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.
Melonie – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the course because it showed how different books could be used with gifted students. I’ve Sella Luna to my class before but Dr. Juntune brought out some questions that I didn’t think about before. The course was very insightful.
Shelby – SWEENY ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Rachelle – SWEENY ISD (verified owner) –
It has been very informational and helpful to me in better understanding gifted and talented students.
Lindsay – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Hearing about other specific students helped me make connections to people I have known and how I interacted was either helpful or not to what they were dealing with.
Vanessa – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This course was extremely insightful and really helped me to understand what my students will probably be like next year.
Claudia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course provides excellent insight on the way gifted students think and feel.
Amanda – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful
Cecil – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
I wanted more interactive, creative ways to do the work, rather than a more traditional presentation.
Jena – GIDDINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This course has had a huge impact on my understanding of gifted students emotions and needs.
Jonathan – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informational and well done.