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.
Kristina – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
A very informative course.
Adam – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
again this one had the group work nicely broken out.
Stephanie – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
It was great!
Juan – CLEVELAND ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent!!
Laura – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was great information
Amanda – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided me with an understanding of how to guide a discussion group with gifted students and the importance of helping gifted students understand that they are not alone.
Tyson – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
yes
Anica – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Rebecca – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great tool.
Jasmin – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful