs, along with recommendations for remediation, or a plan for treatment. Evaluations are designed to provide benefits such as an accurate description of client cognitive, intellectual and psychological strengths and weaknesses, treatment planning, and/or school and vocational planning. Workshops:
Educational workshops and Training Department:
This department organizes training and workshops for heads of schools, teachers, parents, professionals, researchers…
It has as main aim to familiarize staff with the novelties in education and to develop more ethics and qualifications. Gifted and Talented Creative Camps:
In every vacation, Gifted and Talented introduces a camp that covers lots of fantastic activities. Activities covered: Intellectual, emotional and social activities in entertaining environments. Events dates:
November Camp: November
Winter Camp: December – January
February Camp: February
Spring Camp: April
Summer Camp: July – August
Summer Camp:
A 2 months summer camp that covers plenty of amazing and fantastic activities. This event takes place every July and August of the annual year. More Than 350 young kids would enjoy playing, learning and practicing as well. The summer camp reveals splendid sports such as football, basketball, taekwondo and biking in addition to mind developing activities such as Japanese mental math, Robotics, Computer Science and Technology. Arts and Calligraphy are introduced as well adding up with lots of Theatre, movies and performance acts. At the end of the summer camp, there would be a ceremony where the kids would represent shows and activities they learnt at the summer camp in front of their audience such as dancing, singing, robotics and Japanese mental math demonstrations, in addition to an astonishing Taekwondo show.
