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.
Michelle – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
Great course!
Jennifer – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I like her energy and her humor. Her anecdotes are useful and illustrative. I wish I had her IQ.
Kelly – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
I gave the session a 5 star. I usually am uninterested in professional training, but I did not experience this while watching these modules. I have learned so much to help me work with gifted students.
sara – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course has been resourceful and taught me several things.
Lezah – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
It was a great course. Taught teachers that they should not judge students based off of their looks or disabilities, but by their abilities.
Ramiro – LA VILLA ISD (verified owner) –
Amazing work!
Alexandra – LA VILLA ISD (verified owner) –
This course is challenging due to the amount of information shared. I feel that when being pressured by your district to complete it on top of everything that must be turned in can get overwhelming. Districts must
ISMAIL – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
videos showing GT students
JUDY – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
very informative
Muneeb – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
This course is very informative. I would highly recommend to get this course.