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.
Kesia – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course had a lot of information important to understanding GT students and the myths or misunderstanding about them
Maha – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
I continue to be frustrated with the additions to the informational text. I feel as though the ration of personal anecdote and excessive inspirational videos to useful information is unbalanced.
Meranda – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
It is educational.
Anh – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very informative. The presenter is awesome!
Elizabeth – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I thoroughly enjoyed this course! It was great for me to get a refresher over all of the intelligence tests.
Dezarae – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was helpful , I was able to learn about different assessments, and how to identify gifted students.
Teresa – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
Great detailed information with real world experiences added to help clarify the information received.
Rebecca – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
Great insight.
Courtney – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Jessica – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I thought it was very insightful.