Superheroes and the gifted often possess virtues like compassion, altruism, and a sense of justice. Hope for the future relies not on superheroes miraculously saving the day but instead on empowering today’s gifted kids to conquer the problems of tomorrow. This session compares gifted youth to superheroes and examines the type of support necessary for their own hero’s journey. @brianhousand brianhousand.com

1. SUPERHEROES AND THE GIFTED
WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY
DR.JAMES BISHOP & DR.BRIAN HOUSAND

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3. THANK YOU!
SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL
DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
EMILY KIRCHER-MORRIS | PROGRAM CHAIR

11. 2019

14. WHAT MAKES A
SUPERHERO?

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16. EXTRAORDINARY ABILITIES

17. Intensities

18. MOTIVATED
BY A
MISSION
OR
A QUEST
FOR TRUTH

21. What does it mean to be
GIFTED?

22. Six heroic archetypes:
•The Orphan
•The Wanderer
•The Warrior
•The Altruist
•The Innocent
•The Magician
The Hero Within

23. ORPHAN
TASK:
SURVIVE DIFFICULTY
GIFT:
RESILIENCE

32. Death and chance, stole your parents. But rather than become a victim,
you have done everything in your power to control the fates.
For what is Batman? If not an effort to master the chaos that sweeps our
world. An attempt to control death, itself.
BATMAN & ROBIN

33. Young men with a
mind for revenge
need little
encouragement.
They need guidance.
You above all,
should know the
consequences of the
life you choose.
ALFRED PENNYWISE
BATMAN FOREVER

34. Why do
we fall sir?
So that we
can learn
to pick
ourselves up.
BATMAN BEGINS

35. Endure, Mr. Wayne. Take It. They’ll hate you for it, but that’s
the point of the Batman. He can be the outcast, he can make
the choice that no one else can make, the right choice.
THE DARK KNIGHT

36. ORPHAN
TASK:
SURVIVE DIFFICULTY
GIFT:
RESILIENCE

37. WANDERER
TASK:
Self-Discovery
GIFT:
Independence

42. Alyssa Carson
• Training to qualify for the first manned mission to
Mars
• First person to complete the NASA Passport
Program
• Presented multiple international TED Talks
• Speaks English, French, Chinese, and Spanish
• Recognized on the Wall of Honor at the
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

45. ENCOURAGE SELF
EXPLORATION

46. MAKE LEARNING
MEANINGFUL

47. GIVE STUDENTS SELF-
EXPRESSIVE PROJECTS

48. ALLOW THEM TO
DO IT FOR
THEMSELVES

49. WANDERER
TASK:
Self-Discovery
GIFT:
Independence

50. WARRIOR
TASK:
PROVE WORTH
GIFT:
COURAGE

53. IDENTITY STATUS THEORY
JAMES MARCIA
ACHIEVEMENT
MORATORIUMDIFFUSION
FORECLOSURE
EXPLORATIONCOMMITMENT LOW HIGH
LOWHIGH

54. You are Carol Danvers.
You were the woman on that
black box risking her life to do
the right thing. My best friend.
Who supported me as a
mother and a pilot when no
one else did. You were smart,
and funny, and a huge pain in
the ass. And you were the most
powerful person I knew, way
before you could shoot fire
through your fists.
-Maria Rambea

56. IDENTITY STATUS THEORY
JAMES MARCIA
ACHIEVEMENT
MORATORIUMDIFFUSION
FORECLOSURE
EXPLORATIONCOMMITMENT LOW HIGH
LOWHIGH

58. WARRIOR
TASK:
PROVE WORTH
GIFT:
COURAGE

59. ALTRUIST
TASK:
To Help Others
GIFT:
Compassion

64. Malala Yousafzai
• Campaigned against the Taliban’s efforts to stop girls
going to school
• At the age of 12, she started writing for the BBC
• In 2013, Malala was shot in the head on her way home
from school by members of the Taliban
• In the aftermath, millions signed a right to education
petition which led to Pakistan’s first Right To Free and
Compulsory Education Bill
• At the age of 17, became the youngest recipient of Nobel
Peace Prize
• The Malala Fund

66. MODEL COMPASSION
AND GENEROSITY

67. ENCOURAGE ACTS
OF SERVICE

68. HELP TO
UNDERSTAND
AND
PROCESS
EMOTIONS

69. CULTIVATE A SENSE
OF WONDER

70. ALTRUIST
TASK:
To Help Others
GIFT:
Compassion

71. INNOCENT
TASK:
Achieve happiness
GIFT:
Faith

76. LEARN TO ASK FOR HELP

77. CAN YOU HELP ME?

78. CONSIDER THE TIMING.
OF YOUR REQUEST.

79. STATE WHAT
YOU CAN’T DO.

80. I tried _____ and _____.
and _____ and _____.

81. I CAN’T DO THIS ALONE.

82. INNOCENT
TASK:
Achieve happiness
GIFT:
Faith

83. MAGICIAN
TASK:
Make Visions into
Reality
GIFT:
Catalytic and
Transformative
Power

88. Craig Kielburger
• Intellectually-gifted youth
• At the age of 12, started anti-child labor
organization free the children
• Under his leadership, his charity has lifted more
than 1 million young people out of poverty
• He is an MBA graduate with 15 honorary
doctorates, and has been awarded by the World
Economic Forum and Roosevelt Institute
• In 2007 was inducted into the Order of Canada,
the second-youngest Canadian ever to receive
the honor

90. LEAD BY EXAMPLE

91. GIVE REAL
RESPONSIBILITY

92. PROVIDE SUPPORT
FOR THEIR VISION

93. ALLOW THEM TO DEVELOP
THEIR OWN SOLUTIONS

94. MAGICIAN
TASK:
Make Visions into
Reality
GIFT:
Catalytic and
Transformative
Power

95. ORPHAN
WANDERER
WARRIOR
ALTURIST
INNOCENT
MAGICIAN

97. SUPERHEROES AND THE GIFTED
WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY
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BRIAN HOUSAND
@brianhousand
brianhousand@gmail.com
JAMES BISHOP
@dynamicbecoming
james@thepassionatemind.org