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.
Carmen – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Enjoyed it
Rene – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful and informative.
Ashley – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD – SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great course with a lot of depth and means of how to identify and assess gifted students.
Mark – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of good information.
Janet – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This was good- difficult information presented with lots of brain breaks and stories to help with understanding
Rubie – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course. It was informative and eye opening.
Karla – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very interesting and informative. Fun way to learn.
Zehra – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Good
Maria Teresa – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
It is easy to connect the ideas.
Elida – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This training was very interesting because I learned a lot about how students’ background can affect how they demonstrate their giftedness and how we as teachers can help serve them, and also about the qualities and traits of gifted students so we recognize them and understand them.