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.
carlos – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
prepares a teacher to be ready to teach and support a gifted child
Denizly – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
It was great!
Kaci – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
it was great
Chelsea – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was very helpful and I enjoyed learning all the new things that I didn’t know before.
Elizabeth – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Loved this!
Rebecca – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
I love all of the thorough information and examples.
Gary – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot from the course and enjoyed it
Rosa – CLEVELAND ISD (verified owner) –
It is a great course and opportunity to understand our gifted kids
Raul – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
It is Awesome!
Klarissa – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was full of great information on gifted students in the classroom.