Articles - 2007

Articles, 2007

November (Issue 25)

September (Issue 24)

July (Issue 23)

May (Issue 22)

March (Issue 21)

January (Issue 20)



	November 2007 Contents *Advocacy and Asperger’s: The Professional School Counselor’s Role in Assisting Twice-exceptional Children* *Animals Serving Kids with Asperger's* *How a Service Dog can Help* *Service Dogs: Not Always an Easy Fix* *A Place of Acceptance for Asperger Teens* *More Asperger's Resources* *The Value of Strength-based Programming* *Founder of NCLD Dies* *Autism Speaks* *NAGC Annual Convention Coverage − Gifted/Talented Students on the Autism Spectrum: Empirically-based Recommendations for Intervention* *ADDA Fall Regional Meeting − The Importance of Imperfection: Lessons on Living Well with Difficulties, Differences, and Disabilities* *ADDA Fall Regional Meeting − Diagnosis and Treatment: Future Directions in AD/HD Treatment & Diagnosis* Book Review – Look Me in the Eye Book Review – School Success for Kids with Asperger's Syndrome *Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia* **Column: Bob Seney on Books – A Look at Asperger’s for Younger and Older Readers Parents' Perspective: The System Our Del.icio.us File Continues to Grow Events Letter from the Publishers Only on the Web More Coverage from** the 2007 NAGC Convention Top of Page		Article Previews Complete articles are available to subscribers in the Subscribers Only area of this website. To order this issue, click here: *Advocacy and Asperger’s: The Professional School Counselor’s Role in Assisting Twice-exceptional Children,* by Erin Lane and Doreen Underwood Being or having a gifted child with Asperger Syndrome (AS) can be extremely difficult and confusing. These individuals sometimes feel as though they have little support and contradictory knowledge about how to handle the issues they face. However, there is someone in the school whose job it is to advocate for them: the school counselor. *Continued* Animals Serving Kids with Asperger's, by Linda C. Neumann For many people, the words service dog brings to mind a seeing-eye dog guiding someone who is visually impaired. If that’s your image, you might be surprised to find out what service dogs are up to these days. *Continued* *How a Service Dog can Help* “Before, any outing would be fraught with anxiety,” states Laura Lambert, mother of Justice, a five-and-a-half-year-old boy with Asperger’s....Before refers to before Zoro, the autism assistance dog that became part of the Lambert family in September. *Continued* *Service Dogs: Not Always an Easy Fix* Eveline Schwizer’s son Kilian was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome in 2003. When she saw a TV show portraying a child with an assistance dog, she says, “My heart jumped when I saw what a dog can do for a child with special needs, especially because I thought that our son might also be able to build up a connection to the world through animals.” *Continued* *A Place of Acceptance for Asperger Teens* An article in a Chicago newspaper earlier this year described a unique group for teens formed in a Chicago suburb. According to the Chicago Tribune article, “Free to Be Themselves,” all of the members plus the leader of the group have Asperger Syndrome....2e Newsletter editor Linda Neumann interviewed the leader, 37-year-old Brian King, to learn more. *Continued* *More Asperger's Resources* Some places to check online *Continued* *The Value of Strength-based Programming* Several stories that have come to our attention at 2e Newsletter seem to have some common themes. *Continued* *Founder of NCLD Dies* Sometimes you take organizations for granted, forgetting that real people somewhere and sometime are responsible for forming them. In the case of the National Center for Learning Disabilities, that person was Carrie Rozelle. *Continued* *Autism Speaks* Autism Speaks is an almost-three-year-old organization dedicated to: “…funding global biomedical research into the causes, prevention, treatments, and cure for autism; to raising public awareness about autism and its effects on individuals, families, and society; and to bringing hope to all who deal with the hardships of this disorder. We are committed to raising the funds necessary to support these goals.” *Continued* *NAGC Annual Convention Coverage − Gifted/Talented Students on the Autism Spectrum: Empirically-based Recommendations for Intervention* Going where few researchers have gone before, a team at the Belin-Blank Center used a Javits grant to analyze a group of gifted students on the autism spectrum and to formulate a set of interventions for academics, social skills, and other areas. *Continued* *ADDA Fall Regional Meeting − The Importance of Imperfection: Lessons on Living Well with Difficulties, Differences, and Disabilities* Sari Solden had a message that she wanted the audience to take away from her keynote address – Life is messy. *Continued* *ADDA Fall Regional Meeting − Diagnosis and Treatment: Future Directions in AD/HD Treatment & Diagnosis* In this session, clinician and researcher Mark Stein discussed new trends in the treatment and diagnosis of AD/HD. He based his talk on 25 years of experience in working with children and adults who have the disorder. *Continued* Book Review – Look Me in the Eye, reviewed by Linda C. Neumann The American Psychological Association defines resilience as “the ability to adapt well to adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or even significant sources of stress.” If there ever was a resilient child, it was John Elder Robison, author of Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s. *Continued* Book Review – School Success for Kids with Asperger's Syndrome, reviewed by Linda C. Neumann In School Success for Kids with Asperger’s Syndrome child/adolescent psychologist Stephan Silverman and educational advocate Rich Weinfeld pool their expertise and experience. The result is a guide to help parents and educators understand Asperger Syndrome (AS) and meet the needs of children who have this autism spectrum disorder. *Continued* *Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia* What is the best way to determine if a child is gifted? Find out what Dr. Sylvia Rimm has to say. *View entire article...* *Column: Bob Seney on Books –* *A Look at Asperger’s for Younger and Older Readers* In this column we not only want to share quality literature that will help parents and teachers guide children into positive reading experiences, we also attempt to identify books that address issues that our twice- exceptional children may be facing. *View entire article...* Parents' Perspective: The System, by Cathy Marciniak This new column offers a parent’s perspective. Columnists rotate, each giving their perspective on raising twice-exceptional children. In this issue we welcome Cathy Marciniak, a parent who has written previously for 2e Newsletter. *Continued* *Our Del.icio.us File Continues to Grow* Almost every day we at 2e Newsletter add links to our Del.icio.us file, links to current articles on giftedness, learning disorders, twice-exceptionality, and sometimes general health and developmental topics for children and adolescents. *View entire article...* Top of Page Return to Archives
	September (Issue 24)
	September 2007 Contents Developing a Plan for Collaboration – Bringing Educators and Parents of 2e Students Together *Jonathan Mooney: Dyslexic Writer, Activist* *Response to Intervention and the 2e Student* *RTI and Reading: Response to Intervention in a Nutshell* *RTI - Important Terms to Know* *Response to Intervention: Ten Questions Parents Should Ask* *2007 SENG Conference - Survival Tips for 2e Kids* Book Review –– Teaching Gifted Students With Disabilities Meredith Warshaw's Column: Choosing a College – Beyond 2e *Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia* *Parents' Perspective: O Say Can You See, OCD* *Events* *Letter from the Publishers* Only on the Web More Resources for Learning about Response to Intervention *More Coverage from* the 2007 SENG Conference		Article Previews Complete articles are available to subscribers in the Subscribers Only area of this website. To order this issue, click here: Developing a Plan for Collaboration – Bringing Educators and Parents of 2e Students Together, by Susan Baum, Ph.D., and Robin Schader, Ph.D. Some time ago, the two of us began to compare notes about twice-exceptional (2e) students – children who exhibit remarkable gifts and talents in specific areas but simultaneously experience deficits and difficulties in learning, attending, or meeting social and emotional expectations. Our combined professional and personal experience with these students prompted us to address the problems of identifying them and the challenges of developing programming for them. *Continued* *Jonathan Mooney: Dyslexic Writer, Activist* Jonathan Mooney is a dynamic speaker and, according to his website, a “dyslexic writer and activist.” *Continued* *Response to Intervention and the 2e Student,* by Beverly Trail Response to Intervention (RTI) is a systematic approach to ensuring that “at-risk” students receive timely and effective support when they first begin to experience academic difficulties. With RTI, educators use assessment data for earlier identification of students who are at risk for failure. *Continued* RTI and Reading: Response to Intervention in a Nutshell, by G. Emerson Dickman, J.D. The effort to understand Response to Intervention (RTI) has occupied many thousands of hours and hundreds of position and policy statements, white papers, consensus documents, and research articles. RTI is a process intended to shift educational resources toward the delivery and evaluation of instruction, and away from classification of disabilities. *Continued* *RTI - Important Terms to Know* Definitions of RTI terms *Continued* *Response to Intervention: Ten Questions Parents Should Ask, by Candace Cortiella* As states and school districts work to implement an RTI process that provides early help to struggling students, parents need to understand the components essential to the appropriate implementation of RTI. Here are ten questions to ask about RTI to help guide you through the process. *Continued* *2007 SENG Conference - Survival Tips for 2e Kids* The husband-and-wife team presenting this session both teach at the University of New Mexico and both have expertise in the fields of special education and gifted education. In addition, Dennis Higgins has spent the last 12 years teaching in a multi-age self-contained program for twice-exceptional children at an elementary school in Albuquerque. *Continued* Book Review – Teaching Gifted Students With Disabilities, reviewed by Linda C. Neumann Teaching Gifted Students with Disabilities is a collection of articles that have appeared in Gifted Child Today, a monthly magazine on gifted education published by Prufrock Press. The articles appeared in the magazine between 1995 and 2004. *Continued* Column: Choosing a College – Beyond 2e, by Meredith Warshaw In a past issue I wrote about helping a 2e child make the transition to college (see the July 2007 issue.) However, many factors not closely related to our children’s special needs are also important to consider. As we approach college application season, here are a few things for the prospective college student to think about. View entire article... *Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia* Should parents be concerned about a child who reading and already bored in kindergarten? Find out what Dr. Sylvia Rimm has to say. View entire article... *Parents' Perspective: O Say* Can You See, OCD, by Sara Garrison This month Sarah Garrison gives her perspective on homeschooling 2e kids. *Continued* Top of Page Return to Archives
	July (Issue 23)
	July 2007 Contents *Living with Kids with Sensory Issues* *Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder* *Resource Review: S.I. Focus Magazine* *Summertime Challenges and Tips for SPD Families* **Profile: The Sensory Processing Disorder Resource Center 2e Newsletter Makes EdNews Book Review – Sensational Kids A Profile of Chrysalis School Learning & the Brain Conference –What’s Happening Inside the Brain Learning & the Brain Conference – Research-based Strategies to Ignite Student Memory Learning & the Brain Conference – It’s So Much Work to Be your Friend: Helping Children with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success Learning & the Brain Conference – Becoming a Wiz at Brain-based Teaching: Improving Memory and Learning It Could be Del.icio.us – Give Ita Try! A Do-It-Yourself Test for Language Impairment and Dyslexia Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia Column: Bob Seney on Books Events Letter from the Publishers Only on the Web The Basics of Sensory Integration** More Resources for Learning about Sensory Integration and Dealing with SPD		Article Previews Complete articles are available to subscribers in the Subscribers Only area of this website. To order this issue, click here: *Living with Kids with Sensory Issues,* by Susan Richey, MS, OTR/L If you have a child with sensory issues, you can forget those parenting books and tips featured in the latest articles and on T.V. After 12 years of learning how to cope with my own children’s sensory issues, I finally realize that there’s no magical formula for dealing with their behavior. *Continued* Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder, by Linda C. Neumann On May 10, 2007, an organization in the suburbs of Chicago, the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Learning Disabilities Association, hosted a talk by Carol Stock Kranowitz. The speaker is author of The Out-of-Sync Child and editor-in-chief of S.I. Focus magazine. *Continued* *Resource Review: S.I. Focus Magazine* The quarterly publication S.I. Focus describes itself as “the international magazine dedicated to improving sensory integration.” *Continued* Top of Page Return to Archives Summertime Challenges and Tips for SPD Families, by Michele Mitchell Summer sure can be tough on us, as well as our SPD (sensory processing disorder) kids. Routines and schedules change, structure can be hard to come by, and vacations (although exciting) can challenge our kids physically, emotionally, and neurologically. *Continued* **Profile: The Sensory Processing Disorder Resource Center On the homepage of her website Michele Mitchell states that her passion is “working with and educating professionals and families about Sensory Processing Disorders.” To that end, she has created a website packed with information. Continued 2e Newsletter Makes EdNews** In June, EdNews published an interview with 2e Newsletter publishers Linda C. Neumann and J. Mark Bade. The interview appeared in Senior Columnist Michael F. Shaughnessy’s regular feature. *Continued* Book Review – Sensational Kids, reviewed by Linda C. Neumann The name Lucy Jane Miller chose for her book, Sensational Kids, refers to a group of children whose behavior can be puzzling, annoying, or even alarming to those around them. These are kids whose sensory abilities are impaired by a neurological disorder that affects at least one in twenty children. *Continued* Top of Page Return to Archives *A Profile of Chrysalis School,* by Linda C. Neumann At 2e Newsletter, we hear the stories of many twice-exceptional children and their families. One parent told us that finding Chrysalis School changed her child’s life. We wanted to know more. *Continued* Learning & the Brain Conference – What’s Happening Inside the Brain The human brain contains about 100 billion cells, a number reached by the time a fetus is five to six months old. *Continued* Learning & the Brain Conference – Research-based Strategies to Ignite Student Memory Judy Willis believes that there’s a way to turn on the brain’s learning centers – by creating RAD lessons. RAD stands for: Reticular activating system, Affective filter, and Dopamine. In her session Willis defined each and explained the role they play in her approach to teaching. *Continued* Learning & the Brain Conference – It’s So Much Work to Be your Friend: Helping Children with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success “It’s tough being a parent of a special needs kid, and even tougher if you have a special needs kid with social problems,” said Rick Lavoie at the start of the session based on his book and DVD by the same name. *Continued* Learning & the Brain Conference – Becoming a Wiz at Brain-based Teaching: Improving Memory and Learning “The more we know about the brain, the better we’ll understand our students’ memories – they all work differently. We all use different memory strategies, and we need to teach our students effective strategies.” *Continued* Top of Page Return to Archives *It Could be* *Del.icio.us* – Give It a Try! We have joined del.icio.us under the user name “2eNewsletter.” The site allows users to save links to favorite articles and share them with others. *Continued* *A Do-It-Yourself Test for Language Impairment and Dyslexia* Anyone who does some reading on dyslexia is likely to notice a common theme in the books and articles – the importance of early detection and intervention.... Now...a ten-minute test can identify language problems in children years before they enter the school system. *Continued* *Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia* When is it best to let a child grow up at her own rate and when is it best to force growing up? Find out what Dr. Sylvia Rimm has to say. View entire article... **Column: Bob Seney on Books – Hattie Big Sky Looking for a good book to take to the beach, the lake, or on vacation? Try my favorite book from this year’s Newbery Awards... View entire article...** Top of Page Return to Archives
	May (Issue 22)
	May 2007 Contents *2e Survey Results Tabulated* *2e in New Zealand: Teaching Gifted Students with Learning Disabilities in the Regular Classroom* *Jack's Story* Twice Exceptional – Or the Perils of Parenting a Child Who is Both Gifted and Learning Disabled *Electronic Assistive Technology for 2e Student* *Barriers to Learning in 2e Students* Learning & the Brain Conference – The Developing Mind: How Relationships Shape a Child’s Mind This Month in Scientific American Mind Book Review – Gifted and Talented Children with Special Educational Needs: Double Exceptionality Meredith Warshaw's Column: The Challenge of the 2e Child *Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia* *Column: Bob Seney on Books* *Events* *Letter from the Publishers* Only on the Web *More Coverage from* the 2007 Learning & the Brain Conference Top of Page		Article Previews Complete articles are available to subscribers in the Subscribers Only area of this website. To order this issue, click here: **2e Survey Results Tabulated, by Mark Bade** Over 600 people who raise, teach, or counsel twice-exceptional children responded to an online survey in March and early April of 2007 about the needs of this special population. The survey was conducted by Glen Ellyn Media, publisher of 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter. *Continued* *2e in New Zealand: Teaching Gifted Students with Learning Disabilities in the Regular Classroom, by Janet Bourne, M.G.E.* Recognizing learning disabilities among the gifted can be extraordinarily difficult. Identifying these students, sometimes referred to as twice exceptional or 2e, is a complex task because of their ability to compensate, or solve problems in alternative ways (Silverman, 1999). *Continued* *Jack's Story,* by Janet Bourne, M.G.E. School proved to be a challenging place for Jack. From his early entry, his parents believed that he knew much more than what he was able to demonstrate to teachers. The first warning bells sounded when Jack, aged five, read a book to his mother that he had heard his teacher read earlier in the day. *Continued* Top of Page Return to Archives Twice Exceptional – Or the Perils of Parenting a Child Who is Both Gifted and Learning Disabled, by Andrea Butchard I first began to suspect that something peculiar was going on during my son’s Prep [equivalent to Kindergarten in the US] when his teacher took me aside one day whilst I was doing classroom help. I asked how Alexander was settling in and....I got a rather grave face and a quiet, “Well, I don’t think he’s got any actual learning disabilities but….” *Continued* *Electronic Assistive Technology for 2e Students,* by Wendy Stewart, M. Gif. Ed. ...Keith Stanovich...claimed that in acquiring reading...,“the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer....” If we apply the “Matthew Effect” (in reverse) to twice-exceptional (2e) students, it means that where they have an underlying academic weakness, their enjoyment of that subject is decreased, their practice limited, and standards are not raised to a level commensurate with their intellectual potential. In other words, for many 2e students, the poor get poorer. *Continued* *Barriers to Learning in 2e Students,* by Wendy Stewart, M. Gif. Ed. The weaknesses generally attributed to specific learning disabilities can cause barriers to learning in 2e students. Following are some of the learning barriers that 2e students can face and the type of electronic assistive technology that can help them move past these barriers. *Continued* Learning & the Brain Conference – The Developing Mind: How Relationships Shape a Child’s Mind The 17th Learning & the Brain Conference took place in Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 28 through 30. Among the topics that Dr. Daniel Siegel addressed in his keynote presentation was the influence that relationships have on the brain. *Continued* This Month in Scientific American Mind The April/May issue of Scientific American Mind contains three articles that readers of 2e Newsletter might find interesting. *Continued* Book Review – Gifted and Talented Children with Special Educational Needs: Double Exceptionality, reviewed by Linda C. Neumann In Gifted and Talented Children with Special Educational Needs: Double Exceptionality, British author Diane Montgomery presents a collection of articles, some her own, from around the English-speaking world on educating twice-exceptional children. *Continued* Column: The Challenge of the 2e Child, by Meredith Warshaw This column was in the first issue of 2e Newsletter. I asked to run it again this month because the topics it discusses are a recurring topic of discussion with 2e parents.... View entire article... *Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia* Is it normal for a 10-year-old to have moody periods where he’s upset and feels alone? Find out what Dr. Sylvia Rimm has to say. View entire article... **Column: Bob Seney on Books – Exceptionalities from a Sibling's Point of View** In Rules, twelve-year-old Catherine, our protagonist, wants a normal life; but this doesn’t seem possible to her because her brother David is autistic, and her family seems to revolve around his disability. *View entire article...* Top of Page Return to Archives
	March (Issue 21)
	March 2007 Contents *Tourette Syndrome and Giftedness* *In which Cathy is Overwhelmed by the Combined Simplicity and Complexity of Life with a 2e* *Advocacy – Transformation from Fruitcake to Powerful Organization* *Open Congress A Tool for Advocacy* *The Myth of Well-Roundedness* *Hearing the Song of Gifted Children with Cerebral Palsy* *Exceptionalities – Disabilities or Strengths?* *12th IAGC Convention –Giftedness, Asperger’s Syndrome: Both or Something Else?* *Website Review: Tourette Syndrome "Plus" and SchoolBehavior.com* Book Review: Quirky Kids: Understanding and Helping Your Child Who Doesn't Fit In – When to Worry and When Not to Worry *Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia* *Column: Bob Seney on Books* *Events* *Letter from the Publishers* Only on the Web: *Some Additional TS Resources* *Links to Websites Mentioned in this Issue* Top of Page		Article Previews Complete articles are available to subscribers in the Subscribers Only area of this website. To order this issue, click here: Tourette Syndrome and Giftedness, by Stephanie M. Catherine-Hoffman, Ph.D. In kindergarten “Tommy” would blurt out answers to the teacher’s questions, move his hands like a symphony conductor to the music that played in his head, and could read and write beyond his years. *Continued* *In which Cathy is Overwhelmed by the Combined Simplicity and Complexity of Life with a 2e.... by Cathy Marcniak* There's a scene in one episode of the television show Monk, in which the detective hero and his intrepid assistant hail a getaway cab as they are being pursued by the bad guys. *Continued* *Advocacy – Transformation from Fruitcake to Powerful Organization,* by Joan S. Affenit When have you said this or heard someone else say it: “Why is it that nobody ‘gets’ my kid? No one understands twice-exceptional – not the teachers, not the OT, not the psychologists, not the pediatricians, not the school administrators, not the gifted teacher, not the special ed teacher!” *Continued* *Open Congress A Tool for Advocacy* Want to get more involved in the legislative process? A new website, Open Congress, makes it much easier than ever before to tracks bills and votes in Congress. *Continued* Top of Page Return to Archives *The Myth of Well-Roundedness,* by Elizabeth Mika, M.A., L.C.P.C. It was a late October evening, and I just came back from a meeting at my son’s high school where we parents were presented with the secrets of the arcane art of applying to college....The recurring theme – and one that was greeted with understanding nods from parents – was that colleges and universities are looking for well-rounded students.... *Continued* *Hearing the Song of Gifted Children with Cerebral Palsy,* by Stephanie Eleck Nate, a four-and-a-half-year-old boy with CP, could not walk because of his disorder and was developmentally delayed. Being exposed to Spanish and English, he was learning both languages with amazing articulation. *Continued* *Exceptionalities – Disabilities or Strengths?* by Michael Versace Rios An important point to keep in mind is that 2e means twice exceptional, not disabled! While some exceptionalities are literally or figuratively crippling, and others may overwhelm a particular child’s functioning, often they cut both ways – they hinder certain activities, yet facilitate others. *Continued* *12th IAGC Convention –Giftedness, Asperger’s Syndrome: Both or Something Else?* In this session psychologist Marc Weiss issued a caution about labels: they’re not always accurate. Correctly identifying children as gifted, as having Asperger’s, and as being gifted with Asperger’s can all be tricky. *Continued* Top of Page Return to Archives *Website Review: Tourette Syndrome "Plus" and SchoolBehavior.com* Leslie Packer, Ph.D., a licensed psychologist in New York, has developed two attractive websites that are easy to use and contain plenty of well written articles and links. *Continued* Book Review: Quirky Kids: Understanding and Helping Your Child Who Doesn't Fit In – When to Worry and When Not to Worry, reviewed by Linda C. Neumann Drs. Perri Klass and Eileen Costello are the pediatricians we all wish we had for our children. In their book Quirky Kids, these two Harvard-trained doctors come across as warm, caring, and reassuring. *Continued* *Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia* How can parents keep their 2e child from becoming too dependent on their help with homework? Find out what Dr. Sylvia Rimm has to say. View entire article... **Column: Bob Seney on Books – Adam and the Magic Marble Bibliotherapy is selecting literature – a novel or short story – that deals with a specific issue or concern and then having stakeholders read and discuss it. The idea is that the literature both defuses the situation and provides a basis for discussion. View entire article...** Top of Page Return to Archives
	January (Issue 20)
	January 2007 Contents *When Your Child’s Second Exceptionality is Emotional: Looking Beyond Psychiatric Diagnosis* *Reducing Stress: Helping Twice-exceptional Students Understand Their Exceptionalities* *The Affective Side: Emotional Issues of Twice-Exceptional Students* *CEC’s New President, Mary Ruth Coleman* *Gifted NAGC 2006: Finding and Supporting Twice-Exceptional Learners in the Classroom* Book Review: “Mellow Out,” They Say. If I Only Could *Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia* Meredith Warshaw's Column: *Deciding When to Fight and When to Let Go* *Events* *Letter from the Publishers* Only on the Web: *Where to Learn More about the Emotional Side of 2e* *More Conference Coverage from NAGC 2006* Top of Page		Article Previews Complete articles are available to subscribers in the Subscribers Only area of this website. To order this issue, click here: When Your Child’s Second Exceptionality is Emotional: Looking Beyond Psychiatric Diagnosis, by Barbara Probst MSW, LCSW When people think of a twice-exceptional child, they usually think of someone who’s gifted and learning-disabled.... In other cases, however, a child’s second condition is said to be emotional, social, or behavioral. *Continued* *Reducing Stress: Helping Twice-exceptional Students Understand* Their Exceptionalities, by Patricia A. Schuler, Ph.D., NCC, LMHC Years ago I read about a child who was learning disabled.... I remember his comment about how it would look if he really showed the way he felt in class. He described it “like a tornado that hit the school, and people would hear it in China....” His words have stayed with me as I work with twice-exceptional kids. *Continued* The Affective Side: Emotional Issues of Twice-Exceptional Students, by Jean Strop and David Goldman ....It is not an easy task to balance the expectations of being gifted while trying to overcome learning challenges. Consequently, twice-exceptional students need a strong support group to assist them with several key emotional issues that may impede their academic achievement: anger, fear of failure, a strong need to control, low self esteem, and sometimes, even fear of success. *Continued* *CEC’s New President, Mary Ruth Coleman* An interview with the new president of the Council for Exceptional Children, educator and 2e advocate Mary Ruth Coleman *Continued* Top of Page Return to Archives *Gifted NAGC 2006: Finding and Supporting Twice-Exceptional Learners in the Classroom,* by Cathy Risberg Among the pre-convention institutes, or special sessions, held before the start of the November 2006 NAGC Convention was a session based on the new publication, The Twice Exceptional Dilemma. *Continued* Book Review: “Mellow Out,” They Say. If I Only Could, reviewed by Linda C. Neumann The book “Mellow Out,” They Say. If I Only Could provides a different look at gifted children from what many readers on this topic have come to expect. *Continued* *Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia* How can parents keep their 2e child from becoming too dependent on their help with homework? Find out what Dr. Sylvia Rimm has to say. View entire article... Column: Deciding When to Fight and When to Let Go,” by Meredith Warshaw Our culture sometimes seems obsessed by the ethos that it’s important to “learn to stick things out.” However, it’s equally important to learn when to quit. Some situations can be fixed or endured, but some are unsalvageable. Wisdom lies in knowing when to stay and when to go. View entire article...