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.
Chelsea – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It is great course to help us understand as teachers what a gifted kid goes through so we are better able to help them.
Lindsey – FORT BEND ISD (verified owner) –
loved the course and the real life scenarios.
Wanda – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
This course was informative because it deepened my understanding of the social and emotional needs of gifted children.
Danielle – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
its great!
Melissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting courses because we as teachers need to be able to service them accordingly.
Wilda – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
It was a great course, but some questions were tricky and had to be inferred in the answers.
Claudia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very detailed and informative
Laura – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
AMAZING
Cecily – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course is helpful in helping understand the way gifted students think, feel, and interact with others.
Elma – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This course on Social and emotional development opened my eyes on the behaviors of gifted children in the classroom and the thought of just how many students may be undiagnosed.