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.
Erika – CANUTILLO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course
Mallory – FERRIS ISD (verified owner) –
The last portion was the most interesting.
Souaad – CANUTILLO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Hope – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellently done by Lisa. I also loved her examples of kids she has worked with in the past and the jokes were an extra bonus. 🙂
Michelle – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great coverage of a challenging topic !
Amy – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
It was insightful about the awareness of point of view in gifted students.
Nikki – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
This course covers so much but in a manner that it is easy to follow. Thank you!
Arturo – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I thought the course was good. It showed how gifted students are tested and how we as teachers must be talent scouts and not gates holding our children back.
Richard – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
The information here is absolutely useful and enlightening
Brandy – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
This was tough to sit on my own time and complete 18 hours. Lisa is very knowledgeable and matter of fact about giftedness.