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The Current Issue - March/April, 2012

The Role of Parents in Helping Gifted Children with Learning Problems. Eight principles parents can apply in working with children who have learning challenges.
Support Groups for Parents of Twice-Exceptional Children. Find out how these groups can help. Read article.
Getting a Parenting Group off the Ground. An actual case study -- with gratifying results. Read the article.
Reflections of a Teacher of 2e Students. Dennis Higgins shares what he discovered in the 2e classroom. Read this.
Writing and the 2e learner. Last in a series by Bridges Academy.
Conference Coverage. "Attend" two sessions from this spring's IAGC conference.
Dr. Sylvia Rimm answers parents' and professionals' questions about twice-exceptional children. Read column.
NEWSbits, news from the 2e community. Go to news.
Plus other information about giftedness, learning difficulties, and the combination of the two.

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Alerts

• Chicago-Area Event. The Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University holds an annual summer conference for gifted students and their families. This year the conference is on June 23 at the university's Evanston campus. One of the sessions is "Twice Exceptional: Understanding the Paradox of High Ability and Learning Challenges," presented by Steve Zecker of Northwestern. Find out more about the conference.

• New 2e-Related Survey. As mentioned in our blog, a PhD student at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, is conducting research to find out about the abilities and achievements of twice-exceptional individuals on the autism spectrum. Participants are sought from the following five groups: adults with an ASD; parents; teachers; psychologists; and mentors and coaches. According to the researcher, the study involves an online questionnaire (approximately 15 minutes) and an option to take part in interviews conducted by e-mail. Full details of the study can be found in the explanatory statement by following the link to the online questionnaire at http://tinyurl.com/monasheducation. Or, find a "recruitment" poster for the research.

The Spotlight on 2e Series

The publishers of 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter offer a series of easy-to-understand booklets filled with information on recognizing and addressing the combination of giftedness and learning deficits or disorders in children. Use this series to expand your own understanding of twice exceptionality or to help others better understand these unique and challenging young people. Find out more!

For Subscribers: From Past Issues

The May 2009 issue of 2e Newsletter contained four articles on differentiated instruction as it can apply to and benefit twice-exceptional students, plus "Fighting for Fape," one of our favorite stories (and one that ended well). Paid subscribers can find the content in the subscriber-only area.

Find a listing of content from all past issues here.

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From the Blog

The most recent blog posting (5/14) points to a couple items on assistive technology for students with learning differences, one on considerations for going to college with an ASD, and one on ACT accommodations. Find our latest blog items. See all past postings.

Article Links at Delicious.com

Over the years we've posted thousands of links to articles on the Web related to giftedness, LDs, parenting, education, and so forth. The articles are tagged and categorized for easy reference -- for example under AD/HD or child development or neuroscience. Check it out!

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Featured Archive Articles

We know from correspondence and conversations with our newsleetter subscribers that, along with LDs, anxiety in 2e children is a big concern. In this article from our archives, psychologists Pat Schuler and Dan Peters respond to a variety of questions about anxiety in 2e kids -- including how it can be addressed. Read the article. (4/30/12)

And what else is often seen in 2e kids? Depression. Another archive article provides information on that. Read the article. (5/15/12)

National Events of Interest

June 10-14, 2012, Hormel Foundation Gifted and Talented Education Symposium, Riverland Community College, Austin, Minnesota. For educators, counselors, administrators, and parents. More information.

July 8-13, 2012, Confratute, Storrs, Connecticut. By the Neag Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development. For educators. More information.

July 12-14, 2012, 13th Australian Conference on Giftedness and Talent, Adelaide, South Australia. More information.

July 13-14, 2012, SENG Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For parents, educators, counselors. More information at www.sengifted.org.

July 14-18, 2012, 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Billed as "the first conference on giftedness set in the Arabian Gulf." For educators, professionals. More information.

November 15-18, 2012, NAGC Convention, Denver, Colorado. For educators, parents, counselors. More information at www.nagc.org.

Please note: For state association conferences relating to giftedness, see Hoagies' website. For additional conferences on learning differences, see the website of the Council for Exceptional Children.

Findings from the Web

ADVOCACY AND LEGAL RESOURCE. When subscribers contact us with questions about advocacy or the law as it applies to twice-exceptional children, one place we usually point them is to the site of Wrightslaw. There is an amazing amount of helpful information there, free and otherwise. The dozens of topic links on the home page range from Advocacy to Twice-exceptional and more. Go to Wrightslaw.com. (4/13)

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