Peach Juice!


Catherine Zakoian, MA, NCC, LPC January, 2025 My hurried, crooked, parking alignment, three feet from the curb confirms the rush of my excitement when I arrive to a Thanksgiving party last […]
Perspectives of a Pair of Yunasa Parents

How Yunasa helped a gifted child become more at peace with herself
PRESS RELEASE: Institute for Educational Advancement’s President and Co-Founder to Retire Later This Year After 26 Years In Service to Gifted Children


Non-profit Seeking Dedicated Leader to Continue Founder’s Important Work Within Specialized Education Sector PASADENA, CA – 02/20/2024 – The Institute for Educational Advancement (IEA), a national nonprofit dedicated to the intellectual, […]
Guest Blog: Cleo Person, Yunasa Counselor & Former Camper

IEA’s Yunasa Summer Camp brings people in from all over the country
Why I loved Yunasa Camp: A Guest Blog by Cassie Kaplan


From longtime camper to camp counselor with Yunasa
Breathing Techniques to Help Calm the Overactive Mind
Yoga can assist gifted kids with intense stimuli in grounding them to focus and relax
Finding Self-Kindness: An Interview with Yunasa Fellow Dan Tichenor
IEA’s Yunasa Fellow, Dan Tichenor, teaches us about self-kindness
Spreading Peace – Helping Gifted Children Navigate COVID-19

What is peace?
Practicing Kindness at Yunasa
Yunasa camps are designed to work with gifted and highly gifted children to nurture balance and stimulate growth in the whole self
Finding Balance at Yunasa
IEA’s Yunasa offers the cultivation of the physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual health for gifted kids