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.
Sarah – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very informative
Jamie – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
This was a great overall course. I gained insight into both my students and my own children.
Patricia – ELYRIA CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
I found this course interesting. I learned about so much about the different dynamics that are involved in being a gifted learner.
Laura – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
Good course for an overview of characteristics of gifted students.
Rhonda – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
very informative
Anna – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was very interesting.
Diana – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Nasim – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
This course is very useful and beneficial. I can use the strategies I learnt in my classes.
Maria – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
presenter is knowledgeable and experienced.
GLORIA – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course!
Diana – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Sonia – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Aysegul – Pilot (verified owner) –
Great
Guadalupe – YSLETA ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed that presentation. I liked how it was broken down.
Guadalupe – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I have learned a new way of thinking about a GT student
Donald – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
good to help those who seem to be “giving up”
Adameliz – ALVARADO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent, it has been a very complete course in which I have learned to identify GT students in detail.
Laura – CENTERBURG LOCAL (verified owner) –
informative about different behaviors you can see from your gifted students.
Cecilia – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Very Intersting
Dane – HPS – HOUSTON NORTH (verified owner) –
Great course to understand GT students
linda – HPS – HOUSTON NORTH (verified owner) –
good
Larry – GEORGETOWN EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –
This was a good course.
Rebecca – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
informative
Roel – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent content.
Jose – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting. Many great strategies to help with GT students.
Brighett – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Awesome information
Claudia – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and a nice refresher.
Dustin – SANDUSKY CITY (verified owner) –
It is extremely helpful to strategies available to help in some of these areas of gifted learners. The section on underachievement will be helpful as well.
Hilda – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
overall it was a good training
Rita – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Wonderful.
Julie – SANDUSKY CITY (verified owner) –
This outlined several of the personal challenges I face as teacher of gifted children. The strategies were helpful as well.
Kyle – ANTHONY ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very helpful training.
Marianela – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It was great, I learned so much about the characteristics of gifted and talented students,
Sandra – SAN DIEGO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Samantha – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a bit more about GT kids
Maria – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
It is a good course.
Koren – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Like
Jennifer – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This training is a good introduction for teachers.
Valerie – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
The training was on point. It provided a refresher on the different characteristics of gifted students and how to work with them.
yakup – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
perfect course
Iliana – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
This course had a lot of insight information that can help teacher evaluate what kind of students we may have in our classroom and it gives us information on how to help them grow and reach they full potential.
Rolando – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and enlightening
Julissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course!
Tracy – WESTERN BROWN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great course
Natalie – WESTERN BROWN LOCAL (verified owner) –
I like how you can see other’s answers to the question prompts.
Amanda – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
this course is beneficial and should be taken by every educator.
Yolanda – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Yvonne – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Faviola – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
The presenter was engaging and knowledgeable.
Rosa – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
informative