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.
Erin – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I learned a lot about the emotions and feelings of gifted students.
Jerod – Private Pay (verified owner) –
The recording o Dr. Junune can be hard to hear and understand.
Yesenia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course that helps you understand gifted students beyond the academic.
Austin – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
i liked it
Bertha – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Natalie – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This course helped me better understand the needs of a gifted student. One of the main conclusions is that gifted students do not always understand why they are considered gifted and may think they will not always be gifted. I am grateful the course offers several strategies to help gifted students understand themselves better.
Marni – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
Very useful information to help any teacher!
Nancy – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course will help any educator better understand the gifted and talented student. It references some useful resources and tools.
Olivia – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This course gives you an insight of what the gifted program is all about, it will help you connect with the students at a deeper level, and that will allow you to lead students to success in a better way.
Ronda – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed learning about the emotions of gifted students.