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.
Jennifer – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed learning some strategies I can use in the classroom.
Veronica – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This is an informative training that provides a window to the nature of the GT student. It also provides resources that we can use as part of our teaching for content or to build relationships with all students.
Rene – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Highly recommended. Very Interesting
Bailey – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Lavada – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This course was so informative. I learned so much about the mind of a gifted student.
Amber – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I enjoyed learning how the social and emotional sides of gifted students are developed and how we as teachers can work with students who are gifted.
Araceli – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Maryel – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
very thorough about the development of gifted students
Joshua – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Great.
Dalia – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I thoroughly enjoyed this session. It highlighted key issues that we deal with when working with gifted students and provided helpful information on how to work with these students.