Description
In this 1-hour course, Lori Comallie-Caplan will explain the biology behind overexcitabilities in gifted children, and give practical strategies to identify them and manage them within the classroom or home. Ms. Comallie-Caplan also focuses on giving gifted children understanding and tools to manage their own overexcitabilities for a lifetime.
You will learn how to:
- Name five characteristics of the biology of the gifted brain
- Describe each of five types of overexcitability
- Describe both the strengths and the problems that are associated with the five overexcitabilities
- Name at least three strategies for working with each overexcitability
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies d, e, and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, and 5.5.
Danita – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very interesting and is the exact information needed to work with gifted and talented children. I believe all educators and parents need to take this course.
Leticia – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
The course was very informative.
Alberto – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
It really helps you understand and cope with some of our GT students’ needs which they don’t know how to control.
Cassandra – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information.
Jacqueline – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
Great information!
Cristina – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Very good information that will be helpful to you.
Gloria – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
It was difficult lesson.
Cynthia – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Martha – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Very important information
Dawn – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
This provided a clear understanding of what over excitabilities are how to identify them and strategies to help them learn to cope.
Susie – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course.
Charles – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Good
Tracy – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
good
Lilia – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
It is extremely important to know these overexcitabilities and how they can adversely affect out GT population.
Lynn – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This was really interesting! Thank you!
Maria R. – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informational and helpful.
Roberto – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
This is a good overview of the different overexcitabilities.
Carmen – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Very eye opening! We have all had a student that would fall in one or more of these categories.
Stephanie – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information and helpful to have this information being a GT teacher.
Michelle – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Laurie – 588 Co-op (verified owner) –
something we need to hear often
Sabrina – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
I liked learning how to deal with different students differently.
Ana – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Learned a lot
Jaclyn – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very informative session with great explanation in the area of the five overexcitabilities
NORMA – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Its an eye opener!
Erika – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting!
Kathy – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) –
This was very fascinating! I had no idea that there were so many areas of excitability!
Sandra – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and helpful
Guadalupe – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative, but in a short period of time.
Nora – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It was very informative
Felicia – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
The course is very helpful to understand and deal with students who have these overexcitabilities.
Blanca – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Very well explained and engaging.
nancy – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
it was very informative and very thorough
Johanna – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course, enjoy reviewing this great model that we have been implementing for years.
Karen – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
This was a good course with a lot of good information on the different ways the gifted brain works.
Gabriela – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Selika – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
The presenter was very knowledgeable
Peter – Private Pay (verified owner) –
It is helpful to know how to work with students who have overexcitabilities.
Bruce – MIAMI EAST LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great information on overexcitabilities.
John – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Very good course! I enjoyed listening to the lecture.
Patricia – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative.
Ricardo – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
very informative.
Martha – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Rocio – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Verna – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome course, great details.
Mary Helen – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Kourtney – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
I thought she was very knowledgable. She was speaking from a place of exterpeise, and personal experience. She did a great job of breaking it down.
Kristi – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting
Elizabeth – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
information helpful
Sandra – EL PASO ISD (verified owner) –
quiz too hard