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Steven Pfeiffer is a popular speaker and parenting coach on  the psychology of high ability. An international authority on the social-emotional world of high ability kids. Professor Emeritus at Florida State University and former Professor and Director of Duke University’s gifted program, Duke TIP.

Steven Pfeiffer is also a family man: married, with three grown children and 5 grandchildren.  He enjoys biking, tennis, Pickleball, hiking, and Peloton.

His latest book is just out! Considered a groundbreaking, fresh, and authoritative easy read for parents on raising resilient, well adjusted and compassionate children. Click here to purchase Parenting from the Heart: Raising Resilient and Successful Smart Kids

He embodies qualities that make for a lively speaker and highly effective therapist/coach: well-trained and knowledgeable, creative, good listener, compassionate, optimistic, and clear communicator.

View Dr. Pfeiffer’s 2024 talk: “Parenting from the Heart”

Read Dr. Pfeiffer’s latest interview on Innovative Leadership published in Roeper Review.

“Among the small group of the world’s leading experts in the field, Dr. Steven Pfeiffer is an unusually articulate spokesperson on the varied topics that make up the broad domains of gifted education and gifted assessment.” –Alan Kaufman, Yale University School of Medicine and Child Study Center.

Workshops for Educators

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Workshops for Parents

Amazon - Steve with children 2011

Workshops for Professionals

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