Happy, healthy and productive: A pathway to fulfillment in life
CTY Greece is organizing a talk for parents and educators
Speakers: Dr. Tracy Cross and Dr. Jennifer Reidl Cross
24th of May 2023, 7:00 pm
Raphael Hall, Anatolia College
The event will be held in English.
Description
All parents want their children to grow up to be happy, healthy, and productive members of society. Psychological research provides clues to what parents can do to ensure they put their children on a positive pathway as they develop their talents. In this session, Dr. Tracy Cross and Dr. Jennifer Reidl Cross will describe internal and external influences and how these can be leveraged to promote children’s well-being.
Speakers
Dr. Tracy L. Cross
Professor of Psychology and Gifted Education, Executive Director of the Center for Gifted Education & Institute for Research on Gifted Students, College of William & Mary, School of Education, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
Tracy L. Cross, Ph.D., holds an endowed chair, Jody and Layton Smith Professor of Psychology and Gifted Education, and is the executive director of the Center for Gifted Education and the Institute for Research on the Suicide of Gifted Students at the College of William and Mary. He has published more than 150 articles, book chapters, and columns; made more than 300 presentations at conferences; and published over ten books. He received the Distinguished Service Award from The Association for the Gifted (TAG) and the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), the Early Leader, Early Scholar and Distinguished Scholar Awards from NAGC, and in 2009 was given the Lifetime Achievement Award from the MENSA Education and Research Foundation.
Dr. Jennifer Riedl Cross
Director of Research, Center for Gifted Education, College of William & Mary, School of Education, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
Jennifer Riedl Cross, Ph.D. is the director of research at the William & Mary Center for Gifted Education. She teaches educational psychology and gifted development courses in the Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership department. Dr. Cross is the Editor of Gifted Child Quarterly, the research journal of the National Association for Gifted Children. Dr. Cross is co-editor, with Tracy L. Cross, of the Handbook for Counselors Serving Students with Gifts and Talents. She and Dr. Tracy L. Cross co-authored the book, Suicide among Gifted Children and Adolescents, and numerous articles on the topic. Dr. Cross is a member of the Society for Research on Adolescence and the American Psychological Association.