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.
Brandi – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative. You really get a good sense of how different gifted students are and learn techniques for working with them in the classroom.
Gabriel – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting study on the emotional development of the gifted and talented student.
Maria – Brazosport ISD (verified owner) –
I think that this course was very helpfull specially to understand GT students better.
Indercio – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Informative
Catherine – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
It was good
Ramona – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent!!! filled with many ideas and strategies to use in your classroom.
Jesica – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
I think that anything that Dr. Juntune talks about is definitely worth listening to as well as applying to your classroom. She is amazing and I feel blessed to have been able to receive the information put forth.
Afra – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – AUSTIN (verified owner) –
it is easy and very informative course.
Ruth – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and excellent classrom activities discussed.
Brian – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
great