Dr. Michael Postma
speaker
697 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Dec 2017
last heard Jul 2022
Dr. Michael Postma’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
Trend
recordings per month · last 12 monthsNo recordings in the last 12 months.Older appearances are listed below; set an alert to hear about the next one.
Appearances
But that's pretty rare.
And it behooves a teacher to actually get in and and start understanding because you will have these in your classroom.
These kids will be there
You have to work with them, you have to accommodate them, you need to understand them.
And if you don't understand them, you're not gonna reach them.
And then with the twice exceptional I I I just don't see a lot of
educational
Literature, I'm I maybe that's the wrong word, educational programming that that is required for teachers to understand these who these kids are, where they're coming from, how they learn, you know, what to do, what not to do, uh those type of things.
I just don't see that um I don't even see uh identification tools that are being used and in in many cases
identification tools that actually work, aka those that are done by licensed psychologists in the field of gifted.
Or having having gifted backgrounds are not being accepted by school districts.
um in favor of their own internal testing where usually you have assessments done by folks that don't understand who the child is and how they operate.
Um and again, you know, uh school districts can't afford intellectual assessments.
And that's where you really have to go because you have to understand that these kids will score in a discrepant manner.
They'll have highs, they'll have lows, and you have to look in
And examine those highs and lows in in correlation and see what is this comprise of?
Where do I need to go with this when I'm seeing such a low versus such a high?
That's what is required and for a school to be able to handle a child like that.
they need to further investigate into uh who these children are and and and what they represent.
Um
Showing 101–120 of 697 · page 6 of 35
← Previous
Next →