Danae Deligeorges
At a glance…
She is a Psychopedagogue of Social and Emotional Development and the Scientific Director of Gifted Education Programs, with academic studies in both Greece and the United States.
In 2018, she founded the Center for Cognitive Development “F” (www.centerfnoesis.com) in Athens, where she serves as Scientific Director. Together with a team of preschool teachers, drama educators, and other specialists, she designs and implements Gifted Education and Talent Development Programs for children aged 4–17 and for adults, in Athens, Thessaloniki, Komotini, Patras, and Heraklion (with more cities to come).
Her approach to Gifted Education is human-centered, focusing equally on the social and emotional support of gifted individuals as well as their cognitive development.
She conducts individual and group sessions with adolescents, adults, and parents.
In particular, her Parent Group Sessions focus on the unique social and emotional needs of gifted children and on parenting issues such as communication, intensity, perfectionism, anxiety, discipline, self-regulation, depression, only children & siblings, and friendships.
She also delivers lectures throughout Greece and develops collaborations nationally and internationally, aiming both to raise public awareness on the importance of recognizing and educating gifted individuals and to establish a network of care for giftedness.
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In detail…
Danae Deligeorgi studied Psychology at the Department of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology (F.P.P.) of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
After completing her studies, she moved to the United States, where she pursued postgraduate training, earning an M.A. in Gifted Education and Support of Emotional Needs from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. She then worked there in the field of identifying and supporting gifted children and adults.
From 2010 to 2015, she collaborated with the Hellenic American Academy in Chicago.
Since 2012, she has been the editor of the “Conceptual Foundation”, the scientific newsletter of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) in the U.S.
In 2013, she received training and certification as a facilitator of parent groups for gifted and talented children at the 16th Annual SENG (Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted) Conference in New England.
She is among the few professionals in Europe — and the only one in Greece — certified by Linda Kreger Silverman, Ph.D., and the Gifted Development Center (GDC) for Developmental Assessment (OEs) and internationally certified to use the World Game as an evaluation tool.
Upon her return to Greece in 2015, she began doctoral studies at the Medical School of the University of Athens.
From 2015 to 2018, she developed and coordinated, as Scientific Director, Gifted and High Ability Education Programs for Mensa Greece.
In 2017, she collaborated with the YMCA of Thessaloniki (Χ.Α.Ν.Θ.), creating and coordinating the first Summer Gifted Education Camp in Greece. The collaboration continues to this day, offering Gifted Education Programs for children aged 4–13 throughout the academic year and providing training for YMCA staff.
She has also established close partnerships with educational institutions such as the Ellinogermaniki Agogi, designing tailored educational programs that address the specific needs of students and educators.
In 2017, she partnered with the “Elpida – Friends of Children with Cancer” Association, designing and scientifically supervising the cognitive and psychopedagogical components of the Elpida Youth Summer Camp, the first summer camp for children with cancer in Greece.
In 2018, she was selected among 29 experts worldwide to contribute to the e-book “Helping Gifted Kids Thrive – Insights from Experts”, curated by Tina B. Harlow.
Since November 2019, she has collaborated with IEK Morfi – KEPANSI in Heraklion, Crete, conducting teacher training seminars and lectures on Giftedness for parents and educators.
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Since 2018
Danae Deligeorgi and the Center for Cognitive Development “F” have been in close collaboration with the Gifted Children Denmark Association, teaching at Family Children Camps and Teen Summer Camps in Denmark.
She created and directs the Social and Emotional Development Program for Adolescents at the Summer Camp of Ellinogermaniki Agogi.
She also conducted the assessment and identification of gifted students at the Interactive European School (DES) to support teacher training on the special characteristics of gifted learners.
The AHEPA Komotini Chapter has become the communication sponsor for her Gifted Education and Talent Development Programs across Komotini and the broader Thrace region, in collaboration with the Center for Cognitive Development “F”.
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A glimpse…
To get an initial sense of Danae Deligeorgi’s philosophy and work, we recommend watching her interview on the show “Andriani – Made with Love” (Kriti TV, January 2020). The interview received wide recognition both in Crete and beyond, gaining over 43,000 views within just two weeks online.