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 – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked the information in this course.
Delia – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
It was relevant and interesting.
Alan – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
good
Casen – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful.
Patricia – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner) –
Good information
Adriana – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course really helped me understand gifted students and their social and emotional development. Gifted students must be better understood.
Yesenia – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
It gives a good insight into the mind of a gifted student.
Lucila – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It gives me ideas on ways to help my GT students with effective feedback.
Carlos – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This was my favorite course I in fact loved this course and I would highly recommend it to any of my peers.
Maria Teresa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was great, I learned alot!