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. Michelle – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative and helpful.

  2. Kristie – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –

    Great information . Would like more examples on how to use this with reading and building background knowledge.

  3. Tammy – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –

    New information about how the 3 kinds of memory can be strengthened.

  4. Rodney – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –

    very informative

  5. Jodi – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –

    It’s not terrible but it’s pretty bad. I dislike how you have to listen and not read so you can reread all the words and listen to it better. That’s all I have to say about it.

  6. Stacey – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –

    Is there a packet to download? She kept referring to it? Also, I took notes on the fluid, crystallized, working and blah and she breezed over those and then they were 25% of the quiz. Why didn’t she ask about the activities ? Most of it was about Mindsketching, which I enjoyed but then no questions so then you doubt yourself.
    And that drop down question was just bull. Not text to help.
    If that was during a teacher appraisal that would be a 1 in measuring learning.
    I loved the trainer. Her personal stories were endearing and helpful. I teach EL Newcomer so her stories were touching and I have been doing it 26 year so I know HOPE matters.
    I really learned a lot and took 7 pages of notes on mini-legal pads and thought I learned a lot and then the quiz took me 2 times. UGH, I would prefer essays to those dumb questions. Yes, I said dumb. ANd on that note, I appreciate he saying when people should leave the classroom

  7. Dawn – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    It was interesting, especially for teachers.

  8. Pamela – CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –

    Great course except it was hard to hear what the other people in the room where saying. Maybe next time make sure they too have a microphone or the teacher is repeating their question.

  9. Elaine – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –

    This course provided some great information for improving verbal skills for children that come from disadvantaged backgrounds.

  10. Bricia – ASHLAND CITY (verified owner) –

    Informative

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