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Twice Exceptional Students
 

 Definition

 

 Twice Exceptional Students refers to gifted students with disabilities. BVSD uses the state definition which means twice exceptional students qualify for both TAG (Talented and Gifted) and SPED (Special Education) services.

Continuum of services in BVSD for students with disabilities

Department for Student Success which includes Talented and Gifted, Special Education, English Langauge Learners and Children in Poverty

TAG Policies and forms 

 

 Resources

 


2E Newsletter available online and in archives.  All BVSD schools have a subscription.
LD Information
Hoagies Gifted Twice Exceptional Resources
2e Consulting articles
Asperger Syndrome website
CDE Fast Facts regarding grading for students with disabilities

SENG Groups
BVSD sponsors SENG (Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted) Groups for parents of twice exceptional students.  Please go to http://bvsd.org/tag/Pages/parenteducation.aspx for more information.

Resources and materials available in schools and in the district:

Different Minds by Lovecky
Differentiating Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities by Bender
Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnosis of Children and Adults by Webb, Amend, Webb, Goerss, Beljan, and Olenchak
School Survival Guide for Kids with LD by Cummings, Fisher and Espeland
Survival Guide for Kids with LD by Fisher, Cummings and Urbanovic
Survival Guide for Kids with ADD/ADHD by Taylor
Survival Guide for Teenagers with LD by Cummings, Fisher, Espeland and Hanson
What the Silenced Say (video and support materials) by Mooney
Accessing ther General Curriculum: Including students with disabilities in standards-based reform (video and materials) by Nolet and McLaughlin
Each school also receives a subscription to the 2E Newsletter (see link above)

SENG resources for families of twice exceptional students and others

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/e630.html Applying Cognitive-Behavioral Techniques to Social Skills Instruction.  This is an ERIC document.

 http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/ten_tips.htm  10 Tips for parents.  Hoagies document.

 http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/intro_ocelot.pdf  A mom tells about her 2E daughter.

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/paralysis.htm  Motivational paralysis 

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/e580.html Positive Behavior Support 

http://www.tip.duke.edu/independent_learning/language_arts/writers_journey_sample/index.html activity

http://www.sengifted.org/articles_social/Cross_SocialEmotionalNeedsTheRage.shtml  The rage of gifted children

http://www.sengifted.org/articles_health_professionals/grobman_psychodynamic_psychotherapy_approach.shtml  Therapeutic approach to emotional issues  (it has some gems buried in it

http://www.sengifted.org/articles_parenting/collins_2e_back_to_school.shtml  Strategies that work

http://www.sengifted.org/articles_parenting/ruf_dos_and_donts.html Dos and Don'ts

Additional resources and materials available in the district:

Different Minds by Deirdre Lovecky
The Gift of Dyslexia by Davis
To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled from Definitions to Practical Intervention Strategies by Baum, Owen and Dixon
Successful Strategies for Twice-Exceptional Students by Besnoy
Raising Your Spirited Child by Kurcinka


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