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Teaching Strategies:
Identifying and Nurturing the Gifted Child
Joan Franklin Smutny, Clara Hemphill, Liz Willen

How do you determine if a child is gifted? Can the gifted child be identified by a standardized test? Can the test results be gamed by test preparation? Are there different types of giftedness? Should gifted children be segregated and surrounded by other gifted children? Are teachers prepared to teach the gifted child?

Teaching Strategies:
Children and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder:
What Classroom Teachers Should Know
Dr. Patricia Van Horn, Susan J. Grosse & Susan S. Sawyers

There are over 1.8 million new cases of post traumatic stress disorder every year in the United States alone. Many of the cases involve very young children and the causes are diverse and often underestimated. In this segment we provide educators with a basic understanding and tools for identifying possible PTSD in children, as well as guidance on what to do if it’s suspected a student or child is affected.

Teaching Strategies:
The Value of Arts in Education
Rae Pica with Jennifer Stuart,Mimi Flaherty,Lisa Guernsey

Art as a subject is often viewed as a second class citizen in the education community. Today's guests outline the essential role that art plays in early childhood development and beyond.

Teaching Strategies:
Developmentally Appropriate Discipline
Rae Pica with Jeannette French, Dr. Marjorie J. Kostelnik , Sarah Garland.

Time out? Take away toys? Take away privileges? Scold? Counsel? What does developmentally appropriate discipline look like in the classroom? In this segment our guests give specific guidelines for getting classroom discipline right in early childhood settings.

Teaching Strategies:
Is Standardized Testing Producing a Creativity Crisis?
Paul Reville, Jay Mathews, Richard P. Phelps, Ph.D.,Cheri Sterman

Are American students falling behind in their ability to think and solve problems creatively? Is the focus on standardized testing and high stakes accountability obscuring our ability to truly prepare students for work and life in the 21st century? Are testing and developing creativity mutually exclusive? What can teachers do to encourage creativity in a climate where the emphasis is on standardized testing?

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