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.
Alynda – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Good with useful information
Autumn – VIDOR ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this section was good but a little repetitive
Brenda – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Juntune is very knowledgeable about the subject matter and was able to bring in her personal experiences into the discussion to make it more relatable.
Jessica – LEANDER ISD (verified owner) –
I was engaged and able to remember the content because it was made so relevant and relatable with stories, examples, anecdotes, etc. Super helpful and inspiring!
Dave – FAIRBANKS LOCAL (verified owner) –
Informative on how to motivate, guide, and empathize with the gifted student.
Amy – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
great ideas
Tamara – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent resources and clearer understanding of the importance of developing the emotional child as well as the intellectual child.
sarahi – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Very good course for anyone working with Gifted students. Much can be learned from this course and it would be beneficial not only for the Gifted students but for teachers if every teacher would go through this course.
Lorenzo – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course can be very helpful to teachers in helping them better understand social and emotional behaviors of Gifted students.
Maria – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
As always, these GT 30 hour bundles are instant classroom activities!!!