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.
GABRIELA A – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Presentation and discussions were very engaging.
Farah – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Lisa is a great teacher! She is so engaging and makes everything she talks about meaningful.
Jessica – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and provided great resources.
Rochelle – PRESIDIO ISD (verified owner) –
This is very helpful to teachers in referring gifted child to the right people to assess them.
Claudia – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Lauren – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Amazing Course! Informative and practical.
Elysha – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
it’s of very good information!
Malissa – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting and informative course.
Amanda – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I think Lisa is very knowledgeable and does a great job.
Shaunta – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
This course should be a mandatory training during professional development before we have gifted students in our class.