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.
Erika – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the pacing and the explanations.
Roxzanne – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course gave great information on gifted students. It is important to consider this information in order to help our gifted students.
Elsa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome! Very informative.
David – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Presenter makes the course interesting.
Ana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent to learn how to provide gifted students with the best education available for them. Teachers will know the strategies to use with the gifted students.
Traci – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course is awesome!
Angelica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The course is well explained, each module provide opportunities to share ideas with others and expand our knowledge about the topic.
Andrew – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very well organized and helpful.
Margarita – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very informative and helps teachers understand how GT minds work.
Celeste – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting and helpful