Twice exceptional
Subtitle: supporting and educating bright and creative students with learning difficulties
By: edited by Scott Barry Kaufman
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9780190645472
Subjects: Education; Learning disabled children; Creative ability in children
Other titles: Supporting and educating bright and creative students with learning difficulties
Description: In an educational system founded on rigid standards and categories, students who demonstrate a very specific manifestation of intelligence flourish, while those who deviate tend to fall between the cracks. Too often, talents and interests that do not align with classroom conventions are left unrecognized and unexplored in children with extraordinary potential but little opportunity. For twice-exceptional (2e) children, who have extraordinary strengths coupled with learning difficulties, the problem is compounded by the paradoxical nature of their intellect and an unbending system, ill-equipped to cater to their unique learning needs. Twice Exceptional : Supporting and Educating Bright and Creative Students with Learning Difficulties provides cutting-edge, evidence-based approaches to creating an environment where twice-exceptional students can thrive. Viewing the 2e student as neither exclusively disabled nor exclusively gifted, but, rather, as a dynamic interaction of both, leading experts offer holistic insight into identification, social-emotional development, advocacy, and support for 2e students. With chapters focusing on special populations (including autism, dyslexia, and ADHD) as well as the intersection of race and 2e, this book highlights practical recommendations for school and social contexts. In expounding the unique challenges faced by the 2e population, Twice Exceptional makes a case for greater flexibility in our approach to education and a wider notion of what it means to be academically successful--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Finding and serving twice exceptional students : using triaged comprehensive assessment and protections of the law / Barbara (Bobbie) Jackson Gilman and Dan Peters; title: Using a positive lens : engaging twice exceptional learners / Susan Baum and Robin Schader; title: Finding hidden potential : toward best practices in identifying gifted students with disabilities / Edward R. Amend; title: Misconceptions about giftedness and the diagnosis of ADHD and other mental health disorders / Deidre V. Lovecky; title: Knowns and unknowns about students with disabilities who also happen to be intellectually gifted / Stephen I. Pfeiffer and Megan Foley-Nicpon; title: How we can recognize and teach twice- or multi- exceptional students / Susan Winebrenner; title: Twice exceptionality and social emotional development : one label, many facets / Judy Galbraith; title: Advocating for twice exceptional students / Rich Weinfeld; title: It takes a team : growing up 2e / Mary Ruth Coleman, Lois Baldwin, and Daphne Pereles; title: Educating the twice exceptional child : creating strong school to home collaborative partnerships / Kevin Besnoy; title: Attention divergent hyperactive giftedness : taking the deficiency and disorder out of the Gifted/ADHD label / C. Matthew Fugate; title: Appreciating and promoting social creativity in youth with Asperger's Syndrome / Matthew D. Lerner and Rebecca M. Girard; title: The spectrum of twice exceptional and autistic learners and suggestions for their learning styles / Richard O. Williams and Jeffrey Freed; title: Visuo-spatial skills in atypical readers : myths, research, and potential / Maryann Trebeau Crogman, Jeffrey W. Gilger, and Fumiko Hoeft; title: Gifted dyslexics : MIND-strengths, visual thinking, and creativity / Susan Daniels and Michelle Freeman; title: Being 3e : a new look at culturally diverse gifted learners with exceptional conditions : an examination of the issues and solutions for educators and families / Joy Lawson Davis and Shawn Anthony Robinson; title: Where the rubber meets the road : supporting the educational success of twice exceptional African American students / Renae D. Mayes, Erik M. Hines, and James L. Moore, III; title: Bridges Academy : a strengths-based model for 2e / Carl A. Sabatino and Christopher R. Wiebe; title: Integration and dynamic adaptation in the formation of a novel 2e school model / Kimberly Busi and Kristin Berman.