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Written by Linda C. Neumann, this article provides general advice on the best accomodations for twice-exceptional students.
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This full text article by James Webb and Diane Latimer discusses ADHD in the gifted population. It explains that sometimes it can be hard to tell the difference and that oftentimes the evaluator may not be familiar with gifted/talented and so may not even consider that option. The article lists attributes of both the gifted and ADHD and tries to explain some of the key differences in the behaviors that at first seem so similar.
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This article by William Dodson answers common questions about ADHD. Each answer explains related research that has been done on ADHD and discusses treatment options and their studied outcomes. Also included is a short checklist of APA criteria used in identifying the disorder.
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This article by Kiesa Kay discusses the traits of one profoundly gifted twice-exceptional child. It covers how her parents coped with both her extraordinary gifts and her disability in the school and home settings. Included are a number of references supporting the article.
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This full text article by Anne Cronin offers an explanation of sensory integration, SI dysfunctions, and how it might affect gifted and talented individuals. The author also discusses implications in terms of development. A sensory history interview and sensory diet information are included as appendices.
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This article summarizes the current scientific knowledge about ADD and ADHD in children and presents the issues that are related to ADHD in gifted students. In addition there is discussion about the causes, diagnosis, medical interventions and educational strategies. The article also includes recommendations for teachers and parents and directions for the future. Authored by Felice Kaufmann, M. Layne Kalbfleisch, & F. Xavier Castellanos.
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This article by Sharon Lind explains that highly gifted children are easily misdiagnosed as having attention deficit disorder (ADD or ADHD). Lind provides a valuable checklist of behaviors and charachteristics for educators to use before referring a student for testing. The checklist is designed to differentiate between confusing factors.
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This article examines students who are gifted but also have learning disabilities. It focuses mainly on the college student, but emphasizes the importance of learning compensation strategies at an early age in order to overcome, to an extent, the learning disability that lies beneath. The article talks, in detail, about various compensation strategies that are successful for these individuals...strategies that were found in a study of successful college students who were both gifted and learning disabled. Authored by Sally Reis, Joan McGuire an...
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This article by Colleen Willard-Holt offers guidelines for identifying dual exceptionalities in children. Traits of gifted students with specific disabilites are discussed as well as identification strategies and instruction practices that work well for these students. The article is divided into two parts -- testing and considerations -- for identifying and working with this population.
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In this article, Barbara Probst discusses important factors to consider when choosing the right school for your gifted child.
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This article by Deirdre Lovecky offers information about gifted children with ADHD as well as suggestions for working with schools to develop the best program for the child's needs. It highlights the difference between average children having ADHD and gifted children with it. Lovecky also explains the importance of having your child assessed by an expert who knows both the traits of ADHD and of highly gifted behavior so as not to confuse the two.
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This article by Maureen Niehart suggests approaches for the teacher who works with young people with Asperger's Syndrome. AS is a disorder in the autism spectrum that is observed in some gifted children. Gifted children may be very difficult to diagnose with AS because the disorder may resemble other problems such as a learning disability or simply just similar traits of a gifted child. Common traits of gifted AS children are listed and compared to children who are gifted without AS in order to help identify these individuals.
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This full text article by Maureen Neihart discusses the differences between gifted and non-gifted children with ADHD. The lack of intellectual challenge and little access to others with similar interests, ability, and drive are often risk factors for gifted children, contributing to social or emotional problems. Assessing ADHD in gifted children and determining what is appropriate intervention and support are also covered in the article.
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This article by Linda Brody and Carol Millson is about the twice-exceptionality of gifted children with learning disabilities. It identifies, defines, and discusses interventions. It also has an excellent and extensive bibliography.
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This article, written by Meredith G. Warshaw, was first printed in the July 2006 2e Newsletter and discusses how parents can help 2e students prepare for college life, including advocating for themselves.
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This article by Deirdre Lovecky points out that there may be many reasons for a highly gifted child's inattentiveness in school, including "being so far ahead of the curriculum that the child is bored in class, being a global learner who has trouble following step-by-step lesson plans; being a child whose major interests lie outside academic areas, or having a learning disability or attention deficit disorder that is undetected." If ADD is suspected this article offers parents advice on getting a good evaluation from a clinical child psychologi...
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This article by Kathi Kearney discusses asynchronous development in highly gifted children and the resultant asynchrony the presence of such a child brings into the entire family dynamic. Vygotsky's theory of the zone of proximal development and the importance of language acquisition in cognitive development in the extremely gifted is also explored. Typical asynchronous family patterns in families of extremely gifted children are identified, and suggestions made for navigating these relatively uncharted waters.
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Written by Barbara Probst, this article explains the challenges involved with raising "difficult" children. She provides a number of options on how to nourish your child's strengths and discusses the importance of looking at the whole child.
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In this article by Patricia Estes, the author shares "I have found that the working definition for identifying gifted children that Kathi Kearney gave me years ago still works! She summed it up in the simplest of terms: 'Patti, these kids are 'too'! They are 'too' active, 'too' consumed by issues of fairness, 'too' argumentative, 'too' awake, 'too' emotional, 'too' able to see through the games of life and 'too' unwilling to play them!'"
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This article is written by Kelsey Ganes, a self-admitted multi-exceptional young adult. She offers parents advice on twice-exceptionality from a teen's point of view.
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This article by Sidney Moon presents the view that gifted students with multiple exceptionalities are one of the most neglected subpopulations. The author's own son was diagnosed when he was in middle school. She shares her experiences and what leads her to believe there is neglect.
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This article is a compilation of resources to help with identification of learning disabilities in young people. The different types of learning disabilities are discussed and pointers for identifying each type are listed. Treatment options are suggested along with teaching and parenting strategies.
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This article by Susan Winebrenner uses case studies of two twice-exceptional children. The two students experience disparate environments and have very different outcomes. Winebrenner is a former gifted education teacher who now does professional development consulting.
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This full text article discusses writing disabilities in detail. Specific studies are explained as they relate to comparisons between gifted students and average students in numerous areas of writing skills. Authored by Cheryl Yates, Virginia Berninger and Robert Abbott from the University of Washington.
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This article, written by Brock and Fernette Eide, discusses the concept of hidden dyslexia, which can be a common problem among intellectually gifted children.
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This article walks students and parents through a process of how to select the best college matched to the individual student's needs, particularly if the student is twice exceptional. A table outlines the levels of support available in college.
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This article by George W. Dorry, Ph.D. addresses some of the psycological measures of processing speed and outlines some hypotheses to explain individual cases.
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This article written by Nadia Webb, PsyD, ABPdN, discusses three categories of 2e children whose disabilities and/or giftedness that is likely to remain unrecognized or misunderstood.
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This full text article by Meredith Warshaw caters to the many highly gifted children that have additional special needs such as learning disabilities, ADHD, Asperger Syndrome, sensory integration disorder, etc. These needs can be very challenging, both in terms of identification, and in terms of finding ways to address both the gifted and special needs sides of the child adequately. The author offers advice on a number of issues (i.e. assessment, schooling, siblings) as well as a number of resources f...
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Written by Barbara Probst, this article covers the second exceptionality typically not thought of when discussing twice-exceptionality - one that is emotional, social or behavioral related.
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