Description
What happens when a child’s giftedness seems to "cancel" a learning disability? Often, neither exceptionality is properly identified, resulting in frustration, anxiety and depression. Discover helpful strategies for recognizing and supporting twice-exceptional students and hear firsthand from a student whose "stealth" dyslexia and processing disorder masked her giftedness for over a decade.
In this course, participants will:
- Hear first-hand what it means to be multi-exceptional from a student who is gifted and dyslexic
- Understand the academic and emotional challenges faced in working with and/or living with a student who has multi-exceptionalities
- Analyze the positive and negative impact that labeling may have on both a child and the parents
- Increase their awareness of the “masks” that multi-exceptional students may wear and strategies for aiding them
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Eduardo – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed it very much, learned new things today about GT students.
Cecilia – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Great course.
Carmen – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
good
Amy – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –
Great course! We have so many twice exceptional kids.
Jeannie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent information.
Christina – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and encourages teachers to not rush making assumptions and putting labels on students. Make sure you look at the whole child and not just a snapshot.
Clair – HUGHES SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This information was good for me since I teach sped.
Kathryn – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent resources and some very balanced recommendations.
Elizabeth – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great course.
Brenda – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting
Amanda – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
The presenter provided some good information. However, I found it problematic the way she continually referred to accommodations as “crutches” in a derogatory tone. While she did mention that she did not mean accommodations are not appropriate, her comments came off ableist. I think many teachers already see accommodations as burdens on themselves to give “crutches” to students which can lead to teachers not appropriately accommodating students. Therefore, I think her overall tone related to accommodations could lead to equity issues.
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great
LaRecce – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative-especially the “masking” of students with multiple abilities.
Betsy – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Great tool, eye-opening when thinking about the idea of looking at each student as individuals.
Lee – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great testimonial from Hope.
Maria E. – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Five stars course.
Lanette – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course. I especially liked hearing from a student who is experiencing multi exceptionalities first hand.
Diane – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
I think it serves as a reminder of multi-exceptionalities. It does not provide new information.
Kathleen – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
Lots of information on recognizing the fact that a GT student can also have a learning difficulty.
Ann – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
I love this course. It really reminds us to look at the whole picture of a student and not to make snap judgments about a specific behavior.
Cynthia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I think having the young lady, who experienced the learning difficulties, there to interact, was a plus. It made the course personal.
Shelly – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Good illustration of how not assessing students at a younger age adds to the difficulties in learning and frustrations they feel especially when they are found to be twice exceptional.
Gilda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Diana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course!
Adriana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Good information.
terrance – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
this was a learning experience for me but was a little disjointed
Shannon – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
This course gives information about an actual student and their parent and how they went through the process.
Grant – Morgan Local Schools (verified owner) –
This is a great course for taking a look at a much misunderstood population of students.
Angie – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It was informative.
Raul – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Veronica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Good content
Patricia – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting. Having a student share her thoughts and experiences helped with understanding the concepts.
Amy – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
This course is quite informative to those who may not have much experience with exceptional students.
Derick – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
good overall, moves quickly, good informational resources
Pedro – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is informative and to the point. I highly recommend it.
Gracie – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
This course gave me a great indication of what is needed in order to further understand the ability of the differences in learning and possible reasons behind it.
Dusty – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
I found it very difficult to follow along. I can appreciate Hope allowing herself to be the subject of the seminar, but I wished other student examples would have been used. I would have loved to have known more about the Irlen Syndrome.
Michael – PORT CLINTON CITY (verified owner) –
The course was a great way to learn about the mask of multi-exceptionalities.
Cynthia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was fine.
Michael – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
A++
Gina – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and I really enjoyed hearing from someone who has been labeled to hear how she struggled and managed through her school years.
Brenda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
it help me understand how some student are capable to do many things even though they might need different strategies to achieve it.
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Enjoyed learning about students feel when they are labeled or misunderstood
Bertha – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
love it
Catherine – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) –
Very helpful
Alexa – RSU 22 (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed the personal experience examples. It really shows that they understand what they are talking about.
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
interesting workshop
Stephen – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
nice – I liked the personal touch
Adriana – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great Presenter
Laura – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
it was good to be informed of testing students in different stages of their lives