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.
Tawanda – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative. GT students are forever changing and being able to understand their intellectual levels, emotional stressors, and perspectives are very important.
Thank you for the class assignments and ideas to use when working with GT students.
Osiel – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Crystal – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course is extremely instructive and provides a lot of context for understanding GT students and people.
Cristina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
A bit lengthy but great overall.
Yvette – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative course.
Tara – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting to understand the emotional side of gifted students
Miriam – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
The presenter have a lot of experience with gifted students. Her presentation have many examples that I can relate to with my students. Great training. Thank you
Beatriz – CLEVELAND ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent material!
Nate – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
This session gave good suggestions for bibliotherapy
Christine – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was eye opening and humbling for me to be a part of this year.