Myra Garces-Bacsal

26 - 29 May 2012, The Arts House

Myra Garces-Bacsal

Dr Garces-Bacsal is a Lecturer/Teacher Educator at the National Institute of Education, Singapore. As a clinical psychologist, she is interested in talent development in young people. Research interests include socio-affective concerns of the gifted, experiences of flow among artists and artists-in-training, family influences in nurturing talents, use of bibliotherapy among high ability learners. She maintains a website for children’s literature and YA fiction at (www.gatheringbooks.org).