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.
Braden – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
This course was great to work through and provided some really good strategies to use in the classroom setting.
Claudia – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Really informative and engaging.
Rhodesia – PRIORITY CHARTER SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed the course and learning how gifted students think and process through emotions and feelings. It has help to understand and become more aware of what the gifted may be thinking and really differentiating in my class to make sure that the students get what they need on their level.
Evelyn – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful in providing the tools needed to identify gifted students and the tools necessary to guide them through what it means to be gifted.
Erin – JASPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great.
Sarah – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course does a great job of introducing the concept of giftedness.
Giselle – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
I believe this course was very enjoyable and informative, especially with all the stories being told.
Judith – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Informative
Cynthia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
This has been a wonderful course, I learned and understood other aspects about my gt students that don’t focus on only their wonderful brain.
Brooke – Bedford City School District (verified owner) –
Very good!