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.
Paula – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided important information for me as a classroom teacher so I will have the ability to notice children who are Twice-Exceptional.
Yolanda – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and helped me to be able to identify the attributes of the gifted.
Belinda – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very thought provoking.
Maria – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course helps us understand the behavior of the gifted children
Teresa – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed and learned greatly from this course.
Maria – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Eye opening and a lot of good information.
Veronica – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Lisa Van Gemert is very knowledgable and is able to deliver the material in the best way. She engages with the audience and is very willing to answer questions and take comments.
April – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative!
Jose – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Information was interesting and will be helpful in the classroom
Horacio – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot more than I expected. I believe it unconsciously will make me look at things differently.