Description
In this 3-hour course, Dr. Colleen Boyle gives an overview of common characteristics of gifted children and discusses their strengths, weaknesses, and potential hangups. You will learn how to help gifted students work through common struggles and use evidence-based data to create solutions to help them succeed.
After taking this course, educators will walk away knowing:
- Key characteristics of gifted students
- Theories of asynchronous development
- Types of overexcitabilities and their influence on classroom performance
- The impact of giftedness on relationships
- How outside factors affect giftedness
- Strategies for managing perfectionism and underachievement
ODE teacher competencies: d, e
NAGC teacher preparation standards: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 5.5
Click here for a leader’s guide created by the Ohio Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Presenter Bio
Dr. Colleen Boyle is the president of the Ohio Association for Gifted Children. She has been an educator for more than 20 years, nearly all in gifted education in schools in Ohio and Texas as well as with the Department of Defense Education Activity. Dr. Boyle holds a B.S. in elementary education, an M.Ed. in gifted education and educational administration, and a Ph.D. in educational psychology. She currently serves as a supervisor of gifted and talented programs with Columbus City Schools. Dr. Boyle is a past president of Gifted Coordinators of Central Ohio. She enjoys working with educators and families to plan appropriate interventions for gifted learners. Her research interests include the social-emotional aspects of gifted learners, educational and psychological assessment, and giftedness within families. Dr. Boyle enjoys traveling and doting on her twin niece and nephew whenever she gets the chance.
Sonia – SAN DIEGO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was interesting into how to help and identify the issues of perfectionism and underachievement.
Emily – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course was very interesting !
Jessica – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very interesting and well organized and paced.
Paul – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I think this course is very beneficial for gifted instructors. All of the data is relevant and insightful.
Norma – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
awesome information
Maria – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great Information. Well presented.
Gloria – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great information that can be useful when working with gifted students.
Bradford – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
The course was excellent
Olga – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
very informative
Brenda – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I really liked it! I thought it was going to be really boring , but it had really great information!