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.
Katie – FAYETTEVILLE-PERRY LOCAL (verified owner) –
Very well planned out course
Heather – FAYETTEVILLE-PERRY LOCAL (verified owner) –
I do not like the reflective questions being posted with our names. I think anonymous answers would be better.
Lori – FAYETTEVILLE-PERRY LOCAL (verified owner) –
It was interesting, but very long winded.
Sheryl – FAYETTEVILLE-PERRY LOCAL (verified owner) –
I liked the strategies that were given in this course. I think they will be very helpful.
cathy – FAYETTEVILLE-PERRY LOCAL (verified owner) –
Help with gifted vocabular that was unknown to me.
LoAnn – FAYETTEVILLE-PERRY LOCAL (verified owner) –
I felt this course was very good for a general education teacher. I believe I have experienced students that I could have helped much sooner had I already completed this training.
Louise – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
This was a very interesting course. I especially enjoyed learning about the overexcitabilities.
MARIA M – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It provide me alot of misconceptions about gifted students. It was very helpful.
Maria – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was very good.
Heidi – FAYETTEVILLE-PERRY LOCAL (verified owner) –
I was very impressed by the ideas of overexcitablities. I had experienced several of those things and didn’t realize that everyone else doesn’t think the way I do (or the way my 4 year old does…). It was eye opening.
Alejandra – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative in a good structure
Valerie – EASTERN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
it was great!
Estibaliz – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent information!
Rocio – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This course is an eye-opener and I was able to learn how to manage gifted students’ behaviors.
Ruben – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Stella – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I really like all the information shared. The speaker had a very good pace and tone of voice.
Katherine – ELYRIA CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
It was great.
Stephanie – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Andrea – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
I prefer in person trainings, but this one was decent.
Nora – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This course introduced me to different strategies to use with gifted students, especially those who are underachievers.
Joy – WESTFALL LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great course.
victor – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
A very informative course about the GT student and their needs.
Susan – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
The information was good. Some of the slides did not have dialogue.
Elvira – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
This course was excellent. It was well organized and very informative.
Monica – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It is a very helpful course. I now understand my gifted students much more.
Irene – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This course really helped to look at all the possibilities of giftedness. I was not aware of all the categorizations of giftedness. My mind keeps thinking about how many possible gifted students are out there that are not known to be gifted because of all other factors.
Esmeralda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great presentation
Daisy – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Nancy – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
very useful
Sonia – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Griselda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very informative and breaks down the different characteristics.
Marilu – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very good course.
Luis – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This interesting course is indispensable in identifying and helping the nontraditional gifted students thrive in school and achieve their potential.
Luis – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Good course
Ester – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and proveded strategies to help gifted students
San Juanita – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and I learned new ways to identify GT students.
maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course and have a better understanding of gifted students
Lisa – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative information that was actually seen in my classroom.
Estela – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative:)
Gladys – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
It was informative.
Bobbie Jean – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
Learn something new everyday……great training
Mary – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course was exceptional and eye opening. I thought I knew all about gifted children but this course helped me learn new things about them and not only that but showed me how to solve the problems that arise.
Michelle – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I loved how she gave plenty of examples for all modules. I also liked how each video was short and to the point.
Allison – IRONTON CITY (verified owner) –
Informative.
Steve – DAYTON CITY (verified owner) –
Excellent explanations of the different types of gifted learners, their strengths and problems, with good strategies on how to deal with the problems.
Christina – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
I learned a lot from this workshop.
Ben – SOUTHWEST LICKING LOCAL (verified owner) –
This was one of the best Gifted PD’s I have taken
Pamela – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very informative and I learned new strategies to implement in my classroom.
Tracy – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
adequate.
Norma – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
I think this was an awesome course!!! It gave me a better understanding with students I work with beyond their disabilities and look at their giftedness.