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 ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
These courses have been very insightful and I appreciate the opportunity to complete these courses, while we are in virtual learning.
Hanna – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This was a very informative course!
Maricel – TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD (verified owner) –
Valuable resources were introduced with ways they can be implemented in the classroom. Great information for teachers.
Dianne – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
I’ve learned a great deal about gifted individuals and how to identify them.
Megan – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
I think race is a very important topic to discuss in education, it’s particularly important for people outside of minorities to discuss this. However, I think we should also be accountable about how we talk about race. When discuss black people and white people I think it’s important to not refer to us as “blacks” because it turns “black people” into the noun “black” and removes “people from the conversation. This goes the same about referring to white people as “white”.
Mariel – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
A little lengthy, maybe cutting out the brain breaks.
Evelyn – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
She is very insightful
Amitha – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (WACO) (verified owner) –
great resource
Mark – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
I appreciated this course. I have learned a lot of new skills and insight to assist n my classroom.
David – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Perfect