Nature and Needs of the Gifted (6-Hour)

$90.00

Rated 4.76 out of 5 based on 1028 customer ratings

Presenter: Lisa Van Gemert, Gifted Guru
Core Area: Nature & Needs
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 6

If you’ve ever been baffled by gifted behavior, wait until you explore your students’ brains! Learn the dynamic forces behind their needs and quirks.

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SKU GIGU-323 Categories Gifted, Gifted Guru, Instructional Strategies, Lisa Van Gemert, Nature & Needs Tags elementary, Gifted, giftedness, GT, Instructional Strategies, Nature and Needs, OAGC Characteristics, ODE competency d, secondary

Description

Don’t fall into the trap of relying on outdated stereotypes about gifted students. Join Lisa Van Gemert, M.Ed.T., an expert on the social, emotional, and academic needs of G/T students, for a refreshing, fascinating perspective on their unique challenges and traits.

In this 6-hour course, you will learn:

A breakdown of G/T terminology
The neuroscience behind giftedness
Why some groups of students are more likely to be identified G/T than others
How to meet your gifted students’ needs and your classroom goals

Presenter Bio

Lisa Van Gemert shares best practices in education with audiences around the world using a combination of neuropsychology, pedagogy, experience, humor, technology and sheer fun. She is an expert consult to television shows including Lifetime’s “Child Genius,” and a writer of award-winning lesson plans, as well as numerous published articles on social psychology and pedagogy and the book, Perfectionism: A Practical Guide to Managing Never Good Enough. A former teacher, school administrator, and Youth & Education Ambassador for Mensa, she shares resources for educators and parents on her website giftedguru.com and is co-founder with Ian Byrd of the Gifted Guild, a professional community for educators of the gifted. Lisa and her husband Steve are the parents of three sons and live in Arlington, Texas.

Additional information

Core Area	Nature & Needs
Hours	6 Hours
Organization	Gifted Guru
Grade Level	Elementary, Secondary
Presenter	Lisa Van Gemert
Course Content	Gifted, Instructional Strategies

1028 reviews for Nature and Needs of the Gifted (6-Hour)

Rated 5 out of 5

Ingrid – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) – December 18, 2022

Great stories to connect
Rated 4 out of 5

Brad – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) – December 19, 2022

interesting
Rated 5 out of 5

Benjamin – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) – December 22, 2022

Great!
Rated 5 out of 5

Gabriel – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) – December 22, 2022

I enjoyed this course. It gives insight with how to interact with your students.
Rated 4 out of 5

Manuel – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) – December 23, 2022

It is a very good course!. It has innovative ideas.
Rated 5 out of 5

Jennifer – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) – December 24, 2022

I thought this was a wonderful course in dealing with students that are a perfectionists and helping them grow.
Rated 5 out of 5

Joey – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) – December 24, 2022

I would prefer it be taught by more than one person. Agter 20 hours, the few things I did not like were magnified so much from overexposure, it was annoying.
Rated 5 out of 5

Velma – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) – December 28, 2022

The information presented is very helpful
Rated 5 out of 5

Sylvia – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) – December 28, 2022

Very well presented. In depth presentation of perfectionism. I have never had this kind of training before.
Rated 5 out of 5

Kailey – MANOR ISD (verified owner) – December 28, 2022

This course has been awesome, very informational with lots of resources.