Articles from Past Issues of 2e Newsletter
Assistive Technology for the 2e Learner
Joan L. Green, a speech and language pathologist, offers advice on finding the A.T. app that's right for that 2e child you raise or teach. Read the article.
The Brain and AD/HD
In this third article in 2e Newsletter’s series on the brain, we look at the nature of AD/HD and how it reflects the structure, function, and development of the brain in a twice-exceptional child. Read the article.
The Brain: A Primer
The brain is a pretty complicated mechanism, and it's a good thing we all have one so that we can comprehend what goes on inside it. This article from the archives describes basic brain structure and functioning to help us better use the information we find in articles and reports on exceptionalities and giftedness. Read the article.
Fighting for FAPE: A Texas Family's Struggle to Achieve Justice in Education
Why a Texas family decided to spend tens of thousands of dollars to take on their school district. Read it.
Helping 2e Children Develop Their Voices
Self-advocacy, says Kathee Jones, is an investment worth starting early and maintaining because too many challenges arise from breakdowns in communication or empowerment. Discover four lessons learned in Jones' family and some of the strategies they’ve developed regarding self-advocacy. September, 2011. Read the article.
Homeschooling the Gifted or 2e Child
Some of our subscribers choose to homeschool their twice-exceptional children. In July of 2011, Corin Barsily Goodwin and Mika Gustavson, MFT, authored an article on the topic Read the article.
The Mythology of Learning
This series of articles examines how commonly held views or practices related to teaching and learning can be detrimental to 2e students. Read it.
Neurofeedback for AD/HD
Neurofeedback is known by several names, including neurotherapy and EEG biofeedback. As the latter name implies, it’s a type of biofeedback. Read it.
Strategies for Teaching Twice-exceptional Students
Susan Winebrenner offers specific teaching and learning methods to enable 2e students to successfully progress on their learning journeys. Read it.
The Ten Commandments I Teach By: Optimizing Success for 2e Learners
Susan Baum shares share the ten commandments that guide her efforts to create a 2e learning community -- nonnegotiable rules in offering a comprehensive educational opportunity to twice-exceptional students. Read it.
Twice-exceptional Students: Who Are They and What Do They Need?
Micaela Bracamonte discusses the state of 2e in the US today, focusing on who these children are and how we can best meet their learning needs. Read it.
Twice-exceptioanal Children, Exceptional Challenges -- A Brain-based View
In the March, 2011, issue of 2e Newsletter Dr. Judith Willis wrote about the challenges and stresses faced by 2e kids, and how those affect their brains. Read it.
The Value of Neurodiversitiy
Marlo Payne Thurman wants to know why roughly 25 percent of all people in the U.S. are diagnosed with a mental health disorder and approximately 60 million people take medications to treat these conditions. Why the first Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders (DSM) only had 60 categories, but today that number has tripled and promises to increase even more in the new edition. Read it.
Writing Pains
A gifted young man with dysgaphia asks: ... what happens when the physical act of writing becomes an excruciating experience in the expectations of society, rather than a joyous reflection on society’s advancement? What happens when one feels pain in a simple act of manual dexterity? What happens when one cannot write? Read it.