Social and Emotional Support:
2E: Twice Exceptional
2e - Twice-Exceptional; 2e students are highly capable, but also have a learning challenge such as an auditory or visual processing disorder, ADHD, Asperger's, or dyslexia.
2enewsletter.com
Overexcitability/Oversensitivity
Do you have a child with exceptional oversensitivities? Much has been written and researched around this. Gifted children often have "overexcitabilities" in one of these five areas defined by Polish psychologist Kazimierz Dabrowski:
-Psychomotor
-Sensual
-Intellectual
-Imaginational
-Emotional
Here is a great article published by the Social Emotional Needs of the Gifted organization on strategies for dealing with overexcitabilities:
Overexcitability and the Gifted
Organizations:
Summer Institute for the Gifted (SIG) has been a leader in gifted education since 1984. SIG provides summer academic enrichment programs for gifted, academically talented, creative, and high potential students in grades K-12.
https://www.giftedstudy.org
The Davidson Institute for Talent Development has extensive resources for highly gifted students (and their parents). You can access articles by selecting “Browse by Topic” or “Search GT-Cybersource” from the “Resources” header in the pull-down top bar menu bar.
https://www.davidsongifted.org
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted.
https://exceptionalchildren.org
The Association for the Gifted (TAG) organized in 1958 by The Council for Exceptional Children, helps professionals and parents work with gifted children.
https://cectag.com
Summer Options:
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Robinson Center, University of Washington:
Fifth/Sixth Grade Summer Challenge
Seventh-Tenth Grade Summer Stretch
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