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.
Brian – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Informative and eye-opening
Alfonso – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent program!!
Erika – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful training!
Nancy – NORTH EAST ISD (verified owner) –
using real student stories was very interesting for me.
LaDonna – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
5 stars
Shelby – Private Pay (verified owner) –
This course was extremely helpful in teaching me better ways to support the social and emotional needs of my gifted learners.
Michelle – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
A lot of helpful information
Jeremy – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Decent Course
Tasha – Private Pay (verified owner) –
It gives strategies to use with gifted students.
Dana – VIDOR ISD (verified owner) –
I liked how this course helps you understand the thoughts and ideas to consider when teaching gifted students.