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.
Brandy – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
reat information, speaker has a great insight and very passionate
Gabriel – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Extremely interesting. Especially the section about twice exceptional students.
Esequiel – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Yes, very concise and to the point.
Johana – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
great
Aida – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course really opened my eyes as to how gifted children are perceived and how they sometimes struggle with their gift.
Melissa – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course. Lisa is extremely knowledgeable of the content.
Stephanie – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
I loved it! I learned so much.
Tabatha – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative. Appreciated the brain breaks.
Rahmi – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
I think it provided nice insights on the minds of gifted children.
Alexandra – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It is extensive and there are portions that could be summarized such as the parts where the teachers in person are being asked certain questions and we do not get to hear the questions the video should be cut, as well as areas where there are too many examples given and it takes away too much time. The structure of the module should preview reflective questions first then have the topics introduced or have the reflective questions immediately after the topic considering since it is so long certain things are forgotten.