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.
MARITZA – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This is an amazing course that everyone should take!!!
Brenda – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I truly enjoyed the training. I have learned a lot and am taking with me a lot of strategies I can use in my classroom.
Lyndi – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I love the incorporation of real life success stories that didn’t start out that way.
Sarah – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
I found this course to expand my thoughts about Gifted Students. Particularly, students who have exceptionality traits which many would use to rule out the potential that these disabilities somehow restrict them from being seen as gifted.
Miranda – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Deena – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course as it gave me more insight into the common traits of gifted learners.
Erika – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
In depth on characteristics and different testing methods
Thien – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I believe the course is very good.
Cassie – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was great.
Lindsay – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative