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.
Andre – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
good
Silvia – SAN ELIZARIO ISD (verified owner) –
It is a long course but it is full of important information.
Caitlin – ROSCOE ISD (verified owner) –
I thin k that this course has been very helpful to me and it will continue to help me understand my GT students.
Cassandra – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
interesting
Leticia – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed it
Rosebella – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
It helped me get a more indepth into what gifted children are and need.
Alexa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The course was great and very informative.
Abby – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed and learned a lot from this course.
Julio – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I found this course not applicable to secondary level.
Sandra – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Great instructional video for us to understand gifted kids.