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Don’t fall into the trap of relying on outdated stereotypes about gifted students.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

Lianna – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) – May 27, 2020

I found the ideas from this course helpful to understandng my students and it gave me ideas on how to help all types of student in my class not just gifted students
Rated 5 out of 5

Veronica – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) – May 27, 2020

Amazing! I’ve learned so much from these PD’s that Lisa has given us. I’m very grateful to have been able to take them.
Rated 4 out of 5

Ashley – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD – SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT (verified owner) – May 27, 2020

Great presentations! Really made you think on the value we place on perfectionism and how to better serve our students.
Rated 4 out of 5

Mark – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) – May 27, 2020

There’s a lot of valuable information.
Rated 5 out of 5

Fernando – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) – May 27, 2020

I enjoyed this course tremendously. However, there’s probably almost an hour of communication between the presenter and the audience debating ideas brought up.
Rated 5 out of 5

Allison – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) – May 27, 2020

Great!
Rated 5 out of 5

Edmund – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) – May 27, 2020

I think it was great it gave me a lot to think about
Rated 5 out of 5

Franklin – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) – May 28, 2020

Very informational
Rated 5 out of 5

Edwar – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) – May 28, 2020

Great Course
Rated 5 out of 5

Jarrod – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) – May 28, 2020

Very informative and looked at various aspects of Nature and Needs of the Gifted.