Description
The unique needs and attributes of gifted children extend beyond merely their accelerated cognitive development. They are divergent from average children in social and emotional arenas as well. Because they have special intellectual, emotional, imaginational, psycho-motor, and sensual energies that need to be understood, respected and sometimes redirected it is essential that school districts have a deep understanding of how these children operate beyond just meeting their intellectual needs.
In this course Dr. Juntune will guide you through the unique social and emotional world of a gifted child and demonstrate how schools, teachers and administrators can best serve these children and provide them with the whole person education that they have a right to.
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies d, e, and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, and 5.5.
Presenter Bio
Dr. Joyce Juntune is a renowned consultant, trainer, professor, and lecturer with more than 45 years of experience in the field of education. She is an instructional associate professor at Texas A&M University, and she teaches graduate-level courses in her expert areas of intelligence, child and adolescent development, educational psychology, giftedness, and creativity. She has focused the majority of her career on the areas of intelligence and gifted and talented education. Dr. Juntune has served as the executive director for the National Association for Gifted Children and the Institute for Applied Creativity at Texas A&M University.
Jeanette – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
gives a lot of helpful tools to work with gifted students
Elizabeth – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
very helpful
Callie – SAN ANGELO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is great!
Ravyn – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I think this is a great course for giving you an idea what to look for in gifted students! I also appreciate the flexibility the online course provides.
Ashley – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very beneficial because it taught about the many emotions that gifted student feel and how I can best provide for their needs.
Travis – WODEN ISD (verified owner) –
very beneficial
Jacqueline – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course was practical, insightful, and provided great resources to use in the classroom
Ana – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This course gives you great resources or ideas to do with your gifted students and all your students.
Julianita – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course is highly effective in helping teachers understand the gifted.
Kimberly – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I liked how I learned new ways to understand my students