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.
Paige – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
It was great!
NIcole – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
It was great! I learned to much.
Sandra – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
This course helps in gaining more perspective in what it means to be a gifted person and how to entail them to the right path as a person and not a product.
DeAnna – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
The information was well presented and informative!
Lucy – Private Pay (verified owner) –
This course provided me with resources.
Adam – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
It was great, very flexible. It allowed me to complete at my pace and in my time frame. Quality information!
Madison – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
The course was great and very informative.
Stephanie – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great comprehensive course!
James – CEDAR HILL ISD (verified owner) –
Its a great course with a lot of examples and personal stories to make you feel like you are active in the course.
Jennifer – FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
Amazing!