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.
Cynthia – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting and useful information
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Jesica – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great training!
April – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
great
Norma – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I liked that she explained the different tests used to identify giftedness.
marcos – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
great course.
Ruby – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
To be honest, this course was a bit challenging for me as it dealt with controversial philosophy, psychology, mathematics and theory. However, it is important to understand different ways of assessing IQ so that we can become more aware of what to look out for when identifying GI students
Priscilla – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I have a deeper understanding of how the GT program was created, how it is assessed, and how to identify students who may qualify for GT.
Alicia – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
self paced and interesting
Tori – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent class!
Allyson – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
The information and resouces in the course are exceptional! I will use almost everything in this course in my classroom! I am very grateful for the information! Lisa’s knowledge and expertise are second to none!
My only concern is two of the “jokes” that Lisa told. She told several jokes and most of them were just fine (funny even), but there are two “jokes” that were absolutely NOT funny and coul even be construed as offensive and/or hurtful. The offending “jokes” are the one about the priest standing on the hospitalized man’s oxygen tube before the man eventually DIES and the other one is about the child’s father who fell into a well, but stopped calling for “help,” after four days. As gifted as Lisa is, I am surprised that she does not see how those two “jokes” could be offensive and hurtful! I am NOT gifted and I can see it…especiall with how the world is right now (May of 2020)! One can tell by the reaction of the audience that I am NOT the only one who feels this way! Those “jokes” mar an otherwise extraordinary presentation. Lisa really should consider editing those “jokes” out of the course1