My Story:
Dr Rebecca D. Napier is a leading authority on giftedness, with a background in working with families and schools in Canada and Australia. She holds several degrees from American and Australian universities and has a PhD in gifted education. Dr Napier is currently an emerging expert on early childhood and giftedness and is lecturing in early childhood at the University of South Australia. She is also a practicing early childhood teacher.
She recently was the solo lecturer for the suite of postgraduate gifted education topics at Flinders University. Dr Napier has also held the positions of Gifted Education Advisor to 103 South Australian schools. Rebecca also held the position of gifted education coordinator for two Reception to Year 12 sister schools for many years. She was a founding board member of Australia’s first gifted school, and a board member of Australian gifted associations. 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 |