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.
Katrina – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
This course was very engaging and informative!
Tiffany – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
It is a great reminder that there is more going on in our students than what we can see. It gives practical applications that can easily be used in the classroom.
Rosie (Rosa) – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
It was very helpful.
Saul – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s great and interesting.
Karina – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
good!
Ayissa – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative.
Sylvia – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Cecilia – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
very good
Jeffery – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This series has helped me to better understand myself, my childhood, and my own children. I’ve literally been in tears several times throughout Dr. Juntune’s lecture series. If you care about gifted kids, then listen to them all!
Ashley – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative