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.
Carlos – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
great information!
Charles – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Very good information
Julie – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative.
Ryan – SAN DIEGO ISD (verified owner) –
very informal
Dustin – SAN DIEGO ISD (verified owner) –
great information is given in this training
Jennifer – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It was very useful, and I particularly enjoyed the parts on biases.
Damian – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked this course. As a first year teacher, I have done many trainings in the past 5 months and this is by far the best I have taken. Sure, the topics are interesting in themselves, but Lisa did an awesome job of presenting the information and her own personal beliefs. It is very rare to have a training where you deeply believe in the personal ideas of the trainer. Awesome!
Scott – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
Gets the information across that’s needed, but in a way that isn’t boring and putting you to sleep.
Andrea – TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD (verified owner) –
Great information and highly entertaining. Love the Brain Breaks and corny jokes.
Maria – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Easy to navigate