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.
Timothy – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful.
Courtney – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
I really like the biases that were addressed in this course. It is often overlooked and it is hard to help marginalized students break the cycle without being aware of what that cycle looks like.
Toni – Private Pay (verified owner) –
This was another exceptional training by Lisa Van Gemert. She, again, provides us with fundamental knowledge, access to resources, information on research, and she is overflowing with enthusiasm about her subject which will make you love being part of the training. This is true whether you have the opportunity to see her in person or take it online!
Haley – RIESEL ISD (verified owner) –
This course was beneficial at remembering to look and observe the whole child and not just one piece.
Jordyn – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
It was long and only somewhat helpful in identifying gifted students. The theories/reports/history did not seem very useful for us to learn.
Diane – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course and learned a lot from it.
Elizabeth – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Enjoyed this professional development and it was quite informative.
Amaris – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I think that the information presented was extremely important and engaging. This has been my favorite module so far.
Martha – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
This course has provided with information that has helped me to further understand characteristics of GT students.
Vanessa – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course, it was quick and simple to understand.