GIFTED CHILDREN

Uniquely Gifted: Identifying and Meeting the Needs of Twice Exceptional Students by K. Kay.

Students With Both Gifts and Learning Disabilities: Identification, Assessment, and Outcomes by Tina M. Newman and Robert J. Sternberg

Twice-Exceptional and Special Populations of Gifted Students by Susan Baum and Sally M. Reis

Different Minds: Gifted Children With AD/HD, Asperger Syndrome, and other Learning Deficits by Deirdre V. Lovecky

https://www.hoagiesgifted.org/2e_books.htm

Gifted LD: Just the FAQs  LDInfo.com

A Guidebook for Twice Exceptional Students: Supporting the Achievement of Gifted Students with Special Needs

The Pretenders: Gifted People Who Have Difficulty Learning by Barbara P. Guyer & Sally E. Shaywitz.

The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners by Carol Ann Tomlinson.

Smart Kids with Learning Difficulties: Overcoming Obstacles and Realizing Potential (2013) by Rich Weinfeld, Sue Jeweler, Linda Barnes-Robinson, and Betty Shevitz.

Re-Forming Gifted Education: How Parents and Teachers Can Match the Program to the Child by Karen B. Rogers.

The Twice Exceptional Dilemma by the National Education Association (Jan 1, 2006).

Inspiring Middle School Minds: Gifted, Creative, and Challenging by Judy Willis

Twice-Exceptional Gifted Children: Understanding, Teaching, and Counseling Gifted Students by Beverly A. Trail. Strategies that are helpful when discussing goals and accommodations that twice-exceptional children need to find success in the regular classroom.

A Guidebook for Twice Exceptional Students. Supporting the Achievement of Gifted Students with Special Needs from the Montgomery County Public Schools. Download in pdf

Twice-Exceptional Students, Gifted Students with Disabilities. An Introductory Resource Book from the Colorado Department of Education. Download in pdf.

Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children: Gifted and LD, ADHD, OCD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder by James T. Webb, Ph.D. 

Twice Exceptional Children's Advocacy (TECA). For parents of twice exceptional children who need one comprehensive source of information, resources and support.

Ensuring Gifted Children with Disabilities Receive Appropriate Services: Call for Comprehensive Assessment. National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Position Statement: Ensuring 2e Students Receive Appropriate Services.

School Says, "No Advanced Classes for Kids with IEPs? Children with IEPs receive protection from discrimination under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504). 

New Hope for Twice Exceptional Children by Ruth Heitin, Ph.D. Research has shown that about one-sixth of gifted students have some disability. These students (most commonly Gifted and Learning Disabled or Gifted and Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disordered) are gifted intellectually but experience a deficit in learning or in the executive functions necessary for work production.

Studies Shed Light on 'Twice Exceptional' Students. Experts say better, earlier identification needed for children. The timing of an evaluation can mean the difference between a student being identified as gifted or disabled, because while giftedness can mask a disability early on, over time, the disability can hide a student's strengths.

Tips for Parents: Meeting the Needs of Twice Exceptional Children. 

Gifted Students with ADHD. Gifted children whose attention deficits are identified later may be at risk for developing learned helplessness and chronic underachievement. ADHD children whose giftedness goes unrecognized do not receive appropriate educational services.

Gifted But Learning Disabled: A Puzzling Paradox. How can a child learn and not learn at the same time? Why do some students apply little or no effort to school tasks while they commit considerable time and effort to demanding, creative activities outside of school? These behaviors are typical of some students who are simultaneously gifted and learning disabled.

Gifted and Learning Disabled: Twice-Exceptional Students. This article describes at least three subgroups of twice-exceptional students whose dual exceptionality remains unacknowledged. It explains that learning disabled gifted and talented students, or "twice-exceptional students" need remediation activities and require opportunities to promote their own individual strengths and talents.

CEC Issues Response to Proposed Changes to NCLB Impacting Students with Disabilities, Gifts and Talents. (Page 4) CEC has responded to the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed regulations which seek to make changes to provisions within NCLB that will impact students with disabilities and/or gifts and talents.

ADHD and Children Who are Gifted 

State Expands Rules for Gifted Children. The PA State Board of Education has approved new regulations that will make it easier to identify students as gifted and to ensure the schools meet the needs of its most able students. The new state rules will allow more students, including gifted students with learning disabilities, to get the special instruction they need. Pittsburgh Tribune Review (May 4, 2008)

Serving Twice-Exceptional Preschoolers: Blending Gifted Education and Early Childhood Special Education Practices in Assessment and Program Planning (PDF, 206KB)

Twice Exceptional Children

Twice-exceptional Students: Who Are They and What Do They Need?

Twice Exceptional Children (2e)

Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities. 

William & Mary-- Twice Exceptional: Gifted Students with Learning Disabilities Considerations Packet (2008) 

Equity in Gifted/Talented Education: Twice Exceptional Students and G/T Services

Athena Academy: Exceptional Education for Dyslexic Children

ABLE Kids Foundation 

Autism Speaks

Institute for Multi-Sensory Education

International Dyslexia Association