MyBrain

Gifted Institute's MyBrain program is an individually tailored education, mentoring, and competence assessment course for gifted or twice-exceptional children and youth with school avoidance or other special challenges, lasting approximately 16 weeks.

Many gifted children and young people do not thrive when attending mainstream education. This may be due to their approach to learning differing from their peers, as well as other challenges - diagnosed or undiagnosed - that can burden them in their everyday life and make it more difficult for them to utilize their giftedness. This can result in the gifted child or youth staying at home, either being homeschooled or without a relevant school offer. Often, the student has given up on learning environments and struggles to see their own strengths and competencies.

With a MyBrain program, Gifted Institute offers these children and youth the opportunity to view themselves and their own learning process from a new perspective and to revitalize their sense of mastery and academic self-esteem.

The MyBrain program has been developed through Gifted Institute's collaboration with some of the world's leading experts in pedagogical, psychological, and didactic work with gifted children and youth.

Throughout the MyBrain program, there is a focused effort to enhance the student's self-esteem through the development of self-efficacy and coping strategies. A prerequisite for the program is that a WISC-V test or similar has predominantly substantiated that the student is highly gifted. If the student has not been sufficiently assessed for giftedness and potential special challenges prior to the start of the program, Gifted Institute can offer this either at an agreed package price or on an hourly billing basis.

The MyBrain program concludes with a written evaluation describing the development observed throughout the course and aims to ensure that the student's competencies continue to be utilized and developed after the program ends. Where relevant, the evaluation will also include an assessment of the special needs the student is deemed to have in a subsequent educational or employment program. The course aims to promote inclusion, retention, and appropriate placement of gifted students with a marginal position in the educational system.