Articles 2005

Articles, 2005

	October 2005 Contents *Stealth Dyslexia* *2e Collegians: How Many?* *Dyslexia Q & A* *Teaching Students with Dyslexia to Read* *Adaptive Technology: Tools for Success* Addressing the Dyslexia/Attention Deficit Connection Book Review: Sally Shaywitz' Overcoming Dyslexia *Three Views of Gifted Underachievers* Column: Bob Seney on Books – Thank You, Mr. Falker *Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia* Meredith Warshaw's Column: Enjoying Books When Reading is Difficult *News and Events* *Letter from the Publishers* Only on the Web: *Conference Coverage:* *2005 Conference of the World Council on Gifted and Talented Children* *Dyslexia Resource List* *Links to Websites Mentioned in this Issue* Top of Page	Article Previews Stealth Dyslexia, by Brock L. Eide, M.D. M.A., and Fernette F. Eide, M.D. When you read the word dyslexia, what’s the first thing that pops into your head? Probably you think of a reading disorder. That response is understandable, considering the way dyslexia is spoken or written of by many experts. View entire article... *2e Collegians: How Many?* Jack Trammel, Director of Disability Support Services at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, explored the incidence of twice-exceptionality at an eastern college. View entire article... *Dyslexia Q & A* Understanding dyslexia. View entire article *Teaching Students with Dyslexia to Read* Many of the students that educator Margie Boudreau works with have reading problems. She knows that learning to read is a struggle, not only for dyslexic students but also for the teachers who try to help them. She’s discovered a way to ease that struggle – by taking advantage of the findings coming out of the field of neuroscience. View entire article Adaptive Technology: Tools for Success, by Linda C. Neumann Last spring, at the 2005 AEGUS conference in Denver, speaker Caleb Holman, a young man in his late 20’s, gave a presentation on adaptive technology (also known as assistive technology). He called his talk Tools for Success; and he didn’t choose this title lightly. View entire article Addressing the Dyslexia/Attention Deficit Connection A conversation with pediatric neuropsychologist and author Paul Beljan on a new approach to addressing the needs of children who have both dyslexia and attention deficit disorder. View entire article Top of Page Return to Subscriber Archives Book Review: Sally Shaywitz' Overcoming Dyslexia, reviewed by Linda C. Neumann Dr. Sally Shaywitz created such a stir with this book that dyslexia made the cover of Time magazine in 2003, when the book was published. What captured so much attention was the research on which the book is based. View entire article... *Three Views of Gifted Underachievers* A popular topic at the August 2005 World Conference in New Orleans was gifted underachievers. 2e Newsletter was able to cover three of the sessions offered. *View entire article* *Column: Bob Seney on Books –* Thank You, Mr. Falker This delightful book retells the too familiar story of some of our bright and gifted students who may also have reading disabilities. View entire article... *Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia* Is it AD/HD or just an underachievement problem? Find out what Dr. Sylvia Rimm has to say. View entire article... *Column:* Enjoying Books When Reading is Difficult, by Meredith Warshaw For gifted children who have trouble reading, whether due to dyslexia or vision problems, one of the most frustrating aspects of the situation is being unable to read the books that interest them. All too often, these children find themselves limited to reading books that are way below their thinking level. View entire article... Top of Page Return to Subscriber Archives
August (Issue 12)
	August 2005 Contents *Collaborative Partnerships among Teachers of 2e Students* *The Ten Commandments I Teach By: Optimizing Success for 2e Learners* *Love, Laughter, and Learning* *One Teacher’s Quest: Getting Non-writers to Write* *Reading Recommendations for 2e Teachers* *Additional Reading for Teachers of 2e Students* *Profile of 2e Education Pioneer Lois Baldwin* Column: Bob Seney on Books – The Worry Web Site *Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia* Column: Educational Situations Outside of School, by Meredith Warshaw *Identifying 2e Students in the Classroom* *News and Events* *Letter from the Publishers* Only on the Web: *Sample Forms from the Article "Collaborative Partnerships among Teachers of 2e Students"* *Links to Websites Mentioned in this Issue* Top of Page	Article Previews *Collaborative Partnerships among Teachers of 2e Students,* by Karen Y. Kennedy, Kyle Higgins, And Tom Pierce Services for students who are gifted and have learning disabilities – twice-exceptional or 2e students – vary in type by school district. General education teachers rarely have the training to work with students who have multiple exceptionalities in the general education classroom. Conversely, special educators typically are not trained to address the unique needs of students with gifts and talents. Because of this disparity in training, it’s imperative that collaboration among general educators, special educators, and teachers of students who are gifted occurs throughout the school year. View entire article... *The Ten Commandments I Teach By: Optimizing Success for 2e Learners,* by Susan Baum To optimize learning in today’s classrooms, we must first create learning communities that respect the intellectual, physical, and emotional needs of students. This is especially true for twice-exceptional students. View entire article *Love, Laughter, and Learning,* by Cathy Risberg Most people would agree that the world we live in today does not make teaching or parenting easy. Concerns over September 11th, the war in Iraq, and the influence of the media on our culture have been on many of our minds. Of course, if we add the complexities of parenting a gifted child, then we can all understand why so many of us lately have experienced our share of stress, burn-out and a loss of joy. Simply put, teaching or parenting a gifted child, while a joyous experience, has its own special twists and turns and can be even more daunting of a journey in times like these. View entire article... One Teacher’s Quest: Getting Non-writers to Write, by Linda C. Neumann A small group of children huddles together, waiting for the roll of the dice. “Sixteen!” one young man exclaims. “That means the troll is vulnerable to low temperatures. Good! My character uses his ice powers to freeze the troll’s feet to the floor.” View entire article *Reading Recommendations for 2e Teachers* Here are reviews of two books that are excellent additions to the bookshelves of those who are raising and teaching twice-exceptional children: To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled and Crossover Children. View entire article *Additional Reading for Teachers of 2e Students* A listing of books, articles, and websites where teachers can find more information about their twice-exceptional students View entire article *Profile of 2e Education Pioneer Lois Baldwin* The year was 1980. The Southern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services of New York had just received a grant to establish a program for gifted and talented/handicapped students (the term used to describe what many now call twice-exceptional students). A young special education teacher learned that she has been assigned to be the teacher. *View entire article...* Top of Page Return to Subscriber Archives Column: Bob Seney on Books – The Worry Web Site Research and empirical data – just a fancy way of saying “practical experience” – show that ultimately the key ingredient in all students’ learning is the teacher. We can talk about programs, class size, meeting special needs, or whatever; but it’s the teacher that makes the difference. That’s why I spend so much time in my classes talking about the characteristics of the effective teacher. View entire article... *Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia* What to do about an overweight child who lacks confidence? Find out what Dr. Sylvia Rimm has to say. View entire article... Column: Educational Situations Outside of School, by Meredith Warshaw Yesterday I attended a conference about welcoming special needs families into synagogue communities. There is a great deal of discussion about the issues of teaching children who have special needs in after-school religious classes. This issue is also one that arises for CCD, Sunday school, after-school classes, summer programs, and so forth. View entire article... Identifying 2e Students in the Classroom, by Mary Seay Here’s a list of perception and behavior characteristics that teachers can use to help spot children whose struggles may be the result of learning disabilities. View entire article... Top of Page Return to Subscriber Archives
June (Issue 11)
	June 2005 Contents *A Model for 2e Education: Roslyn Middle School* *Autism Spectrum Disorders Q&A* *What Causes Autism Spectrum Disorders?* Gifted Children With Asperger Syndrome *Giftedness, Asperger Syndrome, and the “Real World* The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Keynotes from the 2005 AEGUS Conference in Denver *Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia* A Review of Autism/ Asperger’s Digest Magazine *Column: The Importance of Teaching Self-Advocacy* *Different Minds: Gifted Children with AD/HD, Asperger Syndrome, and Other Learning Deficits* *Broken Dreams* *News and Events* *Letter from the Publishers* Only on the Web: *Conference Coverage: AEGUS* *Resources for ASDs and Asperger's* *Links to Websites Mentioned in this Issue* Top of Page	Article Previews *A Model for 2e Education: Roslyn Middle School,* by Wendy Eisner, Ph.D., and Jennifer Byalick Altman, Psy.D. “High expectations with high levels of support” is the motto of Roslyn Middle School (RMS) in Long Island, New York. It describes an approach to education that is effective for all students because it teaches them to try to reach their potential and provides them with the needed scaffolds. View entire article... *Autism Spectrum Disorders Q&A* The basics of autism spectrum disorders. View entire article *What Causes Autism Spectrum Disorders?* A look at recent research findings on autism spectrum disorders. View entire article Gifted Children With Asperger Syndrome, by Deirdre Lovecky, Ph.D. Max showed early signs of giftedness... [He] was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome after an extensive evaluation. He had many talents, but his deficit areas were striking. View entire article... *Giftedness, Asperger Syndrome, and the “Real World,”* by Teresa Bolick, Ph.D. ...Exceptional individuals have bestowed their gifts upon all of us through their discoveries, insights, and creative works. Yet, the exceptional individual with Asperger Syndrome (AS) often offers his or her gifts with strings attached. *View entire article...* Top of Page Return to Subscriber Archives The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, reviewed by Linda C. Neumann Pick up this book and you’ll see what looks like a typical children’s book. The sentences are short and direct and the line drawings scattered throughout are simple. View entire article... Keynotes from the 2005 AEGUS Conference in Denver Denver, April 15th and 16th, the Radisson Hotel. The 2005 AEGUSConference. Hundreds of educators and parents interested in the education of gifted, underachieving students. *View entire article...* *Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia* Based on his test scores, should my son skip kindergarten and go on first grade? See what Dr. Sylvia has to say. View entire article... A Review of Autism/Asperger’s Digest Magazine The pages of this bi-monthly magazine are filled with straight-forward and informative articles focused on autism spectrum disorders. They address issues of education, therapy, and family life. They include book reviews and personal accounts of living with an ASD. View entire article... Column: The Importance of Teaching Self-Advocacy, by Meredith Warshaw One of the most important lessons we can teach our children is self-advocacy. Frequently, our first instinct is to try to clear paths for them – which can certainly be an important task. However, we are only doing half our job if we don’t also teach our children to clear the paths themselves, since we will not always be there to do it for them. View entire article... Top of Page Return to Subscriber Archives *Different Minds: Gifted Children with AD/HD, Asperger Syndrome, and Other Learning Deficits,* reviewed by Linda C. Neumann Readers who raise or work with these twice-exceptional kids should expect to have many “aha!” moments as they read this book. They’re likely to find themselves thinking, “Now I know why they….” View entire article... Broken Dreams, by Wendy Handrich I have spent close to 30 years participating in meetings with school personnel and families. Without a doubt, the most emotionally charged meetings are those involving children who are twice-exceptional. *View entire article...* Top of Page Return to Subscriber Archives
April (Issue 10)
	April 2005 Contents *Managing Life with a Challenging Child: What to Do When Your Gifted but Difficult Child Is Driving You Crazy* *Conversations with Parents of 2e Children* *Parenting 2e Kids – A Kid’s Perspective* *Judith Halsted Talks to Samantha Abeel* *Book Review: Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger's, Depression, and Other Disorder* *A Workshop by Dr. Mel Levine* *Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia* *Column: Siblings of Twice-Exceptional Children* *Column: Bob Seney on Books – A Look at this Year’s Newbery Award Winner* *Who is 2e Newsletter’s Newest Columnist?* *Not Your Parents' Summer Camp* *How Gifts Can Mask: Revealing Learning Problems for the Twice Exceptional* *Additional Reading for Parents of 2e Kids* *News and Events* *Letter from the Publishers* Only on the Web: *Conference Coverage: IAGC* *Additional Reading for Parents of 2e Kids* *Links to Websites Mentioned in this Issue* Top of Page	Article Previews *Managing Life with a Challenging Child:* *What to* *Do When Your Gifted but Difficult Child Is Driving You Crazy, by Barbara Probst, CSW, LMSW* Parents who come to me for consultation and counseling are usually at the end of their rope. They’re feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, frustrated, disgusted, and distressed at the way their child’s issues and needs have taken over their lives. Schedules, decisions, and daily routines all seem to revolve around a difficult child who – despite every accommodation and intervention – isn’t getting any easier to live with. View entire article... *Conversations with Parents of 2e Children* You know you’re the parent of a 2e child when... you find yourself with a foot in two worlds: giftedness and special needs. Straddling these two worlds is what makes our experiences as 2e parents so unique. View entire article... *Parenting 2e Kids – A Kid’s Perspective, by Kelsey Ganes* As parents, part of your job description is to be the support team for your children – and this is vital for children with LDs. (LDs are not always learning disabilities; sometimes they’re learning differences.) View entire article... Judith Halsted Talks *to Samantha Abeel* When a child is twice exceptional, how can we meet the different needs implied by the gift and the learning disability? This was the underlying question on my mind when I met with Samantha Abeel, who at 27 has written two books based on her own experience with dyscalculia and verbal giftedness. View entire article... Top of Page Return to Subscriber Archives *Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger's, Depression, and Other Disorders, reviewed by Linda C. Neumann* In this book, a distinguished group of professionals tackles one of the most perplexing questions that parents of twice-exceptional children face: Does my child have a disorder or are my child’s difficulties due to giftedness, to asynchrony, or to a combination of these factors? View entire article... *A Workshop by Dr. Mel Levine, by Joan M. Kasura* In a rare event, Dr. Mel Levine came to town – town being the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. regional area. Dr. Levine, professor of pediatrics and director of the Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning at the University of North Carolina, was there to give an all-day conference on understanding how neurodevelopmental functions and dysfunctions affect learning performance. View entire article... *Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia* A prodigy at 10 has slipping grades at 12 and a noticeable lack of response to the realities of the world. What's going on? See what child psychologist Sylvia Rimm has to say. View entire article... Top of Page Return to Subscriber Archives Column: Siblings of Twice-Exceptional Children, by Meredith Warshaw As parents, we sometimes find it difficult to help siblings understand that we are not favoring our special needs child. We must help them understand that the special needs sibling truly has severe learning issues and, at the same time, let our NT, or neuro-typical, children know that we empathize with their frustration. View entire article... **Column: Bob Seney on Books – A Look at this Year’s Newbery Award Winner The Newbery Medal is offered each year to outstanding children’s literature, both fiction and non-fiction. The Newbery Committee names a Medal Winner and up to four Honor Books. This award is considered to be the most prestigious American award for children’s literature. As you guide your readers in selecting books, the Newbery’s are a safe and rich resource. View entire article...** Who is 2e Newsletter’s Newest Columnist? I was first formally introduced to young adult literature when I became the teacher of the gifted in a middle school in Houston, Texas. This was 1982 and the book was William Sleator’s House of Stairs (E.P. Dutton, 1979). Not only did it knock my socks off, but I was amazed at my students’ involvement in this book. View entire article... Top of Page Return to Subscriber Archives *Not Your Parents' Summer Camp* What comes to mind when you think about summer camp? For most us, it’s visions of swimming, canoeing, and songs around the campfire. Archery might be part of the image, too, along with arts and crafts. But what about guided visualization and meditation? How about yoga? Is analyzing your personality type in the picture? All of these things might be if the camp you’re thinking about is Yunasa. View entire article... *How Gifts Can Mask: Revealing Learning Problems for the Twice Exceptional* Andrew Mahoney, a counselor and family therapist, believes that “there is no such thing as laziness. It’s just the manifestation of a problem.” He bases his belief on the work he does with gifted underachievers, a term that Mahoney feels is synonymous with twice-exceptional. In this session he identified who twice-exceptional children are and described the four-point plan he uses to address their needs at his counseling center near Washington, D.C. View entire article... Top of Page Return to Subscriber Archives
February (Issue 9)
	February 2005 Contents *Behavioral Management of Gifted Children: A Neuro-psychological Approach* The Basics of Sensory Integration A Conversation with Lucy Jane Miller *Book Review: The Sensory-Sensitive Child: Practical Solutions for Out-of-Bounds Behavior* Sensory Integration: Why Don’t Doctors or Insurance Companies Get It? *Meeting the Needs of Students Who are Multi-exceptional* *Looking at Learning Difficulties through a Different Lens – An Interview with Drs. Fernette and Brock Eide* *Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia* *Column: Judith Halsted on Books* – Tips for Guiding Young Readers Column: School Refusal, by Meredith Warshaw *Website Review: About Our Kids* *News and Events* *Letter from the Publishers* Only on the Web: *More Resources for Learning about SI and dealing with Sensory Processing Disorder* *Links to Websites Mentioned in this Issue* Top of Page	Article Previews *Behavioral Management of Gifted Children: A Neuropsychological Approach,* by Paul Beljan, PsyD, ABPdN Parents and teachers of very bright children are often at a loss to explain their extreme behaviors. A major cause of behavior problems in gifted and twice-exceptional students is asynchronous development (AD), or unevenness in the rate at which sensory, emotional, physical, and executive function skills develop. View entire article... The Basics of Sensory Integration Questions and answers about sensory integration and sensory processing disorder View entire article... A Conversation with Lucy Jane Miller Lucy Jane Miller, PhD, OTR, is on a quest. She’s determined to find the answers to a number of questions about Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) in children. View entire article... *Book Review: The Sensory-Sensitive Child: Practical Solutions for Out-of-Bounds Behavior* This excellent book is the result of collaboration between two moms whose lives were alike in many ways. Both are named Karen, and both are professors of clinical psychology. Both have years of experience working with children’s behavior issues, and both gave birth to sons who turned their professional and personal lives upside down. View entire article...** Top of Page Return to Subscriber Archives Sensory Integration: Why Don’t Doctors or Insurance Companies Get It? by Alan I. Rosenblatt, MD Not a week goes by in my practice without hearing from distraught parents that their child’s occupational therapy services for Sensory Integration Disorder are not provided by the school district or are not covered by insurance. Sensory integration therapy, according to many professionals in the child-development community, is a vital component of treatment for children with a wide array of neurodevelopmental disorders. Yet, insurance companies and school districts resist providing these services. View entire article... *Meeting the Needs of Students Who are Multi-exceptional* On a snowy day in January 2e Newsletter had the opportunity to attend a day-long seminar offered in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. Entitled Meeting the Needs of Students Who are Multi-exceptional, the session was designed to introduce teachers, principals, and other school personnel to the characteristics and needs of gifted children with learning and attention difficulties. View entire article... *Looking at Learning Difficulties through a Different Lens – An Interview with Drs. Fernette and Brock Eide* When it comes to assessing and helping children with learning problems, physicians Fernette and Brock Eide are taking a new approach. It combines insights from medical neurology (Fernette’s specialty) with those of basic neuroscience, education, and traditional neuropsychology. The doctors see this approach – which they term “neurolearning” – as a new and more comprehensive way of understanding and treating children’s learning difficulties. View entire article... Top of Page Return to Subscriber Archives *Column: Dear Dr. Sylvia* When monitored an underachiever does well. When left on his own, he does the minimum or less. What to do? See what child psychologist Sylvia Rimm has to say. View entire article... *Column: Judith Halsted on Books – Tips for Guiding Young Readers* How can you know whether a book is appropriate for a particular child? It's a tough question, especially when working with gifted children, whose understanding and reading level may be far above their chronological age and grade in school. View entire article... Column: School Refusal, by Meredith Warshaw When a child starts refusing to go to school, parents often turn to their pediatricians for advice. Unfortunately, among pediatricians the conventional wisdom about school refusal has been that it should be handled by getting the child back to school as soon as possible. View entire article... *Website Review: About Our Kids* If you’ve never visited www.aboutourkids.org, you’re missing an Internet treasure. This site is what the creators describe as “the scientifically-based, parent-friendly website of the NYU Child Study Center.” View entire article... Top of Page Return to Subscriber Archives