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.
Tricia – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
There was a lot of great information in this course. I learned a lot of new techniques for supporting my learners.
Mary – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very insightful.
John – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I would not recommend this course.
Emma – EVERMAN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and well organized.
Amanda – IRONTON CITY (verified owner) –
Nice overall course for an overview of gifted children.
William – GROVEPORT MADISON LOCAL (verified owner) –
Clear understanding of impact giftedness can have on students
Woodrow – RIPLEY-UNION-LEWIS-HUNTINGTON LOCAL (verified owner) –
Very informative
Hailey – RIPLEY-UNION-LEWIS-HUNTINGTON LOCAL (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course.
reshma – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot about the characteristics of a gifted learner
Erin – MORTON ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course. I learned a lot about giftedness and the many facets of it.
Indy – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
This course helps to give you a variety of characteristics and examples of giftedness and reminds you that not every gifted child looks the same.
Sandra – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Good course
Beth – MARION LOCAL (verified owner) –
Very easy to follow! Great advice and makes me want to be different with my gifted students.
Abbey – St Marys City Schools (verified owner) –
It was a good course. It was very informative.
Megan – CIRCLEVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
It was useful information that I can put to use in my classroom.
Duane – Huber Heights City (verified owner) –
Good course
Scott – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
I liked the general characteristics and the graphic organizers of charting different types of learners.
Andrea – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This course was well-paced and interesting
Philiss – WESTERN BROWN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Good introduction of gifted students.
Theresa – NORDONIA HILLS CITY (verified owner) –
I thought this was very informative! I wish I had taken this course in the beginning of the school year because it would have helped me understand my gifted learners better.
Nancy – WESTERN BROWN LOCAL (verified owner) –
This was a good introduction to gifted students.
sarah – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
I like the format and the note on the side
Jamie – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Colleen had a well organized presentation that was seamless to follow.
James – WESTERN BROWN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Lots of good information to digest… And it can be done at your own pace!
Priscilla – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
user friendly/quick
Anna – YOUNGSTOWN CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
Nicely done!
Rebecca – Private Pay (verified owner) –
This course really explains gifted children and how to help them become more successful in school.
Jill – 588 Co-op (verified owner) –
Excellent!
Katie – Laurel Springs School (verified owner) –
Very insightful about the minds of our gifted students (as well as some insights into how my own mind works!)
Devin – WESTFALL LOCAL (verified owner) –
Helps to understand gifted students.
Jessica – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative. It have us a different perspective and an array of examples of what gifted and talented students are.
Christine – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
It’s a great overview.
Andrea – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
It was good and informative
Elizabeth – Laurel Springs School (verified owner) –
The assessments aligned with the content well.
Molly – River View Local Schools (verified owner) –
I learned a lot from and related a great deal to this presentation.
Leslie – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This course was easy to follow and she did a good job of really keying in on the important information without all the fluff.
Anthony – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Great course for teachers of GT students.
Ginger – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course. There were a lot of good descriptions of the different styles of GT learners and also ways to engage and encourage them as well
Amber – CLEAR CREEK ISD (verified owner) –
Love the self pace.
Phillip – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Enjoyed the course.
Megan – NEWARK CITY (verified owner) –
This course was great in explaining the challenges of working with gifted students and how to overcome those challenges.
Sarah – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
Very informative!
Stephanie – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This professional development was very helpful. It allowed me to better understand identifying gifted students, their strengths, and their weaknesses.
Whitney – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I learned alot about the characteristics of GT students
Amanda – PIQUA CITY (verified owner) –
A great well informative class.
Olga – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It is very educational and lot of information.
Brittany – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Ariana – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I love learning about the different characteristics of gifted children.
Shayne – ROCK HILL LOCAL (verified owner) –
It was all around great! A lot of great info on understanding what to look for in a gifted child.
Dunia – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It is a very good course to identify the characteristics of a GT, I did not know some of these. Interesting to learn it!