Education to Talent is a project, financed by Regione Veneto - Italy, which aims to promote and support psychological wellness in gifted children. This is consistent with recommendation suggested by European Union (n.1248 of Parlamentary Assembly of European Council, 1994). Several partners are involved: Neuropsychiatric for Children and Adolescents Service ULSS16 Padova, Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization – University of Padova, C.N.I.S.
(National Coordination Specialist Teachers Association), Centro Produttivit? Veneto, Omniacom Association. Education to Talent is the first project in the whole Italian country. A major goal of the project is to support parents of gifted children, throughout coaching groups which help parents in improving scholar, social as well as personal wellness. We apply SENG Model in order to let parents better understanding children behaviour as well as learning new and helpful strategies which can be easily employed in the family environment. Parents weekly attended supporting Coaching group for ten meetings that lasted approximately three hours each one. Efficacy perception and educational satisfaction of parents have been measured before and after Coaching Group using PSI - Parent Stress Index (Abidin, 1995) and PSOC - Parent Sense of Competence (Mash e Johnston, 1989). While no differences have been found in the parental sense of competence, PSI has revealed a significant difference in the “parent-child dysfunctional interaction” subscale (p<.05). The scoring in this subscale was lower after the coaching group, suggesting that parent-child interaction became more functional after intervention. These data provide evidences in favour of the efficacy of coaching group in parents of gifted children.