In this article, the author describes how to best identify twice-exceptional students and meet their learning needs. ...
Written by Linda C. Neumann, this article provides general advice on the best accomodations for twice-exceptional students. ...
This article by Kiesa Kay discusses the traits of one profoundly gifted twice-exceptional child. It covers how her parents coped with both her extraordinary gifts and her disability in the school and home settings. Included are a number of references supporting the article. ...
This article provides advice on intervention parents can take when their twice exceptional child complains of boredom in school. ...
BOOK REVIEW (Davidson Institute) – Written by Cynthia G. Simpson, Ph.D. and Vicky G. Spencer, Ph.D., this book offers teens the confidence, strategies, and guidance they need to effectively choose a college, get prepared for university life, and make the most of their collegiate experience. Special sections also discuss ADHD and Asperger’s syndrome. ...
This article examines students who are gifted but also have learning disabilities. It focuses mainly on the college student, but emphasizes the importance of learning compensation strategies at an early age in order to overcome, to an extent, the learning disability that lies beneath. The article talks, in detail, about various compensation strategies that are successful for these individuals...strategies that were found in a study of successful college students who were both gifted and learning disabled. Authored by Sally Reis, Joan McGuire an ...
This article is the third of a series of articles
contributed to 2e Newsletter by Bridges Academy,
a school for twice-exceptional students in Studio
City, California. Over the school’s 15-year history, its
faculty and administrators have had the opportunity
to evaluate models and practices suggested by the
research of Dr. Susan Baum and other leading scholars;
and they will be sharing some of what they have
learned. ...
This article by Colleen Willard-Holt offers guidelines for identifying dual exceptionalities in children. Traits of gifted students with specific disabilites are discussed as well as identification strategies and instruction practices that work well for these students. The article is divided into two parts -- testing and considerations -- for identifying and working with this population. ...
In this article, Barbara Probst discusses important factors to consider when choosing the right school for your gifted child. ...
In this article Nadia Webb and Antara Dietrich discuss the challenges in being twice-exceptional; children being defined by their gifts or their deficits, but not both. ...
This article by Linda Brody and Carol Millson is about the twice-exceptionality of gifted children with learning disabilities. It identifies, defines, and discusses interventions. It also has an excellent and extensive bibliography. ...
This article by Jean Goerss, M.D; Rick Clouse, M.D; and James Webb, Ph.D. talk about how parents need to be an advocate for their children when it comes to teachers and physicians. Many professionals have not dealt with children who are gifted. ...
This article, written by Meredith G. Warshaw, was first printed in the July 2006 2e Newsletter and discusses how parents can help 2e students prepare for college life, including advocating for themselves. ...
Written by Barbara Probst, this article explains the challenges involved with raising "difficult" children. She provides a number of options on how to nourish your child's strengths and discusses the importance of looking at the whole child. ...
In this article by Patricia Estes, the author shares "I have found that the working definition for identifying gifted children that Kathi Kearney gave me years ago still works! She summed it up in the simplest of terms: 'Patti, these kids are 'too'! They are 'too' active, 'too' consumed by issues of fairness, 'too' argumentative, 'too' awake, 'too' emotional, 'too' able to see through the games of life and 'too' unwilling to play them!'" ...
This article is written by Kelsey Ganes, a self-admitted multi-exceptional young adult. She offers parents advice on twice-exceptionality from a teen's point of view. ...
This article provides parents advice on assisting adolescents with disabilities. ...
In this article, two professionals who help twice-exceptional students and their families make the transition to college provide numerous strategies. ...
This article is a compilation of resources to help with identification of learning disabilities in young people. The different types of learning disabilities are discussed and pointers for identifying each type are listed. Treatment options are suggested along with teaching and parenting strategies. ...
Parents and teachers can learn more about individualized education programs from this chapter from the book, Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, authored by Pam and Pete Wright. ...
This article by Susan Winebrenner uses case studies of two twice-exceptional children. The two students experience disparate environments and have very different outcomes. Winebrenner is a former gifted education teacher who now does professional development consulting. ...
This article provides information on both the IEP and 504 plans, as well as who qualifies for each of them. ...
This article walks students and parents through a process of how to select the best college matched to the individual student's needs, particularly if the student is twice exceptional. A table outlines the levels of support available in college. ...
This article by George W. Dorry, Ph.D. addresses some of the psychological measures of processing speed and outlines some hypotheses to explain individual cases. ...
This article written by Nadia Webb, PsyD, ABPdN, discusses three categories of 2e children whose disabilities and/or giftedness that is likely to remain unrecognized or misunderstood. ...
In this article, the author provides numerous tips on preventing underachievement among gifted students. ...
Written by Beverly Trail, this article provides parents advice on how to best assist their twice-exceptional children. ...
This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Dr. Aimee Yermish about the transition to adulthood for twice-exceptional students. ...
This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Megan Foley Nicpon, who discusses a number of ways to conduct successful educational interventions and the definition of "Twice-Exceptional." ...
This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar by Meredith Warshaw who offers advice on a number of issues (i.e. assessment, schooling, siblings). ...
This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Aimee Yermish, an educational therapist specializing in work with children who are gifted, learning-disabled, or twice-exceptional. She discusses the transition from “child prodigy” to “eminent adult” and why it is not always an easy transition for gifted students. ...
This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Dr. Esther Sinclair, who offers seven brief tips on twice exceptionalities. ...
BOOK REVIEW (Davidson Institute) - Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults addresses the development issues and implications of misunderstanding gifted young people and adults. The authors James, Edward, Nadia, Jean, Paul, and Richard emphasize the need for greater awareness of how giftedness (in the context of environmental factors) impacts the diagnostic process. In addition, the book provides ideas on appropriate interventions that will hopefully improve the quality of life for gifted individuals and those who i ...
BOOK REVIEW (Davidson Institute) - By authors Rich Weinfeld, Linda Barnes-Robinson, Sue Jeweler and Betty Roffman Shevitz, this book, Smart Kids with Learning Difficulties: Overcoming Obstacles and Realizing Potential, is highly recommended for any parent, educator or counselor interacting with gifted children with learning disabilities. ...
BOOK REVIEW (Davidson Institute) - Written by Priscilla and Patricia Vail, Smart kids with school problems: Things to know and ways to help covers strategies for helping students who are both learning disabled and gifted. The book also includes positive personal accounts of twice-exceptional students who have become highly successful learners in school.
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