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SENG Model Parent Group

In 1981, SENG established guidelines for SENG-Model Parent Support Groups. Parents of gifted children are invited to participate in a series to discuss the social and emotional needs of their children, and the parenting issues related to those needs. The emphasis is on positive aspects of parenting, avoiding power struggles, and helping gifted children learn appropriate life skills while enhancing the parent/child relationship and parent self-esteem.  $25 per family for 8 sessions ($200 total for the series, please pay for missed sessions at the next session). Seating is limited, so please call to reserve your spot early!  (502) 245-3253
 

A note from Michelle Shepherd, Gifted Children Coordinator:  SENG sessions are a great way to learn about your child's needs, they offer great positive support, and you make some wonderful friends along the way. Our Parents Of Gifted Students  group was started by a few parents who wanted to keep meeting beyond the 8 week session-and WOW has it been wonderful!

CultureQuest for the Next Generation

For many years Lois Allen has been organizing our local group’s Culture Quest team, and we’ve had great fun participating.  Now, Michelle Shepherd is organizing a group of Young Mensans to represent our area in the Culture Quest for the Next Generation.

The competition will be held on a Sunday in mid April, with exact date, time, and location to be announced shortly. This is a wicked hard paper team trivia contest that groups all across the nation take at the same time. Only the team captain needs to be a Mensa member by April 1. Michelle already has one commitment, so that means only four more are needed to register a team.  We can have numerous teams if there is enough interest, so please contact Michelle if you or your child are interested. Team members need to be finalized and registration sent in by March 20^th.

Kentuckiana Gifted Blog

Michelle Shepherd has started a blog to gather and categorize goings-on in the Louisville, KY geographic area; provide a calendar with the little nuggets like talks at nearby colleges that are rarely advertised; and have links to favorite sites, gifted-friendly professionals, and more.  Check it out!  www.kentuckianagifted.com

RG Committee Report

I’m sure that a wonderful time was had by all those who attended the Game Night MG at Fazoli’s.  In addition to games and good food, Keith Rouda took the attendees through a short exercise to help get ideas for future MGs.

The idea for the activity came from the findings of the Regional Gathering Committee.  When I first suggested the idea of having an RG, I was thinking of it very much as a Regional Gathering where all of the members of our region could get together.  I thought it would be nice to have it outside of Louisville so people who live far away could participate more easily.  I never wanted it to be about bringing outsiders in or making money, I wanted it to be about bringing us together to connect or reconnect as a group.  I had suggested a big field trip to Mammoth Cave or a day at a lake, with perhaps a catered dinner and the option to camp or stay overnight in a local hotel: simple, small, and all about enjoying the company of our fellow Ms and the natural beauty of this region.  I see now that I was naively using “Regional Gathering” when really what I was thinking of was more like a souped-up Monthly Gathering.

In our meeting to discuss the possibility of having a Regional Gathering, we talked for a long while about what it would take to make an RG happen.  As we discussed the logistics of getting a hotel and making sure there would be volunteers to staff the registration desk, run the hospitality room(s), speak on various topics, find a keynote speaker, etc. etc. etc…I became overwhelmed by how my suggestion to have an RG was growing into something I never intended.  My idea had originated with my desire to help those in our local group who wanted to be more active, involved, and invested in Mensa do so.  I also wanted to reach out to our members who don’t live in the Louisville metro area.  According to the most recent membership roster I have, about 13% of our members live in the Elizabethtown area or further south; certainly close enough for a day trip, but a prohibitive distance for anyone who might otherwise have been interested in the various monthly activities that happen all throughout the year in Louisville.

When we four members of the committee realized that we really don’t currently have enough people on the committee to make an RG happen, we decided that we needed to refocus our energy on finding out what we could do to help make Mensa exciting and relevant to our members.  To that end, Keith has been working with our Speaker Seeker Hart Hagan on ideas for future MGs. I gave Keith a list of the activities that people suggested in the survey to help in the exercise he lead at the Game Night MG, and Keith has submitted the article on the next page to talk more about their efforts.

Shana Lincoln

Kyosk Editor/RG Committee

Submissions for publication in the Kyosk are due by midnight of the 17th of the month and should be submitted as plain text or as a file ending in .doc or .docx.  Please email submissions to theaterfiend@yahoo.com.

Volunteers needed

We are looking for volunteers to serve as proctors for our admission test.  If you would like more information, please contact Sue Piotrowski at (502) 241-0699 or smfpphd@gmail.com.