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.
TEVIN – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course.
Oksana – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Great pace! Awesome instructional material. Interesting insights and exemplars. I could not have chosen a better instructor for this course!
Maria Magdalena – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
This GT workshop has a lot of useful information.
anthony – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Yay!
Francisco – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Its good. Just too long.
Arjon – PRESIDIO ISD (verified owner) –
good job
Pasha – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
It was very helpful and I have learned alot.
Kayla – MANOR ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked this course because it gave us ideas and insights of what to look for when identifying GT students. I also liked that it talked about GT students who also have disabilities. Just because you are labeled with a disability, doesn’t mean you can’t be GT and I liked that she talked about that.
Diana – EAST CHAMBERS ISD (verified owner) –
Great! Love working at my own pace.
San Juanita – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Good