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.
Hanneke – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course gives so much insight in giftedness and all of the aspects surrounding it. It is very helpful and practical for the classroom.
Roshanne – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great Course
Jennifer – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
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Michael – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
The state requires 30 hours of instruction. A bit much in my opinion. Therefore the instructor must fill the time. That being said, I learned a good bit about bias, tests, and how to improve IQ in oour own children.
Ming – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I like this course because I learnt something I didn’t learn before.
Zaira – RIO GRANDE CITY CISD (verified owner) –
Information is repeated from other modules making this training longer than what it needs to be.
Tammy – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative, presenter really knows her content!
Jason – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great insight to gifted testing.
Carolyn – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Like the information that was presented.
Theresa – PALACIOS ISD (verified owner) –
It was very educational pertaining to gifted and talented children’s needs and expectations of educators.