TWICE EXCEPTIONAL LEARNERS

Gifted Students with Special Learning Needs Program (GSLN) provides opportunities for students to participate in educational activities that emphasize students' strengths. While addressing special learning needs, this program helps students work toward their highest academic potential through a variety of strategies.  Students with 504 and IEP's automatically receive GSLN services.  

Resources for Gifted Students with Special Learning Needs

 Books

• Smart Kids with Learning Difficulties by Richard Weinfeld, Linda Barnes-Robinson, Sue Jeweler, and Betty Roffman Shevitz 

• To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled by Susan Baum and Steven V. Owen 

• Helping Gifted Children Soar: A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachers by Carol A. Strip and Gretchen Hirsch 

Professional Organizations 

• Council for Exceptional Children

• http://cecblog.typepad.com/policy/gifted-and-talented/

• Association for the Education of Gifted Underachieving Students 

• http://www.aegus1.org/

• SENG-Supporting Emotional Needs of Gifted Students 

• Maryland Centers for Gifted and Talented Students