Description
What makes gifted students different from the rest of your students? Aside from the legal definition of gifted, your gifted students tend to behave and think differently than others. For each gifted student, there are cultural, racial, and economic factors that all affect them academically and relationally. Their gifted traits can have both positive and negative aspects.
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.
Jessica – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
The speaker made this very intesting.
Vicki – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
Very Informative
Brittany – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great and informative training.
Jennifer – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
I wish we were able to print out the slides for a resource.
Katherine – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Diana – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
Dr. Boyle lives as a gifted learner, so her take on giftedness is personal and so helpful.
Cynthia – CHARDON LOCAL (verified owner) –
I learned a lot.
Shelley – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
This was a good use of my time.
Dustin – SANDUSKY CITY (verified owner) –
I thought the course provided thought provoking topic that made you stop and think about the big picture of a gifted learner.
Ashley – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
This brought new perspective to my teaching style.
Ruth – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
The course content was accessible and informed and the speaker was engaging.
Lydia – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative and easy to clearly understand the characteristics of a Gifted child.
Nova – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course!
Elizabeth – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Kathryn – SANDUSKY CITY (verified owner) –
Good overview!
Melissa – 588 Co-op (verified owner) –
This course had a lot of great information about gifted students and their characteristics.
doris – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Well organized and provides plenty of examples.
Belinda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I really like the details
Allison – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
Great course! Very informative in explaining the many characteristics of gifted children.
Anita – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very insightful and offered a variety of strategies to use in the classroom with gifted children.
Sandra – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Amazing training.
Rosa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
interesting and very informative
Sarah – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
So much information but really enjoyed how Dr. Boyle taught the class. I look forward to doing more training with her.
On another note, I found the system to have many errors. For example, I would answer a question or take the quiz and get to the end of the lesson and it wouldn’t save my responses. Therefore, multiple time I had to redo it. One of the times I took the quiz received a 100 but it didn’t save I had to retake it same answers and got a 75.
Maria Luisa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I got a lot of information from this workshop.
Nancy – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Highly recommend training
Kevin – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
very informative
Saedah – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
Very informational. Practical and relevant.
Britteny – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
This course taught me a lot about the various characteristics that come into play with gifted students. I was able to see more about why they are behaving in certain ways and what I can do to foster more appropriate outlets for them in the classroom.
Rebecca – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
Comparing healthy vs. unhealthy gifted
Karla – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
I like the information and could relate it to many students I have or had in class.
Maria – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
It really helped me understand why gifted students may not always be working at their highest potential in the classroom.
Jared – 588 Co-op (verified owner) –
It was great!
Bryce – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
There were a lot of helpful tips regarding the characteristics of gifted children.
Mary – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
It was informative.
Joyce – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
The strategies presented in this course were very helpful dealing with gifted children in our classrooms.
Janet – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
I didn’t like
Michelle – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
It was a lot of information to take in but very resourceful.
Lisa – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
A lot of good information about types of gifted children and how we can support them.
Kathleen – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
It was very interesting to listen to something I don;t usually see. This is my second year with a gifted student and he is very different from the one I had last year.
ERIC – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
informative
Chelsea – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
I love learning about Gifted Students, what they are like and useful strategies for making them comfortable in the classroom.
Debra – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
very informational
Dana – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
i highly enjoyed learning about the underachievements so i can now connect it to my gifted student
Steven – CARLISLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great job
Cristina – ZAPATA COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It is very informative. I honestly learned a lot about how I can help my students and also why I am the way that I am. So, I am very pleased for having taken this course. Thanks.
Rebecca – ZAPATA COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
very informational
Rosa – ZAPATA COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
very helpful
Leticia – ZAPATA COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Priscilla – ZAPATA COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
helpful and informational
kevin – CARLISLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great course that details the gifted learner traits.