Twice Exceptional

"Learning Differently"

ADD, LD, Anxiety, 2e, and More

Learning disabilities affect people of all ability levels. Sometimes, learning disabilities are experienced by extremely gifted people who have above average abilities in academic areas.

These people are often referred to as “twice exceptional,” because giftedness can pose additional challenges beyond LD. Check the websites below for more info!

http://www.ldonline.org/indepth/gifted

Born to Explore:  The other side of Gifted

http://www.borntoexplore.org/gifted.htm

SENG: Supporting the Emotional Needs of Gifted Students

http://bit.ly/IfXiln

Before Referring a Gifted Child for ADD Evaluation:

http://bit.ly/ImmGX0

Gifted Kids and ADHD (scholarly article)

http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/2e.gifted.adhd.pdf

http://2enewsletter.blogspot.com/

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/2E_Network_LA/info