Semester:

Fall 2008

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Instructor:

Textbook:

Course Description:

This BbCE course, intended for parents, teachers, home schoolers, coordinators and supervisors of GT learners, is activity-based and designed to be completed on an individual basis.  The course will help familiarize students with the social and emotional needs of GT children and adolescents. The content includes identifying special problems and issues, techniques for individual and group adjustment, academic and career counseling, identification and assessment tools, counseling learning disabled GT student, multicultural counseling, and consideration of social development, leadership, and gender issues.  In completing the course students will read assigned text chapters and answer review questions about the chapter's contents.  Each chapter includes either one or more questions for discussion or an application activity.  The final examination will take the form of essay questions.  Pre/Co-requisite:  EDGT 410.

Minimum Computer Requirements:

Win 2000/XP or Mac OSX Pentium/G3 1Ghz w/ 1.5 GB RAM
High Speed Internet Access Recommended*
Firefox 1.5.0.11 or Internet Explorer 6x
Java runtime environment 1.5.11 (J2SE) 5.0 update 11 for Windows and (J2SE) 5.0 Release 4 for OSX
UPDATES-Make sure you download security patches for your operating system. If you're a Microsoft Windows user, get your monthly updates at www.microsoft.com/security. If you use Mac, check out updates at www.mac.com/support.

*Courses can be accessed via 56K modem connections although due to the long page load times this type of connection is not recommended and any connectivity problems due to this type of connection are not supported by Lewis-Clark State College.

On Campus Requirements:

Please contact the professor.

Other Information:

On-line discussions may be required during this course. The LCMail account and BbCE course mail are the only accounts that will be used to contact students regarding online courses. An LCMail account is automatically assigned to students when they enroll. Access to this email account is found at http://lcmail.lcsc.edu. BbCE course mail is enabled when a student is enrolled in a BbCE course. Access to BbCE course mail is through each BbCE course. BbCE course mail is an internal mail system only and cannot be accessed outside of a BbCE course. Please check with your instructor to determine the preferred method of contact.