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.
Ashley – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
good
Karina – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
IT was great
Sandy – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great advice
jennifer – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Juntune is a wealth of knowledge!
Fernanda – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was really good. It helped me understand different characteristics of gifted students that I know will help me in my classroom.
Hannah – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was fine
William – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Awesome information with this course. I have a better chance of understanding my students.
Melanie – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was very enlightening to learn how to help gifted children through books.
Jillian – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
There is so much interesting information.
Melinda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Long but intreasting with a lot of information.