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.
Jodie – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
This course was amazing and very informative with new resources and ideas.
Debra – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
It Was Great And Full Of Interesting Information On The Way Many Different Gifted And Talented Children Learn!
Gabriela – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information I was not aware of!
Tiffany – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great information for identifying GT students!
Abby – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Good course
Nicole – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked this one, it was good to better understand some traits and characteristics to look for in gifted students.
Juan – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
I consider that this course provided me with a wider understanding or gifted children, their attributes and needs.
Brittney – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course. It had useful tools and the examples used could easily be related to our lies.
James – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This training was very inspiring.
Oneida – RIO GRANDE CITY CISD (verified owner) –
I have learned a lot with this course, I would recommend it.