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.
Shawna – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
This was great to relate different books to how they way GT students feel.
Brandon – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
it was good
Paul – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Bailey – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed learning from the presenter. She is very knowledgeable!
Nate – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course to help understand what it means to be gifted and what to look for when trying to understand these students.
MARIA – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It is a great opportunity for a teachers to improve their teaching skills and expand their knowledge on gifted and talented students.
Jacqueline – TORNILLO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course to help with the understanding of emotions of gifted students and their peers.
Meagan – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –
Highly informational and useful information about gifted students.
Angel – Private Pay (verified owner) –
It was great!
Catalina – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed all the different characteristics presented about gifted students. The presentation was detailed, losts of examples and applications. Audio is at times too low to capture all the information.