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.
Zechariah – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
It was good.
Brent – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
The online version could be shorter and more concise
Allen – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I learned much about IQ testing.
Melisa – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Kristal – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Cathy – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed it.
Charlie – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
The handouts we are asked to print out for use do not follow along with the presenter. When told to go to a certain page of the notes… it is not what she is talking about.
Humor is useful, if appropriate. Distasteful humor has rarely helped.
Sandra – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner) –
Very useful information.
Kerry – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great resource.
Michael – WEATHERFORD ISD (verified owner) –
6 hours of what testing looks like is not a valuable use of my time… what I should be learning is how to identify potential gifted students that have not previously been identified & how to address their needs.