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Twice-exceptional
November 1, 2017
Encouraging a child means that one or more of the following critical life messages are coming through, either by word or by action: I believe in you, I trust you, I know you can handle this, You are listened to, You are cared for, You are very important to me.
-Barbara Coloroso, American author and educational consultant
-Barbara Coloroso, American author and educational consultant
In an article in Exchange magazine, Francis Wardle asks the question, “Besides being famous, what characteristics do all these people have in common?
- Stephen Hawking
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Albert Einstein
- James Earle Jones
- Sara Barnhart
- Winston Churchill
- Walt Disney
- Helen Keller
- Temple Grandin
- Thomas Edison
- Ludwig van Beethoven”
He answers his question this way: "All these individuals are twice exceptional: a person with one or more special needs who is also gifted and talented...
"As early childhood programs engage in early identification of children with special needs, and as programs find various ways to meet the needs of children with developmental delays, twice-exceptional children pose additional challenges. One challenge is that a student’s disability may be identified – or at least recognized – but their giftedness is not."
Source: "Twice-exceptional Students," by Francis Wardle, Exchange magazine, January/February 2017
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Displaying 1 CommentCSBC
Denver, CO, United States
Not only are these children often misdiagnosed in our programs, but many teachers and specialists do not understand their unique needs. There are as many GT children with special special needs as there are GT children in the general population, and as many special education students in the GT population as there are in the regular population. One characteristic does not eliminate the other one!
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