Improving Verbal Skills for Children from Low S.E.S. Backgrounds

$20.00

Presenter: Birdie Chesanek
Core Area: Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1

Negative stereotypes are often associated with those raised in generational poverty. Of all these stereotypes, one of the most damaging in education today is that students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds are less likely to be gifted. Low verbal skills often mask true giftedness. It’s time to get past the stereotypes and begin uncovering giftedness in our low-SES students.

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

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Description

In this course, Birdie Chesanek offers hands-on ideas to help bridge the gap between verbal and nonverbal intelligence for children from low-SES backgrounds. In this make-and-take session, Ms. Chesanek reviews educational issues that may be present when teaching students from low-SES backgrounds, explores strategies to bridge the gap between verbal and nonverbal intelligence, and then provides plans for using those strategies in various content areas.

In this 1-hour course, you will learn to:

  • Build academic knowledge
  • Encourage learning equality in the classroom
  • Implement verbal learning strategies
  • Build working and long-term memory

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

Presenter Bio

Birdie Chesanek is a native of El Paso, Texas and graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1990. She taught adult E.S.L. classes at El Paso Community College for five years and has taught at Oran Roberts Elementary School for the last fifteen years. Since 2009, she has received training by Dr. Joyce Juntune of Texas A & M University on strategies to bridge the gap between verbal and non-verbal skills for students from low S.E.S. backgrounds. She joined Dr. Juntune at the TAGT conference in Fort Worth, Texas as a co-presenter. She is also a presenter for El Paso ISD for the Gifted and Talented program. 

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294 reviews for Improving Verbal Skills for Children from Low S.E.S. Backgrounds

  1. Donna – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –

    interesting facts – I learned several new concepts

  2. Monica – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    Wonderful

  3. Veronica – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    I really like her. She was very engaging.

  4. Lisa – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    Great presentation. I learned many simple things that I can use immediately in my classroom

  5. Carmen – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    I really liked this course.

  6. Herlinda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative

  7. Gianna – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    It was good.

  8. Jeannie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Good information.

  9. Monica – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner) –

    age level is too young for my classes

  10. Blanca – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –

    This a good program for teachesrs to begin thinking about ways to help students understand that thinking and making connections are important to learning to long term memory.

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