EXPERIENCE IN GIFTED

​​Terry Bradley, now retired, has been a gifted education consultant specializing in the social and emotional aspects of giftedness.

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Terry worked with elementary, middle and high school grades (K-12) and specializing in:

• Training educators to form and lead student discussion groups (upper elementary through high school)

• Training parents, teachers, administrators, counselors and mental health professionals on the social and emotional aspects of giftedness

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Terry has been a presenter at schools and school districts on:

• Affective needs of the gifted

• Stress management and coping mechanisms

• Parenting gifted kids

• She provided services to many schools and school districts across Colorado, primarily in Boulder and metro Denver, and various cities around the USA. She presented on gifted education (K-12) with a focus on social and emotional needs of students.

• She lead district in-services, facilitates student discussion groups, and is a presenter at local, state, national and world gifted conferences.

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Terry Bradley's Experience and Background

 

• Terry has a Master's Degree in Gifted Education from the University of Northern Colorado.

• She is the past Gifted and Talented (GT) Coordinator at the high school from which she graduated: Fairview High School in Boulder.

• Her career began as a first grade classroom teacher. 

• She is past President of the Colorado Association of Gifted and Talented (CAGT). She has served on the CAGT Executive Board, CAGT Board of Directors, and was Conference Chair for the 2013 and 2014 CAGT State Conferences.

• Terry was a founding member of Boulder Valley Gifted and Talented (BVGT), an affiliate of the Colorado Association of Gifted and Talented (CAGT), and served as BVGT's first president for seven years.

• She is a nationally recognized facilitator/trainer for SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted) and a SMPG (SENG Model Parent Group) facilitator.

• Terry was given a 2015 The Boettcher Foundation Teacher Recognition Award.

• She received the "Parent Of The Year" award from CAGT in 2005.

• Terry served for four years as the Chair on the State Advisory Committee for Gifted and Talented Education for Colorado.

• A Boulder, Colorado resident since 9th grade, Terry graduated with a B.A. in Communications and a K-8 teaching certificate from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and received a Masters Degree in Gifted Education from the University of Northern Colorado.

• Terry and her husband raised two gifted children who are now happy, successful adults.