Understanding Gifted Children with Advanced Abilities

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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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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. 

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1700 reviews for Understanding Gifted Children with Advanced Abilities

  1. Daniela – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed it.

  2. Hermilo – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    Highly informative and engaging.

  3. Diana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Very good information.

  4. Daniel – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    I like the “identify the gifted” part of this session. We as teachers have seen these types of children that sometimes may tire us out. It’s a good reminder to watch and observe.

  5. Jordan – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –

    I think it was a great and well informing course about gifted children.

  6. Guadalupe – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    It’s simply very informative

  7. Rogelio – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    Very well presented and dissects the subject further in a way that can be used as a guide form those unsure of IDing very young children early.

  8. Myrtha – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    This was a good course and it helped me to see my gifted students in a better way

  9. Maria – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative!!

  10. Federico – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative on the subject of gifted children.

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