Dr. Orla Dunne

I really enjoyed it.

Like it was the absolute making of me, I think.

So much so, obviously, that I went back to work there.

several years later.

And actually about 50% of our staff would be former students.

So, like, I mean, the obvious indicators might be the testing that we were talking about.

So they might score very high on a standardised test in school.

But it could be other things like they're really searching for more knowledge.

You know, they're asking more in-depth questions that they don't feel that their schoolwork is going in deep enough.

That could be in science.

It could be in history.

What I would definitely say for any parent who is interested or particularly any teacher or school leader, if they haven't already connected with us at C2II to do so, so dcu.ie forward slash C2II.

And the other thing that I would encourage them if they're interested is DCU has just launched the first graduate programme in gifted education in Ireland.

We're taking our first intake in September.

So the graduate diploma in gift education will cover lots of different topics across gift education, including identification, you know, how we can support these children in school, social, emotional needs.

And that diploma is going to be open to both educators and advocates.

And we know parents are sometimes the best advocates for their children.