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.
Robin – FRIENDSWOOD ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course.
Christy – Brazosport ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome
Alexandra – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I think that the activities are really beneficial. I can think of some things that my GT students would really respond well to.
Emily – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was way too long.
Stephanie – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
it was fine.
Ashley – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
I thought this course was very informative and contained a lot of valuable examples and explanation to help better meet the needs of gifted students as an educator in classroom instruction and activities.
Lawrence – Brazosport ISD (verified owner) –
Course contained interesting content and was doable in a single session if you focused on it.
Abdel – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent traning
Reyes – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
None at this time.
Scott – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
overall good