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.
Sarah – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
The lectures were interesting and informative.
Chelsie – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This gave me tools for group discussions to generate a welcome environment to students of all abilities, especially GT, right off the bat.
Yhadira – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
This course provides a great visual and outlook on gifted children. It gives you tools to better understand their needs and work with them.
Monica – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the self-paced format.
Eric – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
5 stars
Laura – LEANDER ISD (verified owner) –
This was a good course! I thought of many students who matched the descriptions given throughout the course. My only suggestion is to provide more hands-on, applicable suggestions that I can try in the classroom. The type of thing I could try the very next day at work.
Lauren – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative on gifted students and how to teach students.
Rebecca – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course about the social and emotional needs to gifted students.
Lisa – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
The training is beneficial in helping to understand the social and emotional development of the GT student.
Robert – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
Gives a straightforward deeper understanding of GT students