0 or 3 credits
Fall 2025 Distance Learning Upper Division
This course focuses on the social and emotional development of gifted and talented students and provides you with knowledge and skills needed to effectively support healthy psychosocial development through your work with gifted students. As well as providing an overview of the characteristics and needs of gifted students, we will also discuss special populations of gifted learners, diversity issues, family and peer relationships, and current educational approaches and counseling interventions, including considerations for career development for gifted students. Permission of instructor required.
Learning Outcomes1Recognize the social and affective characteristics and needs of high-ability students; describe and apply research-based practices to support their affective developments across home, school, and community. [NAGC-CEC Standards:
21,
32,
41]
5Practice designing products that incorporate meaningful and engaging social and affective components that promote social-emotional well-being, including coping skills, proactive, adaptive behaviors, performance skills, and social skills. [NAGC-CEC Standards:
61-
73,
81,
94,
105,
111]
12Discuss characteristics and needs of subpopulations of high-ability learners and the implications for academic instruction, ethical leadership development, and/or counseling interventions. [NAGC-CEC Standards:
131-
143,
151-
165,
171,
183]
19Increase knowledge and experience through regular participation in class discussion boards, interaction with gifted students and their parents, and completion of an in-depth, original affective case study of a high-ability students K-
20[NAGC-CEC Standards:
211,
223,
235,
241-
252]
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