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.
Candice – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
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Micah – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very accessible and did not require me to go out of my way to be somewhere.
Valeria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
great course
Fernando – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great Course
Angela – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course is really helpful because it teaches you the complexity of gifted students’ mentalities.
Manuel – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
excellent course, like the others courses, it helps understand gifted students.
Jenna – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed taking these courses. She made it fun and engaging and the information was very informative.
Rebecca – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This has taught me a lot about the people around me who identify as gifted.
Rachael – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very informative and enlightening.
Joanne – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
Was very informative. Great examples