To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled

from mrbove

This book represents a good review of the literature regarding both ends of the dual-exceptionality label. For those who are already trained in working with these kids, this volume is an excellent review; however, the practical take-aways from the book cover little more than established best prac...

from Jenn.S

This book is a mixed bag. There are a lot of good aspects. There is a significant need for a way to teach children who can be labeled as both gifted and learning disabled. Very few schools have anything in the system that can be adapted for these children to teach/train them with the proper type ...

from waltzmn

I'll see your twice exceptionality and raise you one. "Twice exceptional" is a new buzzword (well, buzz-phrase) for a phenomenon we're only starting to recognize -- students who have both significant gifts and significant weaknesses. The extreme case of this is savants (the kids who can't talk bu...

from Jessicathomas

A nice look into techqines focusing on gift children, who also have a the addition of a learning disability, I was able to pull several new ideas to use with my group of highly gifted students who have also been diagnosed with ADHD . Truly worth reading or in my case rereading and highlighting.