Articles written by Carla Marie Boulianne
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Functions of a Current Transformer: Varying the Current of Electricity in AC Power Supplies
Category: Electricity & Magnetism
What is a current transformer and how does a transformer work when used in an AC electrical circuit? more...
Category: Parenting a Gifted Child (general)
A life coach to parents of gifted children shares the most common issues facing families, the toughest part of coaching moms of gifted kids, and basics of life coaching. more...
Northwestern CTD Winter 2009 SEP Courses: Gifted and Talented Saturday Enrichment Program
Category: Challenging Gifted Children
Northwestern Center for Talent Development opened enrollment for SEP courses on November 3. The Saturday Enrichment Program serves gifted pre-K through 9th graders. more...
Leftover Turkey Recipes: Turkey "Noodle" Soup With Potato Gnocchi
Category: Winter Recipes
Perfect for the day after Thanksgiving or Christmas Dinner, this leftover turkey noodle soup recipe combines fresh produce with organic herbs and spices. more...
Category: Gourmet Ingredients
Gourmet pasta and crimini mushrooms in vegetable broth, tomato, and gourmet olive oil base with natural food supplement for extra nutritional value. more...
Inexpensive Christmas Gift Ideas: Cheap Gift Baskets, Christmas Sweets, Personalized Ornaments
Category: Family Finances (general)
Cheap Christmas gifts need not be prepackaged items from the end of a big box aisle. Reflect the love of the holiday season with thoughtful, inexpensive presents. more...
Category: Resources for Gifted Children
Northwestern University runs one of the top gifted talent search programs in the United States. CTD also provides support services to families of gifted children. more...
Category: Fall Recipes
Pair these delicious cranberry condiments with your Thanksgiving Day dinner or Christmas feast and make scrumptious ham or turkey sandwiches from leftovers. more...
How to Attend Simon's Rock College of Bard: Early College for Gifted Teens
Category: Challenging Gifted Children
Simon's Rock College of Bard provides early college entrance to gifted teens wanting to skip high school and start college. more...
Category: Challenging Gifted Children
Through radical acceleration, Robinson Center TS EEP meets the needs of profoundly gifted students not served by traditional lock-step education models. more...
Category: Challenging Gifted Children
Early entrance programs differ from other college experiences available to younger gifted teens. This program for highly gifted students accepts kids as young as eleven. more...
Category: Stargazing
Scientists and amateur astronomers measure the composition, luminosity, and velocity of stars, galaxies, and nebulae using a technique called spectroscopy. more...
Category: Resources for Gifted Children
These homeschool math curricula offer teaching and enrichment for gifted students learning best with a classic textbook, worksheet, problem set, and test approach. more...
Category: US Elections
Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire and democratic leaders turned out for Obama at a local union hall. A tight governor's race remained the key issue. more...
Category: Challenging Gifted Children
When gifted math students finish homeschool curricula like Math-U-See, Right Start Mathematics, or Singapore Math, they need more challenging math problems. more...
Category: Challenging Gifted Children
The International Gateway for Gifted Youth (IGGY) offers distance learning, gifted summer camps, mentorship, and social forums for GATE students. more...
Category: Sports Medicine (general)
Artificial turf sports fields connected to recent MRSA outbreaks and heat strokes on high school and college football teams raise sports safety concerns. more...
Category: Parenting a Gifted Child (general)
Gifted children coping with perfectionism, procrastination, and underachievement need clear goals, task prioritization, and skills to master resiliency to setbacks. more...
Environmentally Green Holiday Gifts: Shop Locally for Eco Friendly Christmas Presents
Category: Green/Simple Living (general)
Local merchants are an excellent resource for creative gifts that won't harm the Earth this holiday season. Thoughtful presents reflect a passion for simple living. more...
Category: Landscaping (general)
Soccer clubs, parks departments, and schools are installing artificial turf sports fields. Playability is crucial when considering the cost of field turf installation. more...
Category: Parenting a Gifted Child (general)
Gifted perfectionists are prone to anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and academic underachievement. What are the sources of perfectionism and how can parents help? more...
Haying in the '30s Family Festival: Harvest Celebration and Cancer Fundraiser in Mallaig, AB
Category: Alberta Travel
As the residents of Alberta's Lakeland area finish baling the last of the season's hay crop, they join in Mallaig for a cancer fundraiser honoring 1930s haying practices. more...
Motivating Gifted Underachievers: Parents Help Reverse Gifted and Talented Student Underachievement
Category: Parenting a Gifted Child (general)
Parent attitudes toward underperforming gifted children impact motivation. Restricting interesting activities to punish lack of effort or poor study skills backfires. more...
Category: Assessing Gifted Children
Parents of gifted and talented children identified for academic talent searches may have questions about off-level achievement test anxiety, elitism, and minority bias. more...
Category: Landscaping (general)
Residential artificial grass offers less lawn care- no mowing or watering. Plastic grass lawns are ever green, but does sod or faux grass leave more money in a wallet? more...
Category: Challenging Gifted Children
The Northwestern University Center for Talent Development (CTD) earns national recognition for gifted and talented student youth development. more...
Category: Challenging Gifted Children
Challenge younger gifted and talented children with summer day courses. Elementary gifted kids explore strengths and meet intellectual peers during these fun activities. more...
Category: Shares/Stocks
Skilled stock market traders know the importance of technical analysis. MACD, or moving average convergence/divergence, is a fundamental technical analysis tool. more...
Fossil Hunting at the Clarkia, Idaho Fossil Bowl: Add a Fossil Dig to Your Idaho Family Vacation
Category: Kid-Friendly Travel Destinations
The Clarkia, Idaho fossil bed is a great place for northwest family travel. Kids love fossils. When dinosaurs are scarce, head to Clarkia to dig up Idaho fossil fun. more...
Category: Men's Cosmetic Health
Considering hair restoration for alopecia (baldness) ? Results depend on technique. Learn about follicular unit transplant - the best method for natural hair restoration. more...
Grade Skipping Misconceptions: Research Supports Grade Advancement of Gifted and Talented Students
Category: Challenging Gifted Children
Grade acceleration is a viable option for gifted children performing above grade level in all subject areas, but is often resisted by school administration and teachers. more...
Advocating for Grade Acceleration: Help Your Gifted and Talented Child Request a Grade Skip
Category: Challenging Gifted Children
Your gifted child is not challenged in any subject and enrichment and differentiation are not enough. If you're considering whole-grade acceleration, do your legwork. more...
Iowa Acceleration Scale Manual: Determining When Whole-Grade Skipping Is Right for Gifted Kids
Category: Assessing Gifted Children
The Iowa Acceleration Scale explores a gifted and talented child's academic, social and emotional development to determine if skipping grades is currently beneficial. more...
Chicken Black Bean Garlic Noodles: A Quick Asian Inspired Dish Suitable for Family or Dinner Party
Category: Asian Fusion Food
Noodle dishes are a mainstay of Asian street food. This chicken recipe and side dishes uniquely combine Chinese, Thai, and Japanese ingredients with oriental flare. more...
Parent Praise and Performance: Negative Effects of Parental Approval on Child Motivation And Effort
Category: Parenting Methods (general)
Cognitive psychologist Dr. Carol Dweck's mindset self-theory is applied to the parenting challenge of child motivation. Help children reach their fullest potentials. more...
Team Leadership With a Growth Mindset: Use the Psychology of Success to Motivate Your Team
Category: Business Management (general)
Great leaders all share what Dr. Carol Dweck calls the growth mindset. Develop leadership skills and achieve business management success by remaining growth-minded. more...
Residential Real Estate Short Sales: Avoid Home Foreclosure with Mortgage Short Sale
Category: Personal Debt Management
When you owe more than your home is worth and can't make payments, a short sale can salvage your credit and stop foreclosure. more...
Category: Parenting Methods (general)
Parents use family meetings to reduce discipline problems while helping children develop critical thinking, leadership, and interpersonal communication skills more...
Parenting With Positive Discipline Methods: Alternatives to Spanking, Time-Outs, and Punishment
Category: Parenting Methods (general)
Parents wanting alternatives to spanking and authoritative discipline will benefit from positive discipline principles, but misconceptions about methods exist. more...
Life Coaches for Parents of Gifted Kids: Lisa Lauffer, CPCC, ACC of Deep Waters Coaching
Category: Parenting a Gifted Child (general)
Parenting a gifted child presents tough challenges and special joys not easily shared with other moms. Life coach Lisa Lauffer serves the needs of gifted kids' parents. more...
PG Retreat at Glen Eyrie Conference Center: A Gathering for Families with Profoundly Gifted Children
Category: Resources for Gifted Children
The annual PG Retreat is a space where families with profoundly gifted children gain a sense of acceptance and belonging. more...
Used Gift Ideas: Eco Friendly, Inexpensive Secondhand Gifts for All Occassions
Category: Family Finances (general)
Shopping secondhand for Christmas, birthday, anniversary, and other holiday presents is gentle on the environment and your pocketbook. Here is a gift list full of ideas. more...
French Green Lentil Soup: Leftover Turkey Recipes
Category: Winter Recipes
Perfect for the day after Thanksgiving or Christmas Dinner, this leftover turkey soup recipe is rich, hearty and filled with organic herbs and spices. more...
Cranberry Walnut White Chocolate Fudge: Homemade Treats for Gourmet Christmas Gift Baskets
Category: Baking & Desserts (general)
Christmas sweets make special additions to gift baskets and holiday parties. This year, take a break from classic fudge recipes and try this white chocolate delight. more...
Category: Turkish Food
Serve this Middle Eastern recipe to large gatherings of family and friends during New Year's or Christmas Eve Dinner. Start a new tradition with ethnic gourmet desserts. more...
Category: Homelessness
The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) outlines identification requirements for first-time voter registration. The law risks disenfranchisement of society's most vulnerable. more...
Category: Challenging Gifted Children
Open to gifted kids ages 6 to 11 worldwide, the IGUANA distance learning program serves gifted students in a collaborative online learning community. more...
How to Help Homeless People Vote: Organize a Voter Registration Drive for Homeless Americans
Category: Homelessness
Voter turn out is low among those suffering from poverty. Homeless people encounter significant hurdles in voter registration. What are rights of homeless voters? more...
Category: Challenging Gifted Children
Mary Baldwin's PEG program is one of only three in the U.S. offering radical acceleration to highly gifted girls ready to start college three or more years early. more...
How to Become a Physician Assistant: What to Study When Entering the Allied Health Services as a PA
Category: Health Careers
Physician assistants hold integral positions in the provision of acute patient care services. How can you prepare for application to a physician assistant program? more...
Category: Resources for Gifted Children
Gifted homeschool groups, hosted informally or by gifted organizations, provide emotional, creative, and instructional support to parents of gifted homeschoolers. more...
Category: Turkish Food
Purchasing Mediterranean food ingredients from online Turkish food retailer Tulumba.com makes this favorite Turkish recipe a quick, simple choice. more...
Category: Resources for Gifted Children
Choosing the right homeschooling math curriculum for a gifted homeschooler requires particular attention to preferred learning style and ability level. more...
Category: Resources for Gifted Children
Homeschooling math programs with manipulative materials and video lessons provide resources meeting educational needs of gifted homeschoolers and nontraditional learners. more...
Category: Resources for Gifted Children
Academically talented children need creative learning toys to keep their busy minds happy. These websites carry the best educational toys and games available. more...
Category: Sports Medicine (general)
Research examining sports injuries sustained on artificial field turf and natural grass football fields uncover a number of statistically significant differences. more...
Category: Parenting a Gifted Child (general)
Specific parenting strategies help gifted perfectionists avoid dichotomous thinking, face challenges without harsh self-criticism, and strive for personal excellence. more...
Category: Green/Simple Living (general)
Green shoppers can resist the urge to buy cute organic t-shirts, designer grocery totes, or high efficiency appliances. This year, givers think outside the big box. more...
Category: Parenting a Gifted Child (general)
Perfectionism is not a problem exclusive to gifted and talented students, but plays a critical role in anxiety, depression, and underachievement among gifted kids. more...
Category: Alberta Travel
When Edgar Corbiere combined his vision for a history lesson with a local need, a great cancer fundraiser displaying hay farming practices of the 1930s was born. more...
Underachieving Gifted Kids: Class, Teacher, and Student Roles in Motivating Improved Performance
Category: Parenting a Gifted Child (general)
Improved self-concept, flexible class structure, and teacher enthusiasm are critical motivators for underachieving gifted students finding eventual success. more...
Synthetic Grass Turf Lawn Maintenance: Artificial Field Turf Yard Care and Management
Category: Landscaping (general)
Synthetic turf is popular for putting greens, playgrounds, and sports fields. Artificial field turf manufacturers say low maintenance costs help offset installation fees. more...
Category: Assessing Gifted Children
GATE programs and talent searches use off-level aptitude tests, designed for older student populations, to identify high potential gifted and talented children. more...
Carnegie Mellon University Gifted Program: C-MITES Services for Gifted and Talented Students
Category: Challenging Gifted Children
The C-MITES gifted center at Carnegie Mellon offers talent searches, gifted summer programs, weekend and day camp gifted enrichment, and GATE professional development. more...
Category: Challenging Gifted Children
Gifted and talented children delve into challenging subjects at university sponsored summer day camps. Courses offer grade specific material targeted to gifted learners. more...
Category: Challenging Gifted Children
Johns Hopkins CTY is a preeminent U.S. gifted center, targeting gifted students for academic challenge and support. CTY students achieve their fullest academic potential. more...
Category: Kid-Friendly Travel Destinations
Unique, varied geology makes Idaho a playground for aspiring prospectors. Star garnets are Idaho's state gemstone. Find these gems on a fun northwest family vacation. more...
Follicular Unit Transplant Costs: How to Get the Best Hair Transplant Price
Category: Men's Cosmetic Health
Considering cosmetic hair restoration surgery for alopecia (baldness)? What can you expect to pay for a follicular unit hair transplant? Ensure you get the best price. more...
Category: Natural Products
Green cleaning has numerous benefits over conventional cleaning methods. Learn how to clean naturally with this handy green housekeeping reference. more...
Grade Skipping Your Gifted Student: Is Whole-Grade Acceleration Right For the Gifted Child?
Category: Challenging Gifted Children
One of the toughest decisions a gifted child's parents may have to make is whether skipping a grade is right for their child, not only now but also in the long run. more...
Elderly Dementia and Delirium: Causes of Elder Confusion Determine Treatments and Outcome
Category: Seniors' Health/Medicare (general)
What are the differences between delirium and dementia in the elderly? What are the symptoms? How do you diagnosis and treat cognitive impairments? more...
Japanese Sake Rice Wine Basics: Host a Sake Rice Wine Tasting Event
Category: Beer, Cocktails & Beverages (general)
Learn sake basics, purchase a few varieties, and then educate your palate with a sake tasting event your friends will never forget. more...
How to Avoid Foreclosure: Save Your House From Foreclosure
Category: Home Mortgages
There are many options for preventing home foreclosure. When you can't make mortgage loan payments, quick communication with your lender is critical. Seek help now. more...
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening (AAA): Are you at risk for catastrophic aortic rupture?
Category: Men's Physical Checkups
Abdominal aortic aneurysm is a common vascular disease condition affecting men age 65 and older. A simple screening test can prevent fatality from catastrophic rupture. more...
Carol Dweck's Mindset: a Book Review: The New Psychology of Success, Motivation, and Leadership
Category: Personal Growth Books
Cognitive psychology research explores effects of fixed versus growth mindsets on learning, effort, and achievement in relationships, education, sports, and business. more...
Federal Income Tax Payment Problems: What to Do When You Can't Pay IRS Debt
Category: Personal Tax Planning
When you can't pay taxes due on your federal return, don't make mistakes costing even more money. Negotiate a payment plan rather than using credit cards or IRA savings. more...
Avoiding Child Power Struggles: Use Positive Discipline Parenting to Win Cooperation
Category: Parenting Methods (general)
Parents can use positive discipline principles to reduce conflicts, improve communication, and gain cooperation from a defiant child. more...
Avoiding Antibiotic Resistance Evolution: Missed Antibiotic Doses Lead to Ineffective Drugs
Category: Patient Health Education
When antibiotic prescriptions are not followed, drug resistant bacteria evolve and antibiotics become less effective. more...
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