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.
Maira – CLEVELAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Alison – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
I don’t have GT students so it’s hard to relate this to my on level students.
Selene – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Great training with lots of good information on identifying and working with GT students.
Lillian – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
It’s great!
Reynaldo – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course is important to be a better teacher to gifted and ALL OTHER kids.
Donna – CHARDON LOCAL (verified owner) –
This is a great course about the Social Emotional Learning of our students. Dr. Juntune gives many things that you can use in the classroom tomorrow.
Heather – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
GREAT! I loved it!
Stephanie – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Maria – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I would recommend this course to be taken to new teachers and district mandate.
Valeria – TORNILLO ISD (verified owner) –
It gives good insight on the emotions and feelings of the gifted students and how we can support them.