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.
Eliza – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Love it! Lots of learning!
Amy – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I love her insight and how she is able to turn our thinking around to see from the perspective of gifted children. I used to always think “gifted equals smarter”, but there is so much more depth to gifted children. I found this out when having 3 of my own in my household, but these trainings have helped me understand their depth even better.
Alfredo – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent GT Course…
Virginia – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed learning about how gifted kids are different.
Monica – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting perspectives, very informative
Frank – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Everything I learned were relevant experiences I have observed through out the many years I ahve worked with my GT students.
Hayley – LEANDER ISD (verified owner) –
This was a good course to refresh your mind about gifted students
Koni – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
It was very insightful and helpful.
Kate – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Informative!
Kristiana – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
So informative.