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.
ALFREDO – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Is a very eye opening training.
Jessica – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this was a very good course. It was interesting and I learned a lot.
cesar – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
very informative
Tavio – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
Take this course to heart! It is the resource you didn’t know that you needed!
Karen – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the review on statistical analysis.
Emine – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It is really helpful to understand these children and improve your sights about them.
Ayesha – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
it is very informative
April – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD – SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It is an awesome course!
Mitra – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It was very informational and useful course.
I bleive every teacher needs to watch her presentation to know the GT students better.
Ricardo – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and direct. She make very clear points with good explanations to back up those points.