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General Description
Throughout this course participants will develop knowledge in relation to Giftedness. On completion participants will have a well developed understanding of Giftedness, enabling them to better support Gifted students in their settings.
The course will cover the following:
- What is Giftedness?
- Who is Gifted?
- What traits or behaviours might you see in young Gifted children?
- Overexcitabilities
- Twice exceptionality (2E)
- Assessment and identification
- Parent voice
- Childs voice
- Strategies
- What does it really mean to be Gifted?
- Where to from here?
Audience
Early Childhood Educators and Primary Teachers.
Available Delivery Formats
Format Description
24/7 course access
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Teaching Standards
1.2.2 Proficient Level – Understand how students learn
1.5.2 Proficient Level – Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities
4.1.2 Proficient Level – Support student participation
7.4.2 Proficient Level – Engage with professional teaching networks and broader communities
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This course contributes to 6.0 professional development hours.
Occurrences
Sessions
What is giftedness?
1 hour
In this session participants will explore the various ways giftedness has been defined and that there is no one agreed upon definition of giftedness.
Here we will also briefly explore the bell curve and cognitive testing.
Who is gifted?
45 minutes
This session prompts educators to think about their own services/settings and the children/students they have contact with.
Participants will explore stereotypical ideas and myths regarding who is gifted. Participants are introduced to gifted children, real-life scenarios and work samples, gaining an insight as to what it really means to be gifted.
What traits or behaviours might you see in young gifted children?
30 minutes
This session details traits and behaviours commonly associated with gifted children.
Overexcitabilities
30 minutes
Here we look at Dabrowskis theories of over excitabilities.
Twice exceptionality (2E)
30 minutes
In this session participants are provided with the opportunity to explore twice exceptionalities gaining an understanding of 2E.
Assessment and identfication.
30 minutes
This session provides participants with an overview of some of the available assessments and possible avenues to assessment. Participants are also shown some examples of cognitive assessment reports.
Parent voice. Child voice.
30 minutes
In this session parents of gifted children share what they wish teachers knew about their children and giftedness. Gifted children also share what they wish teachers knew about themselves and giftedness.
Strategies
30 minutes
This session outlines various strategies including acceleration and early entry and extension. We also explore options such as child led project work.
Strategies
30 minutes
This session outlines various strategies including acceleration and early entry and extension. We also explore options such as child led project work.
What does it really mean to be gifted?
45 minutes
Here we re-examine the earlier question giving participants opportunities to reflect on thoughts and knowledge that may have changed.
Where to for help?
15 minutes
This final session provides resources including useful websites, businesses, associations, etc.
User Rating
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Understanding Giftedness: An overview of Giftedness - Natasha Siryj
08/10/2020
Good overview. Looking forward to exploring strategies in the classroom.
Understanding Giftedness: An overview of Giftedness - Natasha Siryj
08/10/2020
Course content was very relevant and helpful.
Understanding Giftedness: An overview of Giftedness - Natasha Siryj
08/10/2020
I thought the quality was good, and there was plenty of relevant material.
Understanding Giftedness: An overview of Giftedness - Natasha Siryj
08/10/2020
very good. very relevant
Understanding Giftedness: An overview of Giftedness - Natasha Siryj
08/10/2020
Very thorough course with links to a wide range of supporting articles. Extremely relevant to understanding giftedness and identifying it in students.
Understanding Giftedness: An overview of Giftedness - Natasha Siryj
08/10/2020
Great content, good examples, good videos to support the topic
Understanding Giftedness: An overview of Giftedness - Natasha Siryj
08/10/2020
Excellent course. Quality references and well structured. Useful in my Primary School context.
Understanding Giftedness: An overview of Giftedness - Natasha Siryj
08/10/2020
The course was helpful and involved a range of learning strategies. I would like to see more updated research, but perhaps it doesn’t exist.
The anecdotal stories are helpful to hear so that we know what kinds of thoughts parents and students have, but I think it would be more helpful to spend time on how we can practically identify gifted students and practicality implement programs. Examples of gifted and talented programs used in schools would be a wonderful help.
Understanding Giftedness: An overview of Giftedness - Natasha Siryj
27/04/2020
OUTSTANDING
Understanding Giftedness: An overview of Giftedness - Natasha Siryj
27/04/2020
Fantastic. Exactly what it states and had the information I was after in a very clear way.
Understanding Giftedness: An overview of Giftedness - Natasha Siryj
27/04/2020
I found the content quite informative and relevant
Understanding Giftedness: An overview of Giftedness - Natasha Siryj
27/04/2020
Very good
Understanding Giftedness: An overview of Giftedness - Natasha Siryj
27/04/2020
Excellent quality and all very relevant
Understanding Giftedness: An overview of Giftedness - Natasha Siryj
27/04/2020
Great quality easy to follow with good resources.
Understanding Giftedness: An overview of Giftedness - Natasha Siryj
27/04/2020
GREAT
Understanding Giftedness: An overview of Giftedness - Natasha Siryj
02/09/2019
Fantastic and very interesting. The content and strategies are useful and relevant
Understanding Giftedness: An overview of Giftedness - Natasha Siryj
01/08/2019
Great
Understanding Giftedness: An overview of Giftedness - Natasha Siryj
22/12/2018
Excellent quality and relevance. Informative, interesting and helpful.
Understanding Giftedness: An overview of Giftedness - Natasha Siryj
22/12/2018
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Understanding Giftedness: An overview of Giftedness - Natasha Siryj
22/12/2018
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About the team
Natasha Siryj
Creator
Natasha Siryj is an Early Childhood Educator who has worked in a variety of settings for over 10 years, including early childhood and specialised educational contexts supporting vulnerable children and their families. Natasha is passionate about supporting children to achieve positive educational outcomes. Further to this she is passionate about creating a better understanding of and supporting children with neurodiversities. A particular passion is giftedness. Natasha is enthusiastic about educating teachers regarding all things gifted. She aims to assist others to form a better understanding of what giftedness actually is, as well as educating about appropriate strategies for supporting gifted and twice exceptional students.
Natasha has 2 children, both identified as gifted. This provides her with a unique insight into the gifted child. She appreciates and understands the challenges and needs of gifted children in our current education system from both the teacher and parent perspective.
Further areas of interest include educational systems, as well as risk taking and the importance of play in the Early Years.
Ms. Siryj is also a qualified Primary and Secondary teacher, and has conducted research into Giftedness in the Early Years via Monash university.