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After NAGC 2023 last November, Chris and Emma debriefed about Chris’s session “Overexcitabilities and Dąbrowski’s Theory: Correcting the Course in Gifted Education.” We covered the five common myths or misunderstandings about the theory of positive disintegration that were addressed in the presentation.
We’ve been sitting on this episode because we didn’t have time to get it out right after NAGC. Michael’s episode was the priority since his birthday was approaching. We were also concerned that we had shared so many posts about NAGC in the lead-up to the conference that people might be burned out on the topic—but now, we are ready to share!
Highlights
00:02:13 Debriefing about the conference
00:03:50 Previous sessions from Chris at NAGC
00:07:22 Positive impact of the 2022 OE panel session
00:10:02 Myth 1: There is little or no empirical evidence for TPD
00:14:54 Myth 2: TPD is a theory of giftedness
00:24:27 Myth 3: Overexcitability can only be understood within the theory
00:28:43 We do still need the theory as a non-pathologizing framework
00:35:27 Myth 4: Overexcitability and openness to experience are the same thing, and the five-factor model can replace TPD
00:39:45 Myth 5: Overexcitability can be differentiated from ADHD and autism
00:44:50 There's no clear line of demarcation for types of neurodivergence and OE.
00:48:08 Best practices for working with overexcitability
00:52:58 Main takeaways from the session
00:56:49 We care a lot
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