What is giftedness?
What are the social, emotional, and educational needs of gifted children?
What types of home and school environments do gifted children need to lead meaningful and successful lives?
Where can I get expert support for gifted children and gifted education?
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NDIS supported clients are welcome.
Quality specialist and individualised services addressing the unique needs of gifted children are rare. Families, schools, and universities greatly benefit from the assistance of an expert consultant in giftedness. Based on the science of positive psychology and best educational practices for gifted students, Gifted Pathways uses coaching methodologies as a springboard in all its services. These expert services will equip your family, educators, or university with deep insights gained through proven training tools. The strengths-based approaches used by Gifted Pathways will open the doors for our gifted children to flourish and more effectively transform our society.
Quality specialist and individualised services addressing the unique needs of gifted children are rare. Families, schools, and universities greatly benefit from the assistance of an expert consultant in giftedness. Based on the science of positive psychology and best educational practices for gifted students, Gifted Pathways uses coaching methodologies as a springboard in all its services. These expert services will equip your family, educators, or university with deep insights gained through proven training tools. The strengths-based approaches used by Gifted Pathways will open the doors for our gifted children to flourish and more effectively transform our society.
Dr Rebecca D. Napier, Director of Gifted Pathways, provides bespoke services and custom packages to schools and families to respond to the need of building on gifted children’s strengths to unlock their potential. She supports individual families, individual schools, and at times both a gifted child’s family and their child’s local school in joint ventures.
Given Dr Napier’s rich experiences in gifted education as a lecturer, parent of two gifted children, researcher, teacher, coordinator, board member, author, and speaker, she offers a wide range of service models. Schools and families can choose between single consultation meetings to a small package of select coaching services to much more significant custom partnership arrangements. Rebecca values relationships and aims to work in a partnership model in all interactions with her clients. Find out More |
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Rebecca’s practical experience and research findings have been supported by institutions including Flinders University, Australian Mensa, Gifted and Talented Children’s Association of South Australia, Australian Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented, ABC TV, and Life FM radio.
Dr Napier is an in-demand speaker and author on giftedness for local, national, and international audiences. Her current publication outlets include Gifted Child Quarterly, Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, Journal of Australian Mensa, and the World Council of Gifted and Talented Children. Rebecca speaks from lived experience as a parent to both a gifted boy and gifted girl, and having navigated schooling systems in both Australia and Canada. Since 2001, her main mission has been the practical application of research into learning and well-being for children. PhD (Gifted Education); MEd (Special Education with specialisation in Gifted Education); MEd (Educational Management and Leadership); BEd (JP/P); AA
Dr Napier is an in-demand speaker and author on giftedness for local, national, and international audiences. Her current publication outlets include Gifted Child Quarterly, Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, Journal of Australian Mensa, and the World Council of Gifted and Talented Children. Rebecca speaks from lived experience as a parent to both a gifted boy and gifted girl, and having navigated schooling systems in both Australia and Canada. Since 2001, her main mission has been the practical application of research into learning and well-being for children. PhD (Gifted Education); MEd (Special Education with specialisation in Gifted Education); MEd (Educational Management and Leadership); BEd (JP/P); AA
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View Services To Families NDIS supported clients are welcome.
Services to families to meet the needs of their gifted children:
View Popular Packages With Families Popular packages with families tend to be blending together the three services of a single advocacy meeting, acceleration report, and a series of either three or twelve coaching sessions. Another popular package tends to be the blending together of the two services of an in-school observation of a child and then collaboration with the school regarding an Individualised Plan for Learning. |
View Services To Schools Services to schools to meet the needs of gifted students:
Please contact us for a comprehensive extended list of services. View Popular Packages With Schools Popular professional learning packages with schools tend to be a package of three services which includes a professional learning session introducing gifted education, a professional learning session on in school identification models for gifted students, and then a small group coaching series for lead teachers in gifted education. Collaboration with families and learning teams on Individualised Plans for Learning coupled with differentiation coaching for an individual teacher’s unit plans are also popular dual service packages. Parent workshops as stand-alone events are also common. |
View Services and Publications Gifted Education: Guest lecturer, topic design, topic coordination, tutoring, Masters and Doctorate level research supervision, research team member, co-author for peer reviewed journal articles Other areas of teaching and research: early childhood, special education, inclusion, differentiation, learning, development, wellbeing, and professional practice Recent relevant publications (available upon request): Napier, R. D., Jarvis, J. M., Clark, J. & Halsey, R. J. (2024). Influences on career development for gifted adolescent girls in selective academic programs in Australia, Gifted Child Quarterly. 68(1), p.49-64. Napier, R. D., Clark, J. & Halsey, R. J. (2023). Gifted girls speak out: A psychosocial theoretical model of career development, Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 32(2), 5 - 24. Young, M. (2023). An interview with Dr Rebecca D. Napier. Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 32(2), 59 - 66. Napier, R. D. (2023). Three poems about gifted females. Journal of Australian Mensa, 464 (March/April), 27. Napier, R. D. & Halsey, R. J. (2022). Wicked problems abound: It’s time to harness the power of transformational gifted girls’ education, Australasian Journal of Gifted Education. 31(2), 36-45. Napier, R. D. & Payne, C. (2022). Hidden gems? Broadening parent and teacher mindsets about gifted bilingual children. Journal of Australian Mensa, 462 (November/December), 27-29. Napier, R. D. & Halsey, R. J. (2022) Complex problems abound: It’s time to harness the power of transformationally gifted girls’ education. Conference Paper. AAEGT 21-22 October 2022 Virtual Conference - Future Focus: A Gifted Education Paradigm Shift. Retrieved from: https://www.aaegt.net.au/conference-2022 Napier, R. D. (2022) Family session: Developing healthy perfectionism with the gifted child for families. Conference Paper. AAEGT 21-22 October 2022 Virtual Conference - Future Focus: A Gifted Education Paradigm Shift. Retrieved from: https://www.aaegt.net.au/conference-2022 Napier, R. D. (2022). Gifted girls dream big. Journal of Australian Mensa, 461(September/October), 38-40. Napier, R. D. (2022). Developing healthy perfectionism with the gifted child, Journal of Australian Mensa, 460 (July-August), 26-27. Napier, R. D. (2021). Nine research-based principles for schools seeking to empower the career development of gifted adolescent girls. Conference Paper. 24th Biennial World Council for Gifted and Talented Children World Online Conference. Retrieved from: https://world-gifted.org/event/24th-wcgtc-world-conference/ Napier, R. D. (2020). Gifted adolescent girls in selective secondary school programs: Influences on career development [Completed Doctoral Thesis]. Flinders University, South Australia. View Popular Services To Universities Popular services to universities tend to be guest lectures, topic coordination, tutoring, research supervision, and co-authoring of peer reviewed journal articles. |
A fee schedule is available upon request for all individual and custom package services. These supports can be delivered in person, online, or in my consultancy office as appropriate. Available for interstate and international travel.