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.
kelsey – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome Course. Great professor! I learned so much.
Efrain – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great workshop!
Kim – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
I liked this course because it gave me an insight to the emotions and social difficulties that gifted students face and struggle with every day. It allows me to understand that when a student says something to me, I know I need to listen and not just dismiss what they said.
Yolanda – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course helped me to understand what a GT needs in a class and to use the resources for them.
Valeria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Overall, I really enjoyed this course as it provided further guidance and information on gifted students.
Jessica – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course!
Joel – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
Then final quote in the module and the teacher’s interpretation of it says it all – the quote does not mention gifted students: it is about all students. But the instructor continues to want to “other” gifted students while simultaneously marginalizing everyone else. Offensive.
I found this curse to be helpful only in the sense that it taught me things about how to teach ALL students.
Sarah – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very relatable
Deja – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome!
Frank – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It help me understand that I have been unable to grow as a gifted person because I lacked opportunities to grow and mature into a gifted adult.