Speaking & Training
Bringing Expertise to Every Stage
After more than two decades working with gifted and twice-exceptional learners — in classrooms, district offices, and on stages across the country — Adam Laningham has one driving goal: making sure every educator who works with gifted students has the knowledge, tools, and confidence to truly support them.
Award-winning. Nationally recognized. Deeply practical.
Adam is Arizona's Gifted Teacher of the Year, a past President of SENG, an advisor to CogAT Riverside Insights, and the founder of both The Gifted Collective and Bright Child Books. He has presented at state and national gifted education conferences, trained teachers and administrators across the country, and spent years helping schools build gifted programs that actually work — not just on paper, but in the lives of real students and families.
His workshops and training sessions are known for being engaging, research-informed, and immediately applicable in the classroom. No fluff. No theory without practice. Just real strategies from someone who has been in the room with these kids — and knows what makes the difference.
Below you will find a selection of our most requested presentation and workshop topics.
If you are interested in booking Adam for your school, district, or organization — or if you have a topic in mind you'd like to explore together — we would love to connect.
Educators:
- Gifted Learners: Support Beyond Academics - Understanding Asynchronous Development and Building Whole‑Child Supports in Every Classroom
- But I'm Gifted, Why is Writing so Difficult?
- Understanding Trauma and How it Impacts Children
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Empowering Twice-Exceptional Learners: Strategies for Social, Emotional, and Academic Support in the Classroom
- STEM & SEL: Using STEM to Promote Productive Failure with Gifted Learners
- Unlocking Potential: Effective Strategies to Elevate Learning for Gifted and High-Ability Students
- Problem and Project-based Learning
- Executive Functioning Skills and Their Importance for Gifted Learners
- Understanding the Brain to Support Student Engagement
- Using Gifted Strategies to Support All Learners
- The Importance of Career and Technical Education for Gifted Learners
- Gifted Cluster Grouping - Effectively Grouping Students Together to Support All Learners
- Incorporating Arts Into the Classroom to Promote Student Engagement
- Gifted 101
Parents:
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Gifted Learners: Support Beyond Academics-What Parents Need to Know About Asynchronous Development and Whole‑Child Support
- Gifted Children & How Trauma Impacts Them
- Supporting Your Twice-Exceptional Child: Nurturing Strengths While Navigating Challenges
- From Concern to Confidence: Advocating for Gifted Children
- Executive Functioning Skills and Their Importance for Gifted Learners
- Gifted 101
School Leaders
- Gifted Identification and Placement Models
- Building and Supporting High School Gifted Programs
- The Gifted Cluster Model & Math Acceleration
- Using Gifted Strategies to Support All Learners
Children/Students
- Leadership
- Advocacy
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Whether you need a full day in-service, small group consultations/trainings, long term support, courses to support your teachers, or just a phone conference, we can set up a plan to support your needs. Just let us know how we can help!
For more information or to request a workshop, please contact us at:
adam@BrightChildBooks.com
Adam C. Laningham
Conference Bookstores
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Adam's Recent & Upcoming Presentations/Events:
2026 - July - Annual Arizona Home Education Convention
2026 - June - National Creating Trauma Sensitive Schools Conference
2026 - June - Utah State Gifted Conference
2026 - June - Arizona Alliance of Black School Educators Teacher Leadership Summit
2026 - May - Arizona PTA Conference
2026 - May - Arizona Association of Gifted and Talented Summer Seminar
2026 - May - International Academic Competitions National Championships
2026 - May - Children's Health Learning Inclusion Leadership Expo
2026 - May - North Phoenix Educational Fair
2026 - April - Arizona Autism Association State Conference
2026 - April - New Jersey Association for Gifted Children State Conference
2026 - March - New Mexico Counseling Association State Conference
2026 - March - Valleypalooza
2026 - February - California State Gifted Conference
2026 - February - AAGT Learning Lab
2026 - February - National Best Practices Conference
2026 - February - California Association for Leading Innovation in Education
2026 - February - Arizona Association of Gifted and Talented State Conference
2026 - February - TUSD Professional Development Day
2026 - January - Alabama School Counselor Association Virtual Learning Series
2026 - January - Illinois Association For Gifted Children Parent Mini-Conference Keynote
2026 - January Scottsdale Festival of Books
2026 - January - Dare County North Carolina
2026 - January - Hawaii International Conference On Education
2025 - December - Indiana State Gifted Conference
2025 - November - Orange County Gifted Conference
2025 - November - National Association for Gifted Children Conference, Pittsburgh
2025 - October - Illinois State Gifted Conference
2025 - October - New Mexico State Gifted Conference
2025 - October - Colorado State Gifted Conference
2025 - October - Washington State Gifted Conference
2025 - October - Ohio State Gifted Conference
2025 - October - Alabama State Gifted Conference
2025 - October - Kansas State Gifted Conference, Parent Night Keynote
2025 - September - Arizona Rural Schools Conference
2025 - September - Southern Arizona Gifted Conference
2025 - August - Utah Charter Network
2025 - July - Annual Arizona Home Education Convention
2025 - June - Arizona PTA Conference
2025 - June - Utah State Gifted Conference
2025 - June - Arizona Alliance of Black School Educators Teacher Leadership Summit
2025 - May - Arizona Association of Gifted and Talented Summer Seminar
2025 - May - North Phoenix Educational Fair
2025 - March - Bridges Academy Parent University, California
2025 - February - California State Gifted Conference
2025 - February - National Best Practices Conference, Dallas
2025 - February - National Creating Trauma Sensitive Schools Conference
2025 - February - Arizona Association of Gifted and Talented State Conference
2025 - January - Mobile Alabama School District - Parent Night Keynote & Counselor Training
2025 - January - Alabama State Gifted Association - Parent Night Keynote
2025 - January - ESSA Arizona Conference
2024 - December - Indiana State Gifted Conference
2024 - November - National Association for Gifted Children Conference, Seattle
2024 - November - Orange County Gifted Conference, California
2024 - November - Washoe County School District - Nevada
2024 - October - New Mexico State Gifted Conference
2024 - October - Colorado State Gifted Conference
2024 - October - Kansas State Gifted Conference
2024 - October - Ohio State Gifted Conference
2024 - September - Arizona Gifted Parent Institute
2024 - September - Southern Arizona Gifted Conference
2024 - August - Mobile County School Alabama Professional Development Days
2024 - July - Utah Charter Network
2024 - July - SENG Annual Community Conference - Berkley
2024 - May - Second Congress of Practive and Comprehension in Gifted Children and Adults (Brazil)
2024 - May - Washoe County School District - Nevada
2024 - March - Bridges Academy - Seattle
2024 - February - SENG Author Visit
2024 - February - William & Mary 2e Conference, Virginia
2024 - February - Arkansas Gifted & Talented
2024 - February - National Creating Trauma Sensitive Schools Conference
2024 - February - Arizona Association of Gifted and Talented State Conference
2023 - December - Indiana State Gifted Conference
2023 - November/December - Texas State Gifted Conference
2023 - November - Mississippi State Gifted Conference
2023 - November - National Association for Gifted Children Conference, Florida
2023 - November - Pennsylvania State Gifted Conference
2023 - October - Orange County Gifted Conference, California
2023 - October - Illinois State Gifted Conference & SENG Parent Institute
2023 - October - Ohio State Gifted Conference
2023 - October - SENG North Texas Regional Conference
2023 - October - Alabama State Gifted Conference & Parent Night Keynote
2023 - October - Oregon State Gifted Conference
2023 - September - AAGT Arizona Parent Institute
2023 - August - Arizona Homeschool Yo Kids Expo
2023 - July - SENG Annual Conference, Villanova
2023 - July - Arizona Families For Home Education Conference
2023 - June - Arizona Quad Cities School Choice Expo, Prescott
2023 - June - Arizona Alliance of Black School Educators Teacher Leadership
2023 - June - Utah Gifted Conference
2023 - June - Texas Equity Conference
2023 - June - AAGT Arizona Summer Seminar
2023 - May - The Testing Psychologist Podcast
2023 - May - Alabama Parent Webinar
2023 - May - National Alliance for Mental Illness
2023 - April - Orange County Educational Night, California
2023 - March - SENG North Dallas Meetup
2023 - March - Texas Gifted Leadership Conference
2023 - March - New Jersey Association for Gifted Children
2023 - March - California Charter School Conferenc
2023 - March - Georgia Association for Gifted Children
2023 - March - North Carolina Association for Gifted & Talented
2023 - February - Arkansas Gifted & Talented
2023 - February - National Creating Trauma Sensitive Schools Conference
2023 - January - Arizona Association of Gifted and Talented State Conference
2022 - November - National Association for Gifted Children Conference, Indianapolis
2022 - November - Arizona Career & Technical Education Fall Conference - Keynote -The Importance of Career and Technical Education for Gifted & High Ability Learners
2022 - November - Mississippi State Gifted Conference
2022 - October - Alabama State Gifted Conference
2022 - October - Colorado State Gifted Conference
2022 - October - Texas State Gifted Conference
2022 - October - Arizona State Gifted Parent Institute
2022 - October - Washington State Gifted Conference
2022 - June - Utah Arts Express Conference
2022 - June - Arizona Gifted Summer Seminar
2022 - February - National Creating Trauma Sensitive Schools Conference
2022 - February - Arizona State Gifted Conference
2022 - January - Hawaii International Conference On Education
OCC 2025
Presenting During COVID! - Innovative Strategies Panel Discussion
San Antonio, November 2020
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