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.
Laura – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the ability to complete the course in the comfort of my home.
Lorena – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
The course had a lot of information that described gifted students. But some of the gt testing was a lot of information and some of it was confusing.
Eduardo – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
This was a goos course.
Aysegul – Pilot (verified owner) –
it was really good.
Rolando – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
very well planned out presentation. The pace was at an appropriate level.
Laurent – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
The presenter is amazing!!
Ara – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
good course. liked the brain brakes
Maria – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
It was informative
Mike – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
This was a good course
Noemi – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this course was AMAZING!!! It was very informative and engaging. Ms. Van Gemert is an amazing key note speaker. Would recommend her to others.