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.
Rene – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great course, highly recommend!
Ashley – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Shelly – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Great course. Clear questions.
Katalina – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Too long
Bianca – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It was great.
Haygen – HOLLAND ISD (verified owner) –
somewhat of a review
Sherry – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
manageaable, helpful, will make you think about better ways to do things with gifted students.
Logan – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course that helped me learn how to meet the needs of GT students in my classroom
Cristina – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent guide to help gifted student understand them.
Nadine – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
The handouts are really great tools. The portion on guided groups is very informative and a great strategy for support.