Join Our Let's Talk 2e Community
Julie Skolnick, M.A., J.D. and Founder of With Understanding Comes Calm, LLC brings you the Let’s Talk 2e Community. This isn’t your typical support group. Our “Parent Empowerment Groups” yield growth and change through a mix of education on critical topics for understanding the twice exceptional profile, and community-based camaraderie with a global group of like-minded and like-situated parents.
what you get
Your Let's Talk 2e Community includes:
Virtual Parent Empowerment Group
We know it’s complex to parent gifted and twice exceptional children.
We also know, just like our kids, parents of 2e children have a hard time finding peers who ‘get it.’
Wouldn’t you love to sit down with a fellow parent who lives a similar life as you?
The Let’s Talk 2e Parent Empowerment Group brings together parents from all over the world for six awesome weeks where we:
- Deeply dive into understanding the complexity of 2e
- Connect over personal experiences – the good, the bad, the ugly
- Provide and receive much needed support and fellowship
Committed to the idea that With Understanding Comes Calm, each six-week series includes Three 20-minute Live-Webinar Education Sessions led by Julie Skolnick, M.A., J.D., addressing specific issues that are typically challenging for parenting twice exceptional children.
Three 60-minute sessions are dedicated to building your community.
Parent Empowerment Groups meet via a unique Zoom room link. When you sign up, you will choose which time block works best for you. To keep the meetings as intimate and personal as possible space is limited. Sign up today to ensure your spot.
Each live-webinar education session includes a recording for community members. We always have time for questions and discussion following the education presentation.
Six-week block – TBA
Membership includes exclusive perks
Upcoming 6-Week Series
Future Dates: TBA
Week 1: Building Trust and Understanding - Live Presentation and Q/A
Week 2: Community Building connections
Week 3: Screen Time- Live Presentation and Q/A
Week 4: Community Building connections
Week 5: Motivation and Underachievement - Live Presentation and Q/A
Week 6: Community Building connections
We are excited to bring new understanding to you and your family and to provide strategies you can implement today.
“Though nobody can go back and make a new beginning... Anyone can start over and make a new ending.”
Membership Perks included with your Let’s Talk 2e Community:
50% off Let's Talk 2e Conferences
Community members receive 50% off any conference in our library during their six-week community membership. Since our conferences are always on-demand, members can use their discount during their membership and watch the conference any time. We like to say, "Watch WHAT you want, WHEN you want."
Let's Talk 2e — Parents Facebook Group
Meet a wider group of like-minded parents to add another layer of connection and a place to gather information and share successes and struggles. Join this group now.
Parenting Tips Downloads
Wondering what to do during a meltdown? Trying to figure out how to structure responsibilities and set expectations? These Parenting Tip PDFs will help!
Monthly Newsletter
Referred to as “mandatory reading” by professionals and educators for their teams, and anxiously awaited by parents and 2e adults, community members are automatically subscribed to Gifted & Distractible free monthly newsletter including Julie’s monthly blog, articles, events and resources for the 2e community.
Monthly Q&A Emails
During the months of your membership Julie will gladly receive email questions from the Let’s Talk 2e Community and will email the questions anonymously along with detailed answers the last Monday of every month. Members will be reminded regularly where they can email their questions.
Registration is Open!
Register for the April-May Parent Empowerment Group Series today!
Registration is Closed
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Upcoming 6-Week Series
February 8th to March 15th. All meetings are from 12 PM to 1 PM EASTERN U.S. on Tuesdays.
Week 1: Getting to know you: Addressing Loneliness for Ourselves and our 2e Children
Week 2: Ask the Expert / Open Forum - bring your questions and concerns
Week 3: Emotion Regulation
Week 4: Community Building - bring your questions and concerns!
Week 5: Discipline vs. Punishment (practical application of Emotion Regulation)
Week 6: Community Building
Current 9-Week Series
June 29th to August 31st (no meeting Aug 3rd) All meetings are from 12 PM to 1 PM EASTERN U.S. on Tuesdays.
Week 1: Getting to Know You: Building Trust and Understanding
Week 2: Community Building
Week 3: Executive Functioning - What it is and how to get some
Week 4: Conversation with Dan Peters, Ph.D., Addressing Anxiety in 2e Kids
Week 5: Community Building
Week 6: Perfectionism - What to do for your kids and yourself
Week 7: Community Building
Week 8: Social Emotional Needs and Communication
Week 9: Community Building
We are excited to bring new understanding to you and your family and to provide strategies you can implement today.
“Though nobody can go back and make a new beginning... Anyone can start over and make a new ending.”
Future 9-Week Series
Dates to be determined.
Week 1: Getting to Know You: Making Connections
Week 2: Community Building
Week 3: Recognizing and Adjusting for Intensities/Overexcitabilities
Week 4: Community Building
Week 5: Motivation and Underachievement
Week 6: Community Building
Week 7: Advocacy - What to do as school is coming to an end to prepare for next year
Week 8: Community Building
**Bonus 2 Experts (2e!): Conversation with Ed Amend, Psy.D., Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses in Gifted and 2e Learners
