Center For Talent Development At Northwestern University

Dr. Jean Sophie, superintendent for the Lake Bluff, IL, school district 65, explains the impact of working with CTD and its effect on the Lake Bluff school district.

Professor Del Siegle, from the University of Connecticut, gives commentary on selective achievers.

Professor Del Siegle, from the University of Connecticut, defines underachievement and explains the signs of underachievement in gifted students.

Professor Del Siegle, from the University of Connecticut, explains the Achievement Orientation Model and how it is used as a predictor of student achievement.

Professor Frank C. Worrell from the University of California, Berkeley, explains the concept of the Megamodel of Talent Development.

Professor Frank C. Worrell from the University of California, Berkeley, explains the role that parent and teachers play in student motivation.

Professor Frank C. Worrell from the University of California, Berkeley, explains the concept of intrinsic motivation and its role in talent development.

CTD Associate Director, Eric Calvert discusses the importance of accredited programing for academically talented students.

CTD Associate Director, Eric Calvert discusses how summer school could be redefined to include programing for academically talented students

CTD Associate Director, Eric Calvert explains the "summer slide" and how academic programing over the summer could help.

CTD Assessment Coordinator Melissa Hinshaw discusses the major difference between the SAT® and the ACT®.

CTD Assessment Coordinator Melissa Hinshaw explains the importance of social and emotional development of gifted students in their first year of college.

CTD Assessment Coordinator, Melissa Hinshaw gives an overview of Northwestern University's Midwest Academic Talent Search assessment(NUMATS).

Educational psychologist, Ken Kiewra, discusses the importance of the talent development journey.

CTD Director Paula Olszewski-Kubilius discusses how teachers can provide opportunities in the classroom to help identify gifted children.

Educational psychologist, Ken Kiewra, discusses the effect that environment has on talent development in children.

CTD Director Paula Olszewski-Kubilius discusses the role that cultural obstacles play in regards to how some children are under identified as gifted.

CTD Director Paula Olszewski-Kubilius discusses the importance of building relationships between parents and teachers.

CTD Director Paula Olszewski-Kubilius discusses how parents act as the "first teachers" in their children's lives and what impact that has on supporting gifted children.

Aaron Cooper, Ph.D., discusses perfectionism and the signs that parents should look for in their children.