Whose Version of Success? Your fifth grader still can't read a chapter book, and every report card says so. But last week she read a street sign out loud from the back seat, and this morning she read your text before you did. She's also the kid who builds whole worlds out of LEGO and asks questions that stop you in your tracks. So is she behind, or is she succeeding? For a twice-exceptional learner, the honest answer is often both. They are gifted and challenged in the same breath, soaring in...

I have worked with many twice-exceptional students whose journeys look nothing like what their families originally imagined. I’m also the parent of 2e kids, so I know this winding path from both sides. Why Twice-Exceptional Learners Often Take a Different Path We can spend years searching for the right fit, moving from the neighborhood school to a specialized program, sometimes to another school after that, only to discover that the school that worked beautifully at age 9 no longer works at...