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.
Veronica – SINTON ISD (verified owner) –
This course was insightful.
Marina – ALPINE ISD (verified owner) –
Effestive course
Lupita – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Really emjoyed this course.
Natalie – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Well organized,engaging, and presented in an easy to understand and remember manner.
Ashley Brooke – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Very beneficial!
vonda – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the idea to use books for students to think about their problems in a safe non judgmental way. Bibliotherapy and the other activities that work on meta-cognition will be helpful in the classroom.
Marc – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
The course has given me a vast amount of knowledge over GT students.
Emmanuel – FT HANCOCK ISD (verified owner) –
Very enlightening as to what I should watch out for when working with GT kids.
Samantha – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
Helps with understanding the whole child.
Melissa – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course! It really helped me to understand the social and emotional development of gifted kids.