Letter from the Publishers

January, 2007

Happy New Year to subscribers and friends of 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter!

As we reviewed our business at the end of 2006, we decided to change the way we distribute the newsletter. Of our several thousand readers, almost all have chosen to receive the electronic PDF edition. The 300 or so print issues we send out are very expensive to produce on a per copy basis. So starting with the next issue and for the foreseeable future we will be offering only the electronic PDF version. That means that all subscribers will receive the PDF version by e-mail. Those who have paid for print subscriptions will receive extra issues to make up for the difference in subscription price; those for whom the PDF version is completely unworkable will receive refunds or some alternate means of distribution. We’ll continue to provide the same (or even more) content as you’ve been receiving, and we remain as committed as ever to providing the 2e community with the information and resources needed to teach and raise high-ability children who have learning differences. We’ll send a letter to print subscribers with details of this change.

The focus of our current issue is the emotional side of twice-exceptional children. In our lead article clinical social worker Barbara Probst looks at those hard-to-manage kids who are often diagnosed with emotional disorders. Psychologist Patricia Schuler looks at the stress that results when 2e kids try to cope with the learning, emotional, and social difficulties they face. An article reprinted from Understanding Our Gifted looks at emotional issues that 2e students encounter.

Along with these articles you’ll find some conference coverage from last fall. There’s a session on finding and supporting 2e learners from the 2006 NAGC conference plus coverage of a symposium on exceptional and gifted dyslexics held at the International Dyslexia Association’s annual conference in November.

Also this month 2e Newsletter interviews educator and 2e advocate Mary Ruth Coleman, the new head of the Council for Exceptional Children. And, as always, you’ll find our regular columns and features (except for Bob Seney, who will return next issue).

If there are copies of 2e Newsletter from the past three years that you’d like to have for yourself or to pass along to someone else, all back issues are available for purchase. Look for ordering information on our website: www.2eNewsletter.com/past issues.htm.

We thank you for reading and supporting 2e Newsletter.