“ High IQ equals Low EQ ” - Is that true? 

The highly gifted among us encounter many problems in the social-emotional area. The assumption is that this is due to the presumed lag in the development of the EQ, as if the extra energy that has been put into the IQ has been at the expense of the development of the EQ. Research shows this is a big misunderstanding. Especially children with a developmental lead are often ahead of their peers in the social sphere as well, which can lead to communication problems. This is often dismissed as a “disadvantage”, but it is the lead, not the lag, that causes problems. However, when there is insufficient guidance and support in the child's development, it will have an effect on social skills in adult life. 

In cooperation with Excellent Education Leeuwarden, a six-part lesson series was designed with the aim of strengthening the social-emotional awareness and cognition of the highly intelligent. Using the functions of drama (social, creative, training, person forming and therapeutic) in contrast to the production of knowledge (which most lessons are about). Yentl & co focuses on the person. 

By working together with like-minded people in a safe environment, without the consequences that real-life give, we create the opportunity to actively deal with their own and each other's problems.