Description
Making sure gifted students have quality instruction and challenging assignments is widely popular in the education world. But do you know exactly what it means to be gifted and why it matters? This six-hour course, “Identification & Assessment of the Gifted,” addresses issues surrounding gifted students and practical ways to identify them.
Lisa Van Gemert, a leading voice in gifted education, shares an overview of the history of gifted education and its importance today. Educators will also learn how to tell whether or not a student is gifted by using different tests and assessments. Teachers who have a thorough understanding of how to identify and assess gifted students will be able to equip and challenge these students better.
In this informative course educators will learn:
- What it means to be gifted
- Characteristics of gifted children
- How to test intelligence
- The importance of CLD populations
- Traits of twice-exceptional students
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.
Rebeca – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course and learning more about the trait and action of gifted children.
Elise – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative on the needs of gifted children. It makes sense!
Indira – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great online course!
Kimberly – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I learned alot about the different tests, bias involved and the traits of gifted children. Very informative.
Veronica – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I would have liked more information on the Twice Exceptional child
Monica – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Really great course that is very detailed about GT students.
Ariana – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Informational
Lissbeth – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was excellent and I would have liked to have physically sat in the presenter’s session.
Irving – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
One of the more interesting ones.
Amanda – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I really learned a lot from this course. I believe that I did have a few preconceived ideas about gifted students that this training cleared up.