To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled: Strength-Based Strategies for Helping Twice-Exceptional Students With LD, ADHD
To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled is one of the most popular resources available on identifying and meeting the needs of twice-exceptional students. This updated third edition provides a comprehensive look at the complex world of students with remarkable gifts, talents, and interests, who simultaneously face learning, attention, or social challenges from LD, ADHD, and
To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled is one of the most popular resources available on identifying and meeting the needs of twice-exceptional students. This updated third edition provides a comprehensive look at the complex world of students with remarkable gifts, talents, and interests, who simultaneously face learning, attention, or social challenges from LD, ADHD, and other disorders. Through case studies and years of research, the authors present a rationale for using a strength-based, talent-focused approach to meeting the needs of this special population. From a thorough description of twice-exceptionality and the unique learning patterns of these students, to strategies for identification, comprehensive programming, talent development, and instructional strategies, this book is for anyone who works or lives with a child who has both startling talents and disabling weaknesses.
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The most important book I have read in several years As a teacher who teaches in a self-contained, upper elementary classroom of 28 gifted and talented students, this is the most important book I have read since Carol Dweck’s Mindset and Paul Tough’s How Children Succeed. To Be Gfited & Learning Disabled gave me a much stronger understanding of twice-exceptional students – their talents, disabilities, and unique needs created by the overlap between the two. Chapters on identification and misidentification have significantly boosted my confidence…
This book is a perfect introduction to the concept of twice exceptionality and what … This book is a perfect introduction to the concept of twice exceptionality and what it means to be simultaneously very bright or gifted and to have a learning disability, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, or other exceptionality interfering with functioning. The lead author, Dr. Sue Baum, can be credited with shifting the paradigm in this area from focusing exclusively on what’s wrong (e.g. “fixing” areas of weakness) to try to make the individual fit in, to focusing instead on…
Excellent Resource I read this book as part of a course I took on twice exceptional learners. This book gives an excellent insight into the strengths and challenges of working with twice exceptional students. It has changed my perspective for the better.