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.
Margaret – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
Good course. Site glitched a lot.
Paula – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed taking this course and getting the history of what has happened in regard to GT testing and also the insight she gives into how people think GT students should be instead of how they really are.
Daphney – EAST CHAMBERS ISD (verified owner) –
This one was extra important for us as educators
Veronica – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative and I didn’t have to go anywhere to learn about it.
Vickie – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
this is great information,
Gerald – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course, Lisa does a great job of educating educators!
James – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
Instructor uses inappropriate cultural generalizations. She has too many anecdotal stories that are distracting. She pushes her own biases on the audience. If it was up to me, I would do my GT training with another program and another trainer.
Marisa – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
I truly gained so much understanding for the gifted mind, this will definitely be helpful to both me as a teacher and all my students because knowing how the gifted interact with others will be benefit my entire class.
Enrique – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It’s a great course
Connor – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
It was great.