How Online Improv Helps Gifted/2e People - Julie Skolnick interviews Gordon Smith

Creative Mind Audio

Sep 2 2023 • 9 mins

"Improv games cultivate openness and playfulness, relaxation and self-care."

Julie Skolnick, M.A., J.D. is Founder of With Understanding Comes Calm, with programs including the Let’s Talk 2e! Conference and The Haystack, a community for 2e Adults.

2E or twice exceptional people are gifted as well as experiencing learning differences or neurodivergent qualities such as dyslexia, ADHD, or autism.

Gordon Smith is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Coach, and Improv Instructor. His practice focuses on neurodivergent adolescents, adults, and families.

His site Gifted and Growing notes Improv can be defined “as the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted: created spontaneously by the performers.”

Learn about Online Improv for Gifted Adults (also online improv classes for 2E+ Teens, and for Families).

"The class offers a six-week experience in which we come together (on zoom) with 2e+ peers to explore, experiment, and play.

"Through Improv games and exercises we cultivate openness & playfulness, relaxation & self-care, emotional intelligence & empathy, and creative storytelling & expression."

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