Nicole A Tetreault - Insight Into a Bright Mind: A Neuroscientists Personal Stories of Unique Thinking

Praise for Insight into a Bright Mind

Nicole Tetreault has synthesized and translated fascinating breakthroughs in the neuroscience field, beautifully illustrated through truthful personal stories, memoir, vulnerability, a good dose of humor, and heartfelt letters to the reader. This is an extraordinary creative book, perfectly suited for the gifted, talented, and twice-exceptional, as well as anyone whos curious how their unique brain works.

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.,
Humanistic Psychologist and author of Transcend

Nicole Teatreaults Insight Into a Bright Mind is a true gift to the differently wired community! By blending neuroscience, evidence-based research, anecdotes about twice-exceptional children and adults, and lived experience in a warm, accessible way, Nicole offers an insightful companion for anyone interested in better understanding the complexities and strengths of neurodivergent humans. Insight Into a Bright Mind is a hopeful and practical must-read for any parent raising an exceptional child.

Debbie Reber, founder Tilt Parenting, author Differently Wired

Dr. Tetreault will capture the mind of readers. She writes knowingly about the brain, a composite of emotions, words, stories, bodily sensations, our environment, experiences, and genetics, orchestrating the development of our authentic self. She also reveals her own self, complementing her extensive knowledge with personal revelations. These are riveting, memorable, and even poetic. Insight into a Bright Mind is incredibly informative and beautifully written and, much like a brain-print, it is totally unique.

Joanne Foster, Ed.D., author of ABCs of Raising Smarter Kids,
Not Now, Maybe Later, Bust Your Buts, Being Smart
about Gifted Education, and Beyond Intelligence

Nicole Tetreaults Insight into a Bright Mind makes a wonderful contribution to our understanding of gifted and twice exceptional students. I found Tetreaults writing engaging. Her use of metaphors and personal stories make the content come alive as the reader is introduced to both the neuroscience of differently wired brains and the benefits of neurodiversity in how humans think. Peppered throughout with relevant research, quotes, and practical examples, this book will not disappoint. It promises to excite and enlighten all who choose to dive into this new territory.

Susan Baum Ph.D., Provost of Bridges Graduate School
and author of To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled

Insight into a Bright Mind is a must read book for those who are, support, educate, or parent a gifted person. Dr. Nicole accomplishes the difficult by making the neuroscience of giftedness, personal, understandable, and functional. This book is a life changer.

Barry Gelston, M.Ed., GHF Board President

One of the most important components to raising/educating a neurodiverse child is to understand their atypical meta-physical development. This is the foundation upon which everything else is dependent. Dr. Nicole Tetreault has given us a comprehensive guide to understanding both our neurodiverse children (and perhaps even ourselves) in an accessible, yet intelligent manner with her thorough exploration of Bright Minds. As a professional working with neurodiverse individuals, Dr. Tetreaullt is one of my go to sources for reliable information. Congratulations and kudos on an excellent book!

Michael Postma, Ed. D., President & Owner,
Gifted & Thriving, LLC. & Programming Director

Dr. Tetreault takes us on a journey beginning with her childhood experience in noting that her own brain was different than her peers, or what others expected it to be. Teaching us that brains are as unique as fingerprints, Dr. Tetreault looks at the gifted experience, the unique brain prints that may accompany it and shows us the connection between neurology, behavior and perspective. Dr. Tetreaults overall message of the age old adageDont judge a book by its cover, allows us to discover that to be human is to be neurodivergent.

Julie F. Skolnick, M.A., J.D.,
With Understanding Comes Calm, LLC

As the parent of three 2e kids I felt like this book was written for me. There is so much valuable and comprehensive information, and the book deals with the whole child. 2e kids are a mix of so many overlapping aspects and profiles. This book recognizes that and lays out so much useful information in such a kind and supportive way that its easy and not intimidating for me, as a parent, to read.

The book is as educational and far-reaching in its complexity as our 2e kids are. It covers complicated subjects like anxiety and sensory issues at school which are often misunderstood, including the brain-gut relationship and all the neuroscience behind it all. With Dr. Tetreaults being 2e herself, with a 2e family, having the understanding of the neuroscience, and embracing with kindness individuals strengths and differences, this book is a must-have on every parents, educators, or professionals book shelf or iPad.

Harri James OKelley, The OKelley Lab

Neuroscience about the high IQ brain is just exploding. Accessible, fresh, and richly textured, Dr. Tetreault expertly guides the reader through insight after insight, interwoven with examples of how they can manifest at home and in the classroom. An invaluable guide.

Austina De Bonte, M.Eng., Consultant, Smart is not Easy,
Past President, NW Gifted Child Association

I recommend this book to all professionals, teachers and parents who are longing to get a better understanding of the gifted brain. It is a valuable resource filled with insight and research, though also personal stories that make it applicable in daily practice. In that, it gives us hope for a happy and healthy future for gifted minds.

Femke Hovinga-Tiller, Development Director SCALIQ,
Executive Director Talentissimo 145+ IQ platform

Insight into a Bright Mind:

A Neuroscientists Personal Stories of Unique Thinking

Nicole A. Tetreault, Ph.D.

Foreword by Susan Daniels, Ph.D.

Edited by: Lesly Dahl

Interior design: The Printed Page

Cover design: Kelly Crimi

Published by

Gifted Unlimited, LLC

12340 U.S. Highway 42, No. 453

Goshen, KY 40026

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2020 by Nicole A. Tetreault & Gifted Unlimited LLC

ISBN: 978-1-953360-03-8

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Contents

For Billy and Spencer, thank you.

Nicole Tetreault is a bright and complex woman. She has an amazing brainas you yourself will soon discover while reading this amazing book. She is a neuroscientist, a teacher, an author, a mother, a valued colleague, and fabulous friend. She has written Insight into a Bright Mind from all of those perspectivesbeautifully synthesized.