PPT-SUBJECT: Social/Emotional Needs of Gifted Students

FACT OR MYTH GIFTED STUDENTS HAVE HIGHER INCIDENCES OF DEPRESSION ANXIETY AND SUICIDE MYTH Gifted students DO NOT show higher prevalence rates of depression suicide or anxiety . Leonie Nicholls. Monday 17 March 2014. Topics in tonight’s presentation. Definitions of gifted and talented. Characteristics of gifted learners. Overexcitabilities. Introverts and extraverts. Perfectionism. Lynne Lawler, Jeanne Riggs- 4. th. grade. Linda Hathaway, Doris Costenbader -3. rd. grade. -Gifted and talented education is a program for identified students with unique academic and social needs which are not ordinarily met in a typical classroom setting.. By: Margaret Garrett, Alicia Payne, and Chris . Rhinehart. Hispanic Gifted . Students. Introduction. For over 25 years, blame has been extended to gifted programs for favoring children from advantaged backgrounds. Minority groups or gifted learners are highly underrepresented in gifted programs in the United States. Statistics report that this underrepresentation may vary for 30% to 70%. The average is common at around 50%. (Ford & Thomas, 1997). Gifted students exist in all levels of society, every culture, and every ethnic group (Frasier, Garcia, Passow, 1995). In order to include underrepresented minority groups in gifted programs, it is mandatory to establish “equal footing” for all students no matter what their race, culture, or socioeconomic status is . Informational Meeting for Educators. UVA Curry School Program Overview. Spring 2014. 1. Presenters. 2. Carolyn M. Callahan, Ph.D.. Commonwealth Professor. Department of Curriculum, Instruction, . and Special Education. Presentation . created by Deanna . Crackel. , M. Ed. . . based on the book . Living . With Intensity . e. dited . by Susan Daniels, . Ph.D. & Michael M. . Piechowski. Why is my child so different?. Children:. A Special Variety. Justine Cauley, Miranda Manley, and Mark Berg . Based on a Presentation By:. Julie Williams. Who are the Gifted?. Someone who shows, or . has the potential . for showing, an exceptional level of performance in one or more areas of expression:. Cory Meehan & Josh Cameron. Define “Gifted Learner”. What makes a child a gifted learner?. Students who are advanced in one area or in many areas and exceed the expectations of parents or of the school curriculum in specific areas of development (Hutchinson, 2014).. Clatrina Lane and Shawna McCoy. Now it’s time to take a test!. You will have 5 minutes to complete this assignment.. Culturally Diverse & Gifted. What is L.E.P.?. How Linguistically. Diverse Is the United States?. D. isabilities. Bridgette Krueger. Outline. Learning Disability Defined. Types of Learning Disabilities. GLD (Gifted with Learning Disabilities). Effects of GLD for girls and boys. Training Areas. 4 . plus. How to . be . most . effective . in the . mixed ability classroom. Genny Jenkins. Rowan County Schools. Gifted and Talented Coordinator. Gifted and Talented Instructor. What’s your mindset?. Mindset. plus. How to . be . most . effective . in the . mixed ability classroom. Genny Jenkins. Rowan County Schools. Gifted and Talented Coordinator. Gifted and Talented Instructor. Open your bag of cards.. Created by Nicolette Edenburn. OSU EPSY . 5213 ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY. Response to “Cognitive Sex Differences” . Wk. 11 Ch. 27. GIFTED GIRLS. PROBLEM. Girls tend to outperform boys in the fifth grade in math and science classes. However, there are significantly more men going into math and science professions. . Dabrowski’s Theories. Kazimierz Dabrowski (1902-1980). Kazimierz Dabrowski a Polish psychiatrist and psychologist who survived both world wars. His experiences helped him develop his theory as he witnessed acts of complete self-sacrifice in the midst of incomprehensible inhumanity could exist together. He started his research with individuals who were “authentically ideal, saturated with immutable values, those who represented ‘what ought to be; against ‘what is’”. He studied biographies of eminent individuals and saints. Also in his laboratory he continued his research with artists, actors, dancers, and intellectually gifted children and youth (Silverman 1993). . Aims of the Programme. To identify academic strengths and specific talent in our students. To differentiate upwards for MASt students in all lessons and for Gifted & Talented students in their nominated subjects.