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.
Sara – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This is course is interesting and very much engaging.
Nicole – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
It was enlightening and will help me in the future with my GT students and my own children as well.
Ricardo – NORTH EAST ISD (verified owner) –
Great course with much information on GT students. It also has great insights on how to deal with GTs and even how to assign schoolwork for them.
Ana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The course have helped a lot with students non-struggling and struggling.
Dolores – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative!
Debbie – Private Pay (verified owner) –
This course was great and easy to follow.
Claudia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
eye-opening
Sandra – FRIENDSWOOD ISD (verified owner) –
I would recommend this course. They GT have magnified sensitivities, and multiple emotions at the time. It is important to recognize and knowledge their feelings and that they are unique and that no one “owns” them. They own their heart and their thoughts.
Jennifer – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
Very imformative!
John – PORT CLINTON CITY (verified owner) –
I found the course useful