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.
Eevan – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
This highlighted the extreme importance of the social-emotional aspect of teaching gifted kids. It is so important to remember that they are more than just their head.
Maria – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
I think the course is very helpful.
Estella – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
It shows you different types of GT students.
Brandi – MARBLE FALLS ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed learning strategies to work with my highly sensitive gifted kids!
Arthur – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
an eye-opener
Norma – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very intense, I loved it.
Megan – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
This course gave very good information about gifted students.
Debra – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
This course offers good and objective information on how to teach gifted students. It recognizes their individuality and the need for their interests, passions and sensitivities to be recognized and utilized in their growth.
Kasie – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course since it focused more on the social and emotional development/psychology aspect to GT students as opposed to just theories on how to teach them. It focuses on the why and not the how.
Juan – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
It is okay