top of page
GETTING REEL
A Look Back at 2025: REEL’s Top 10 Most-Read Articles
A Look Back at the Resources That Helped Our Community Thrive As we wrap up 2025, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the stories, guides, and resources that supported our community the most this year. These were the articles families bookmarked, educators shared, and caregivers returned to again and again. Together, they paint a picture of what our community cares about most: clarity, connection, and strengths-based support for twice-exceptional learners. Below is a roundup
5 hours ago
Rethinking Motivation, Creating a Sparks and Blockers Menu
How to identify sparks and blockers with your kids and turn into menus you can use as part of your family's motivation cycle. Sparks activate and blockers shut down. This is a great way to understand motivation. Use a downloadable list of ideas.
Dec 11
Motivation Cycle for Neurodivergent Kids
Instead of seeing neurodivergent kids as unmotivated, problem solve using the motivation cycle to identify sparks and blockers. Experiment and reflect to learn what is in the way and how to support them to start on tasks.
Dec 10
When Autism Isn’t the Whole Story: Understanding Twice Exceptionality (2e)
When Autism Doesn’t Explain Everything When my son was two, he was only using a handful of words and had only begun walking at 18 months. Because he had more than one delay, we were encouraged to have him evaluated. The diagnosis at the time was PDD-NOS, which was later updated to autism. But that diagnosis didn’t explain everything I was seeing. It didn’t explain how he spelled the word airplane in foam letters on the bathtub wall at age two, or how when I told him there was
Dec 10
Intro to 2e: Understanding Bright Students Who Struggle
Watch this discussion about the twice-exceptional (2e) learner. You’ll get an inside look into these children’s experiences and learn specific strategies to help them thrive. Speakers will talk about how to reframe the situation, reduce stress, work with unexpected behaviors, and help neurodivergent, 2e children feel supported.
Dec 10
AI and Your 2e Writer: When to Use and When to Refuse
I’ve been a teacher of writing for 20 years, and let me tell you: Generative AI is here, and it can write anything . It can reproduce the style and tone of famous authors and can even be trained to sound exactly like a particular student. Just upload some samples of written work (mistakes and all), and voila , ChatGPT can complete assignments in that student’s voice. Schools are in a bit of a crisis mode. Some are banning AI altogether (hello, old-school pencil and paper!), b
Dec 4
Signs Your Child Might Be Twice-Exceptional
Wondering if your child is 2e? Discover early signs of twice-exceptionality—gifted but struggling in school, social, or emotional areas—with guidance for parents.
Nov 20
ADHD *AND* Gifted? How Can Both Be True?
Our twice-exceptional (2e) journey of discovery: How our highly curious and extremely smart son could also have ADHD.
Nov 20
bottom of page