Understanding Gifted Children with Advanced Abilities

$20.00

Presenter: Debra Troxclair, Ph.D
Core Area: Nature & Needs
Grade Level: Elementary
Hours: 1

Identifying giftedness can help ensure proper social, emotional, and cognitive development in children with high abilities, allowing them to achieve their maximum potential. This 1-hour course offers foundational knowledge about giftedness for early childhood professionals and educators so that can identify giftedness in children of all ages.

Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.

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SKU TAGT-152 Categories Debra Troxclair, Gifted, Instructional Strategies, Nature & Needs, Ph.D., TAGT Tags Gifted, giftedness, GT, Nature and Needs, OAGC Characteristics, ODE competency d

Description

It is impossible to serve the needs of gifted children without first identifying them. Unfortunately, many students aren’t identified until too late in their educational journey. In this 1-hour course, Debra Troxclair, Ph.D. defines what giftedness actually is and presents the reasons why it is important to identify gifted students as early as possible.

In this course you will learn:

Different types of gifted students
Traits of giftedness that are often mistaken for misbehavior
How to identify young children with advanced abilities

Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.

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. Debra Troxclair, Associate Professor in the Teacher Education Department at Lamar University, received her doctoral degree in Special Education (Emphasis in Gifted Education) from the University of Southern Mississippi and has over 20 years of teaching experience in both elementary and university classroom settings. She is a member of several professional associations focusing on giftedness. Dr. Troxclair is currently serving on the Professional Standards Committee and the University Networking Committee of the National Association for Gifted Children. She also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented and is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Council for Exceptional Children-TAG Division.

Additional information

Core Area	Nature & Needs
Hours	1 Hour
Organization	TAGT
Grade Level	Elementary
Presenter	Debra Troxclair, Ph.D.
Course Content	Gifted, Instructional Strategies

1700 reviews for Understanding Gifted Children with Advanced Abilities

Rated 5 out of 5

Sydney – PLANO ISD (verified owner) – March 30, 2020

I felt that it waw informative, and will help others understand the needs of gifted children.
Rated 5 out of 5

Amy – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) – March 30, 2020

Very informative and offered great suggestions.
Rated 5 out of 5

Hailee – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) – March 30, 2020

It’s very self paced and interesting.
Rated 5 out of 5

Lori – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) – March 31, 2020

I found it interesting
Rated 5 out of 5

Michael – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) – March 31, 2020

Very informative and probably best if you take notes. Lots of great information.
Rated 5 out of 5

Jennifer – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) – April 1, 2020

Great information! Thank you!
Rated 5 out of 5

Winetta – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) – April 2, 2020

I really enjoyed the course and being that i work with gifted kids it was very helpful.
Rated 5 out of 5

Lois – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) – April 2, 2020

This course explain what type of child that they really are.
Rated 4 out of 5

Derick – CONROE ISD (verified owner) – April 2, 2020

good but dated
Rated 5 out of 5

Jennifer – PLANO ISD (verified owner) – April 3, 2020

It was good. To the point and direct.