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.
Nancy – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
This particular course hit home with me. I think it should be available to parents of gifted children and parents should have bibliotherapy with their own and with other parent s of gifted children.
Amanda – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great!
Priscilla – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s good just lengthy
Jacob – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great
Gloria – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
It is very informative and helpful
Leticia – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
The course was very informative.
Derly – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
great course!
Rachel – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
It can get lengthy.
Shelzy – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very educational training, thank you!
Kristina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very beneficial and informative to me.