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.
Nancy – ALPINE ISD (verified owner) –
This course helps with being able to understand the gifted child and how to better serve their needs.
Hillary – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Very engaging!
Jeremy – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided a great deal of information about how to support gifted learners.
Zelene – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
It gives many ideas and options to help and identify gifted children.
Megan – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
I think that this was a very good course. I had trouble hearing a lot of what was said, even with the volume turned all the way up on my computer. The content was excellent; just hard to hear.
Courtney – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
This course delve deeper into understanding how we can counsel and assist students with understanding thieir giftedness.
Maudestine – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Outstanding
Benjamin – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
It’s pretty good.
Deborah – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner) –
Great resources on how to possibly identify gifted students.
LaJasley – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This portion of the course was informative but included alot of narratives.