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.
Ayissa – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Great presentation! Thank you!
Melissa – IRONTON CITY (verified owner) –
Her stories and examples were very helpful.
Katherine – WESTERN BROWN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Very informative. Instructor was well versed in the topics and was able to relate the information in away which made it easy to see how it was relevant.
Becky – WESTERN BROWN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Informative and well done
Eduardo – MANOR ISD (verified owner) –
It is great to identify characteristics of gifted students.
Brianna – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course. It really engaged me and explained giftedness in depth. I love that the speaker/presenter spoke of all ages. She talked about a 4 year old, 6 year old, 8/10 year old’s, and teens. She included the family dynamic and misdiagnoses and even talked about concerns for those who may be identified. She was very relatable and used her own experiences to explain things she presented. She used herself as an example, past students, and family members to give a whole round experience and understanding to those watching/listening. I feel I learned a TON! Thank you for this presentation!
Elvia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
it was very helpful
Andrea – WESTERN BROWN LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course helps you to think about some of the reasons students may underachieve.
Barbara – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Connie – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I found this to be very helpful as far as underachievers
Melissa – EASTERN LOCAL (verified owner) –
There are helpful suggestions given.
Becky – WESTERN BROWN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Good course with great examples
SHELLY D – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative
Paula – WESTERN BROWN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Informative
ERIKA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I like the session but it is very difficult to answer the quiz at times because of the time that is spent maybe answering at the end of each section instead of module would be better.
Karen – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Greatly enjoyed the course
Jazmin – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
A lot of useful information and strategies to use in the classroom.
GLORIA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was great, I recommend it.
KYIA J – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Good.
Tami – WESTERN BROWN LOCAL (verified owner) –
The presenter was engaging even though I was watching virtually.
ELIZABETH – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information on the 16 point of giftedness
Kevin – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very Informative.
anna – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
great course
Diana – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was a great course
Cynthia – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information, I will effectively use the strategies in my classroom
MARIANA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It has a lot of important iformation however was very long.
Katina – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Easy to follow and required responses and quizzes were fair and easy.
NICHOLE – COLDWATER EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –
Great!
Jeremy – WESTERN BROWN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Outstanding presenter and a very thorough presentation!
Sarah – WESTERN BROWN LOCAL (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course. Had a lot of information that I could use right away.
SONIA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very long and would like a more interactive module.
Teri – FAYETTEVILLE-PERRY LOCAL (verified owner) –
I feel like I’ve really learned a lot about giftedness. I especially liked learning about the 16 different types as written about in Sylvia Rimm’s book.
Mackenzie – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great information to help me teach my gifted students.
Vianey – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot in this session. I highly recommend.
Kelly – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) –
There is a lof of information in the presentation about different gifted characteristics. I have been teaching for the past 11 years and still I have not experienced all of the types of gifted students. This course really helped understand a little more about behaviors and characteristics of different categories of gifted students.
Darcy – River View Local Schools (verified owner) –
I have a much better understanding of my own child because of this course! I learned more about how to work with gifted students in this one course than in 14 years of working with our previous gifted coordinator!
Randi – Coshocton City Schools (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the course. It has a lot of good information.
KATHY – CHARDON LOCAL (verified owner) –
I thought the class was excellent! It was very informative and gave me a lot to think about when teaching the gifted learner.
MARTHA L – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I am taking all the advice on the not so positive aspects of working with a gifted student.
Audrey – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Mostly good information.
Lisa – EASTERN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Excellent course. Easy to listen to with good strategies for teaching gifted students.
Shelley – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
I learned a lot about the characteristics of gifted children. I enjoyed the speaker.
Alexis – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
Great
Marcela – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
Gave me great strategies on how to deal with my overachievers.
Trent – RIPLEY-UNION-LEWIS-HUNTINGTON LOCAL (verified owner) –
I think that the course was well designed and appropriate.
Douglas – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Really learned quite a bit about Gifted children
Gloria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great in helping us understand our gifted students
Marea – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I rate this course as a 5
Maria Elena – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very interesting and informative. I learned a lot about the gifted child.
Myriam – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed it, it was straight to the point.