Twice Exceptional Students
The term twice exceptional, sometimes abbreviated as 2e, refers to intellectually gifted children who have some form of disability. These children are considered exceptional both because of their intellectual gifts and because of their special needs.
Below are some links to to explain what twice-exceptionality is all about:
- The 2e Dilemma: Understanding and Educating the Twice-exceptional Child, by Areva D. Martin,
- Don’t Get Caught in the Lazy Trap, by Linda C. Neumann, editor of 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter
- Intellectually Gifted Students often Have Learning Disabilities by Catherine Wormald, a Lecturer in the School of Education at University of Wollongong
- The Mythology of Learning, a series of articles by staff members of Bridges Academy, a school in Los Angeles for twice-exceptional students
- No One Said It was Easy – Challenges of Parenting Twice-Exceptional Children, by Linda C. Neumann, editor of 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter
- Programming for Twice Exceptional Students, by Charles P. Fox, attorney and founder of the Special Education Advocacy Clinic at the DePaul University Law School
- Twice-exceptional Students: Who Are They and What Do They Need? by Micaela Bracamonte, founder and executive director of The Lang School, an independent K-8school for gifted children with learning differences
- Understood https://www.understood.org/en website for parents of children with learning and attention issues
- The Twice Exceptional Dilemma, NEA, 2006 http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/twiceexceptional.pdf
Video Links:
- What Is ADHD? The National Center for Learning Disabilities
- Asperger's Syndrome vs. Nonverbal LD: The Same or Different? The National Center for Learning Disabilities
- What Is Dyslexia? The National Center for Learning Disabilities
Resources for families of twice-exceptional students:
- http://www.2enewsletter.com/index.html Twice-Exceptional Newsletter
- Hoagies' Gifted − Carolyn K.'s resources for both gifted and 2e families.
- Uniquely Gifted − Meredith Warshaw's collection of information on twice-exceptional issues and resources.
- LDonline − A site that describes itself as the "leading website on LDs for parents, teachers, and other professionals"
- Wrightslaw − A place to go to learn about special education law and advocacy for children with disabilities. Check out the twice-exceptional page to find articles and resources.
- BRIGHT KIDS, POOR GRADES:AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT - Some of the challenges twice-exceptional students face can lead to underachievement.
- THE PRESSURES OF PERFECTIONISM It's not uncommon for high-ability children to also be perfectionists.
- Ten reasons why your gifted child procrastinates procrastination is complex and more nuanced than simple laziness.