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.
Roberto – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was insightful.
Derek – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the modules and learned much about identifying and assessing GT students. I also enjoyed the pace. None of the modules seemed to drag on nor get stuck on minutiae.
Arely – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Lisa is an awesome presenter. I feel like I’m actually in the class learning with the other teachers. Very structured and informative.
Christy – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Great opportunity to learn more about giftedness
GUADALUPE – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Raises my level of awareness in the identification of gifted and talented students
Kristi – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I learned an incredible amount!
Brianna – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informational. Great course
Zujai – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I appreciated the portion where Lisa explains the bell curve and how it relates to testing.
Patricia – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I really like learning about the IQ test and understanding how students are tested to be identify as gifted.
Loretta – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
It was informative on identification and assessment of the gifted child.