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.
Amy – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
The speaker was amazing! She was extremely knowledgeable and I found myself wishing I could ask her so many more questions!
brenda – ROSCOE ISD (verified owner) –
helpful..wish I had taken it earlier.
Christopher – CIRCLEVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
This was the best one of the two courses I have taken here thus far. Very good tips and paradigm shifts for me!
Samantha – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of good information. Really broke down the characteristics of a gifted child.
Janie – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Love it
Vilma – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course on underachieving gifted students
Sharon – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Victoria – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Great Course
Ana – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I think it was good.
Elizabeth – NORTHRIDGE LOCAL (verified owner) –
Overall I thought it was fairly insightful.
Diana – NORTHRIDGE LOCAL (verified owner) –
Gives a good overview of characteristics of gifted children.
Heather – NORTHRIDGE LOCAL (verified owner) –
The content is fine, but the videos need improvement.
Jennifer – NORTHRIDGE LOCAL (verified owner) –
Very informative. A lot to take away and mull over.
David – NORTHRIDGE LOCAL (verified owner) –
Very well presented with good personal experience stories.
Kim – NORTHRIDGE LOCAL (verified owner) –
Helpful!
Andrew – NORTHRIDGE LOCAL (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the information. It pertained to my classroom.
Elliot – NORTHRIDGE LOCAL (verified owner) –
Definitely described behaviors I have seen in my classroom and what I might do to address them
Carrie – NORTHRIDGE LOCAL (verified owner) –
The modules were interesting in terms of identifying behaviors that may indicate giftedness (the overexcitabilities) and how asynchronous development affects the gifted child in the classroom. I also liked the discussion about Dr. Rimm’s work on the different types of underachievers. I just felt like a sponge of information; however, rather than thinking about the material in my own classroom.
ALFREDO – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Good training.
Angie – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I like that this course provided an overall awareness to the gifted child.
Anastasia – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great course, especially for those who are newer to gifted education.
Denisse – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
great course
Kim – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot about the different types of gifted learners that could be in my classroom.
Sonia – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
Gerea course
Sandra – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Filled with lots of great information with identifying and strategies for our gifted students.
Kim – ST MARYS CITY (verified owner) –
It is a great course that is very well organized
William – SPRINGFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very thorough and informative! Thank you!
Nan – ST MARYS CITY (verified owner) –
Some of the information in this course I knew and was reminded of and other information was new and informative.
Katina – RIVER VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course moves along at a quick pace, and I appreciated the speaker’s ability to relate the ideas presented to actual students.
Jodi – ST MARYS CITY (verified owner) –
Fast-paced, informative
Brenda – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I really liked it! I thought it was going to be really boring , but it had really great information!
Olga – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
very informative
Bradford – SOUTH TEXAS ISD (verified owner) –
The course was excellent
Gloria – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great information that can be useful when working with gifted students.
Maria – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great Information. Well presented.
Norma – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
awesome information
Paul – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I think this course is very beneficial for gifted instructors. All of the data is relevant and insightful.
Jessica – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very interesting and well organized and paced.
Emily – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course was very interesting !
Sonia – SAN DIEGO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was interesting into how to help and identify the issues of perfectionism and underachievement.
Jessica – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
informative
Nancy – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
It was very informative/had me reflect on my education and that I was probably an unidentified gifted student.
Laura – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
It could have been more engaging
Guadalupe – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This is a good a course as it describes what kind of gifted students are in the classroom.
Sidney – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
It was great! I enjoyed what I learned.
Antonio – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
informative
Eliseo – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent
Aaron – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
good course
Kayla – FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
great insight and background on characteristics of gifted children. helps me understand them more.
Maria – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This was great information with strategies to implement in the classroom.