Twice-Exceptional Kids: A Guide for Assisting Students Who Are Both Academically Gifted and Learning Disabled (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781578867790)

Twice Exceptional Kids, is a response to education intervention with a practical and common sense approach for the identification, understanding, and education of academically gifted children, handicapped by one or more learning disabilities. In this book, the author provides a thorough explanation of the various special education needs hindering the identification, schooling and social successes of the twice exceptional, while supplying methods and best practices for positive behavioral support (PBS) of the students in their school and home environment. To be effective, education programs need to incorporate a variety of components to meet the challenging needs of the twice exceptional. This book provides them. Steps for positive advocacy are given along with appendices of appropriate support organizations and parenting groups. Twice Exceptional Kids is a helpful stratagem for all educators and parents interested in providing the appropriate education for these special children and helping them achieve to their fullest potential.

Author: Rosemary S. Callard-Szulgit
ISBN-10: 1578867797
ISBN-13: 9781578867790
Publisher: R & L Education
Language: English
Published: 03/20/2008
Pages: 126
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.67w x 0.39d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 257