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.
Saul – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This course is really helpful! It helps understand gifted students better.
De’Lana – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
It was great and very informative.
Aldo – Private Pay (verified owner) –
This course refreshes the challenges that gifted kids might find through life. We can help them find their own voice, understand themselves, solve problems and show them how to address their intense emotions, sensitivity and energies in a creative way. It provides very useful resources like Bibliotherapy, Classroom Strategies through activities like invent a feeling, Daily Journal, Benefits and Burdens for decision making, Unfortunately / Fortunately, Admiration Ladder and many others. Truly an outstanding course.
Ellen – CLEVELAND ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed hearing about how the stories could be used to lead guidrd discussion groups.
Jaxon – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
It was efficient
Nayani – CLEVELAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Andres – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great course to learn more about social and emotional development for gifted stuedents.
Jennifer – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Incredible!
Jessica – NORDONIA HILLS CITY (verified owner) –
Very helpful, and not preachy. Practical.
Maridy – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
Really enjoyed the lectures. Very lively approach with lots of great insight.