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.
Venessa – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Reminds a teacher what we forgot to be for our students.
Maribel – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the content and feel like the activities are helpful and can see myself using them in my classroom.
Ashley – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
It was hard to hear Dr. Juntune at times. Otherwise, it was great!
Kayleigh – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very important and helpful information
Alberto – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this course was brilliant in the sense of the creative activities it provided. I like the handouts where we hand to respond with our own personal life experiences, such as asking us who we admire, what place makes us whole, etc.
Edgar – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Strategies and concepts can be extremely helpful when implementing differentiated learning in the classroom. This course gives pathways to opening the minds of students through various learning styles.
Kim – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
Beneficial to help respond to gifted students.
Stephanie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It is a great Course that informs us about gifted students.
Lyndsey – VIDOR ISD (verified owner) –
Fantastic
Edward – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
It’s a great course on informing us how GT students could act in situations and how we can interact with the student (S).