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.
Maricela – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
This course was insightful in teaching me the emotional factor of gifted students.
Tabitha – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
Superb!
Michelle – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I got a deeper understanding of gifted learners
Alexandra – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Helpful information to utilize in the classroom.
Mykenna – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
I learned about gifted students and how to help them
Kengi – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
Please take this even if you don’t plan to teach GT. Every teacher needs to know this…
Brittnie – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great insight on GT students!
Tanisha – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative!
Allison – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course was very helpful in understand the behaviors of gifted students.
Myra – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative