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Don’t fall into the trap of relying on outdated stereotypes about gifted students.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 4 out of 5

Carolyn – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) – December 29, 2021

Taking the initial 30 hours, I just took them in order of how it appears in the line up, but I think this was suppose to be the 1st course? Maybe state that in the title?
Rated 4 out of 5

Christina – Jefferson Area Local Schools (verified owner) – December 30, 2021

Very insightful and really provided some good points and ideas.
Rated 4 out of 5

Erick – CLEBURNE ISD (verified owner) – January 1, 2022

Great course, lots of good information to understand your GT students.
Rated 5 out of 5

Andrea – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) – January 1, 2022

This course was fantastic because it makes you think and actually look at yourself as a person and as an educator. What are your limited beliefs and how can you challenge them? Everybody should take this course.
Rated 3 out of 5

ximena – Private Pay (verified owner) – January 1, 2022

I think for it was very long.
Rated 5 out of 5

Mary – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) – January 1, 2022

I love this course because it brought many things, strategies and techniques to light that I have been using for many years and reaffirms to me that I have been using many of these Best Practices.
Rated 5 out of 5

Taylor – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) – January 4, 2022

Love it
Rated 5 out of 5

Gwyn – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) – January 7, 2022

great
Rated 5 out of 5

Edwardo – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) – January 7, 2022

Very interesting and helpful.
Rated 5 out of 5

Mariell – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) – January 8, 2022

This course is absolutely well explained, easy to understand and very motivational to put in practice. I have been learning a lot as a human and as an educator with all the strategies and messages that the modules have.