Understanding and Serving Gifted Students Raised in Poverty (3-Hour)

$50.00

Presenter: Dr. Joyce Juntune, Texas A&M University 
Core Area: Nature & Needs
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary 
Hours: 3

Many different things affect the academic performance of students. One that is sometimes overlooked is poverty. Do you know the effects of poverty on your classroom? Poverty impacts a student’s intelligence and achievement. In this 3-hour course led by Dr. Joyce Juntune, a nationally renowned consultant, educators will learn about how to serve gifted students raised in poverty. Educators will walk away with knowledge about verbal gaps, complex language skills, and strategies for supporting students in poverty.

Note: This course is part II in the series “Serving Gifted Students from Poverty”. We highly recommend taking Part I “Closing the Achievement Gap for Students Raised in Poverty” first.

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Do you know the effects of poverty on your classroom? Poverty impacts a student’s intelligence and achievement. This is particularly evident in verbal and nonverbal gaps and in memory. Even poverty at the earliest moments of life can have long-term effects on a child. Thankfully, there are ways that educators can address these issues and help students in poverty reach their potential. In this 3-hour course led by Dr. Joyce Juntune, a nationally renowned consultant, educators will learn about how to serve gifted students raised in poverty. Dr. Juntune draws from years of research, both her own and others professionals’, to create sound strategies for supporting these students. 

After taking this course, educators will walk away knowing:

  • Reasons for gaps in intelligence scores
  • Strategies for building complex language
  • Mind sketching strategies
  • Memory building strategies
  • Best practices for serving gifted students in poverty

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. 

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194 reviews for Understanding and Serving Gifted Students Raised in Poverty (3-Hour)

  1. Tabitha – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –

    Informative

  2. Misty – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –

    I loved this course!! It was so informative and explained the reasoning behind strategies which helps me as a teacher to see it from a child’s point of view.

  3. Jennifer – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –

    I like it.

  4. Simona – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –

    This was an interesting and interactive course. I enjoyed the delivery and depth of knowledge from Dr. J. I wish she was the instructor for all these courses!

  5. CYNTHIA A – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –

    The presenter is very knowledgeable and has a way of explaining things that make a lot of sense to me.

  6. Khrysten – HERTFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –

    it was very informative

  7. Glenda – HERTFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –

    I really enjoyed it! I learned a lot of strategies that I will definitely use in my classroom with my students.

  8. maria – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –

    Easy strategies to enhance our gifted population.

  9. Theresa – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –

    I like th structure of sharing ideas after the lectures and the quizzes after each module.

  10. Maria – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –

    Great activities to improve the students needs.

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