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.
juan – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Excellent Module!!
America – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
5/ Great information to reflect on as we grow with GT population,
Robert – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting
Cranesha – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
AWESOME!
Nancy – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Presenter used a variety of mediums and formats to convey the concepts.
Javier – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
great
Monica – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Debra – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
What I especially liked were the real stories of student experiences she had. I also liked the books and how she modeled how to use them in the classroom. I will order them to use in my classroom for all students. I loved everything about this training!!
Cassandra – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
good
Jenni – LEANDER ISD (verified owner) –
Every teacher would benefit from this course! Very useful information!