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.
Lisa – COLLEGE STATION ISD (verified owner) –
AMAZING!! By far the best and most engaging with excellent information for understanding students that are gifted and not the typical things we think of as GT students.
Todd – BENJAMIN LOGAN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Very informative and helps you understand gifted kids better. I enjoyed Dr. Junetune presentation and stories.
Doyna – CLEVELAND ISD (verified owner) –
it is practical.
Rebecca – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
The course gave a lot important information about how to go about questioning students.
Lander – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
It is very informative.
Robert – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very useful information for a classroom teacher.
Shona – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
It it very informative.
Samantha – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great information provided about gifted students
Virendra – CLEVELAND ISD (verified owner) –
The course is vey useful and informative regarding gifted students.
Dolores – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Juntune’s knowledge and passion have made this course very interesting.