The Canterbury Explorers is the Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Association of Gifted Children (NZAGC).   The Canterbury Explorers is run by a group of parent volunteers with the aim of supporting gifted and talented children, including twice-exceptional (2e), and their families from Christchurch and Canterbury.

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An Evening With Jim Delisle

The Canterbury Explorers hosted internationally renowned gifted expert, Dr Jim Delisle, in Christchurch recently where he presented his talk Learning to Exhale: Meeting the intellectual and emotional needs of gifted children. 

We have been allowed to share a number of his slides and have included links to topics he talked about.  Learning to exhale: Meeting the intellectual and emotional needs of gifted children

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