Twice-Exceptional Teacher Education Conference
Transforming teachers and schools to believe that giftedness can be found in diverse schools, diverse students, and expressed in diverse ways.
Time & Location
Sep 20, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT – Sep 22, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT
In person and online hybrid
Details
REEL Presenting:
Where are you going in the 21st Century? Career Awareness, Identity, and You
Friday, September 20th at 3:00-3:45pm
Shifting Mindset through Empathy: REEL's Neurodivergent Simulation Experience
Saturday, September 21st at 10:15am-11:00
Register here:
https://academic.csuohio.edu/gifted2ete/
These well-known and highly talented individuals had significant strengths that made them famous, but they also had disabilities, ranging from autism to attention deficit with hyperactivity disorder to dyslexia. They were “twice-exceptional” learners. Each of these individuals had an adult- a parent, coach, or teacher- who helped them learn what they COULD do and did not focus exclusively on what they could NOT do.
These types of learners are also in today’s schools, but most schools and teachers are not trained in how to help them. Twice-Exceptional children, also known as 2e children, are at the intersection of Gifted Education, which focuses on talents, and Special Education, which focuses on deficits. These students are gifted, yet they also have a disability of some kind. “Disability” does not mean “unable”; it means that there are impediments to their learning.