Tina Refning

ECHA Specialist in Gifted Education

Kerteminde, Denmark

About

Since 2002 I have been a passionate advocate for gifted children - both concerning their educational (mis)placement in the Danish school system as well as their emotional needs.

The work with the gifted  has included:
- Conference manager for the 21st World Conference on Gifted and Talented Children (2012-2015)
- Principal at Mentiqa Odense - private school for gifted children (2008-2011)
- Founder of and first chairman of Denmark's national Gifted Children Association (2005-2006)
- Gifted children coordinator for Mensa Denmark (2002-2008).

Since 2012 I have also been a yoga teacher and have found my knowledge about differentiated instruction to be very useful when teaching yoga to adults.

In 2023 I am at least partially on a break and investing my time in a Masters in Clinical Psychology.