Improving Verbal Skills for Children from Low S.E.S. Backgrounds

$20.00

Presenter: Birdie Chesanek
Core Area: Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1

Negative stereotypes are often associated with those raised in generational poverty. Of all these stereotypes, one of the most damaging in education today is that students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds are less likely to be gifted. Low verbal skills often mask true giftedness. It’s time to get past the stereotypes and begin uncovering giftedness in our low-SES students.

Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.

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Description

In this course, Birdie Chesanek offers hands-on ideas to help bridge the gap between verbal and nonverbal intelligence for children from low-SES backgrounds. In this make-and-take session, Ms. Chesanek reviews educational issues that may be present when teaching students from low-SES backgrounds, explores strategies to bridge the gap between verbal and nonverbal intelligence, and then provides plans for using those strategies in various content areas.

In this 1-hour course, you will learn to:

  • Build academic knowledge
  • Encourage learning equality in the classroom
  • Implement verbal learning strategies
  • Build working and long-term memory

Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.

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306 reviews for Improving Verbal Skills for Children from Low S.E.S. Backgrounds

  1. Gregory – DAYTON CITY (verified owner)

    Great.

  2. yanet – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    I love it! It really helped me see things a different way.

  3. Barbara – ALVARADO ISD (verified owner)

    Information was not clear enough for me to understand.

  4. Mayra – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    It is an excellent course.

  5. Delfina – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

    Good activities to engage learning and store information for long term.

  6. Leonorilda – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner)

    Good strategies.

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