Gifted Minds has a history of providing services to other states. Fiona and Minh regularly visit Western Australia, Queensland and the ACT. We are considering an expansion of these services and are looking for expressions of interest from potential clients from other states. We are also happy to visit rural areas and to travel overseas, if there is sufficient client interest.

Please let us know if you are considering an assessment but are unable to get to Sydney.

Currently we have two trips planned for Perth, one in March and one in June. We will be doing assessments and counseling sessions as well as giving talks and/or leading small question and answer groups. Please see the GATCA website for more information as to these activities.

News re Lynette!

2012 sees big changes for Lynette. After many years with Gifted Minds she is branching off on her own to pursue her passions in the area of gifted education and parenting gifted children.

Lynette's new venture, Square Pegs, aims to offer support to the parents of children who learn differently. This year she will be launching her book, 'Square Pegs, Auditory Holes' as well as a series of workbooks covering creative writing, maths and HSIE for gifted children with visual strengths. Lynette plans to offer workshops for children in these areas as well as one-to-one tutoring and mentoring. She has created a forum for parents, the Yahoo Group ‘Square Peg’, so they can chat about their gifted children who have visual learning preferences and discuss the difficulties they face in the traditional school environment.

Lynette also plans to run parent support workshops and offer one-to-one parent support covering visual learning preferences, creative divergent thinkers and home-schooling. Through her own parenting journey Lynette has had experience with twelve schooling environments, encompassing government schools and independent schools. She has also experienced firsthand the consequences of accelerations, of repeating grades and of subject acceleration. Lynette has helped her own children with successful scholarship preparation, and has experience with home-schooling in both primary (Year 2 and Year 4) and secondary school (from Year 9). She knows the ins and outs of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Program (Year 5 & 6) and the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program (Year 11 & 12) as well as the processes and skills needed for entering TAFE and University and for applying for EAS through UAC, while staying sane.

Lynette has an extensive personal history with gifted education spanning almost 20 years. She commenced volunteer work with the NSW Gifted & Talented Association in 1995 coordinating K – 6 workshops. Lynette is returning to the NSWAGTC in 2012 helping with the office administration and offering support to parents at the new premises in Croydon.

Lynette worked at GERRIC, the Gifted Education Research Resource and Information Centre at the University of New South Wales from 2003 – 2005. She coordinated the Certificate of Gifted Education (COGE) and teacher in-service covering classroom differentiation. Her work with parents involved running forums and coordinating information courses as well as phone liason. Lynette also assisted with the Poppyseeds, Small Poppies Junior Scientia and and Scientia workshops for children.

Lynette set up her administrative business, Lynette Hendry Administrative Services in 2005 and has worked for Dr. Cathie Harrison, Gateways Education and for Fiona Smith in varying capacities since then. From 2008 – 2011 Lynette undertook full time work with Fiona and Minh as Practice Manager for Gifted Minds Pty. Ltd.

Lynette can be reached on 02-9576 5632 or 0407 434 424 

Her email address is: squarepegs@me.com, mailto:squarepegs@me.com