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.
Timothy – LUBBOCK ISD (verified owner) –
it was interesting
Thomas – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
The class provides a good insight in the gifted and talent, but the lack of visual clarity in the videos and the time spent on in-class movement distracted from the message. I also believe the module describing the different assessment tools gave the impression that most of them are not useful and subject to a variety of interpretations.
Megan – MANOR ISD (verified owner) –
I like the jokes thrown in. I don’t like how long I have to listen to someone talk but that’s just cus it’s online.
RAquel – RIESEL ISD (verified owner) –
excellent information
Mirella – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent Material!!!!
Alexis – RIESEL ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very in depth and addressed some good insight to gifted kids.
Sagrario – EAST CHAMBERS ISD (verified owner) –
I’ve enjoyed all these courses! It’s been enjoyable!
Vickie – EAST CHAMBERS ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoy the speaker. She is very easy to understand and interesting to listen to.
April – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
Thank you for this training.
hatice – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
useful