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.
michelle – CARLISLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
Very informational.
Marcos – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
Very knowledgeable presenter. Great personal and family anecdotes makes it more relevant.
Edith – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I found it to be very informative and it answers a lot of questions about why students act a certain way.
Mary – WALLER ISD (verified owner) –
It was informative.
Michael – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Loved it.
Dyann – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
I am a counselor so I love seeing SEL included in this!
Claudia – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Great learning on gifted students’ emotions and learning.
Alexis – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative for social and emotional development of gifted students.
Beth – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
It was helpful to know the social and emotional development of GT
Angela – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It is interesting.