Twice-Exceptional Students
Who are Twice-Exceptional Learners?
Twice-exceptional (2e) learners are both gifted and have another diagnosis (such as autism, ADHD, learning disability, anxiety, and others). They need support for both their advanced cognitive abilities and areas of struggle.
Online Resources on Twice-Exceptional Students
The 2e Center for Research and Professional Development at Bridges: The 2e Center is a first-of-its-kind multi-disciplinary hub where professionals, scholars, and practitioners combine expertise to enhance understanding of the growing population of 2e students. The primary goals of the Center are to create awareness, offer professional development, provide outreach, and generate projects that will improve services for the special population of children known as twice exceptional (2e).
The site includes a page of Further Reading.
2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter: for parents, educators, and other professionals.
Twice-Exceptional pageon Wrightslaw: Parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, reliable information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities.
The Twice-Exceptional Dilemma, a publication of the National Education Association
Twice Exceptional Learners, a special issue of Gifted Child Today
Twice Exceptionality: a special issue of Gifted Child Quarterly, published by the National Association of Gifted Children (Volume 57 Issue 4, October 2013). Some articles available online; full access by joining the NAGC.
Twice-Exceptional
Students Seminar
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