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.
Cathy – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course.
Kathy – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
This course really helped me to understand a lot of behaviors of gifted students.
Brandon – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Takes a deep look at child as a whole, not just by the products they produce.
Jennifer – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
5 – Great
Jeanne – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
Another fantastic course with powerful insights from Dr. Juntune. SEL and the gifted is an underserved area and this course has provided me tools, strategies and knowledge that will strengthen me as a teacher. I look forward to more opportunities to learn from Dr. Juntune.
Ashley – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Elizabeth – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course gave me a deeper understanding of how to help, teach, and support our GTs
Ryan – BURNET CISD (verified owner) –
This course helped me better understand the characteristics of gifted students and how to better understand them.
Megan – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Helps me better understand a gifted students.
Elizabeth – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Okay