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.
Arian – RIESEL ISD (verified owner) –
Provides adequate interesting of giftedness in student s.
Jasmine – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
So much good information!
Shelby – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
This course was informational and beneficial.
Renee – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
Great information.
Rebecca – RIESEL ISD (verified owner) –
I liked it. I was learned a lot of new things and I enjoyed her humor.
Willie – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very well paced.
Karryll – RIESEL ISD (verified owner) –
If is very informative concerning the characteristics of gifted students, identification of gifted students, and provided many resources for gifted instruction that will also work well with learners of all intelligence levels.
Hannah – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
I do love the speaker! She is easy to talk and seems experienced/educated.
Joy – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
This course helped me to understand gifted students more.
Maci – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course is pretty informative and helpful.