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.
Corina – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I really like this course and have learned a lot of new things that I can use in the classroom and apply to my students.
Oscar – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Amazing course!
Jocelyn – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Up-to-date and more interesting facts
Nytashah – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Take it! I loved it and learned so much about my GT students, my self, my children. It was very enlightening and helpful.
Laney – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course is interesting in learning about gifted testing and how the test can affect the bias of students qualifying to be gifted.
Ruben – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Blanca – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
good
Ninfa – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I liked the different famous people that were used to demonstrate how one’s perceptions of giftedness was once ignored or not aware of.
Michele – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed learning about how students are identified as gifted. The information in this course about the traits of gifted children will help me in my classroom to know what to expect from my gifted students. That will help me better prepare my daily lessons.
Claudia – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
awesome!