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Adhd gifted kid burnout9/10/2023 Understanding Both Parts of Twice Exceptional Part II: Why They're StuckĬhapter 5: A Layman's Guide to the DSM: The Flawed System That Traps Our ChildrenĭSM-II to DSM-III: The Changing Paradigm from Practice to Research The Whole Child Approach: Bringing Together Giftedness and HFA/AS The Limitations of Merging Giftedness with DisabilitiesĬhapter 3: 2e, ADHD, and Labels: Misunderstanding Behaviors and Missing DeficitsĬhapter 4: Autism and 2e: A Better Understanding of Deficits and Behaviors What Is Driving My Child's Behaviors-Giftedness, ADHD, or HFA/AS? Twice Exceptional: Challenging the Intelligence StereotypeĬhapter 2: Recognizing 2e: A Confusing Mix of Abilities and Challenges The 2e Mission Grows Part I: Who They AreĬhapter 1: Twice Exceptional: A Nontraditional View of Giftedness Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a professor, prolific author, and one of the most accomplished and renowned adults with autism in the world. Banks, M.A., co-author of The ADHD-Autism Connection, is a veteran educator, national speaker/trainer, and mother of two twice-exceptional children. Kennedy, author of The ADHD-Autism Connection, is a long time advocate, international speaker/trainer, and mother of three twice-exceptional sons. Drawing on painstaking research and personal experience, Bright Not Broken offers groundbreaking insight and practical strategies to those seeking to help 2e kids achieve their full potential.ĭiane M. Most importantly, the authors show what we can do to help 2e children, providing a whole child model for parents and educators to strengthen and develop a child’s innate gifts while also intervening to support the deficits. The first work to boldly examine the widespread misdiagnosis and controversies that arise from our current diagnostic system, it serves as a wake-up call for parents and professionals to question why our mental health and education systems are failing our brightest children. Too often, these children get lost in an endless cycle of chasing diagnostic labels and are never given the tools to fully realize their own potential.īright Not Broken sheds new light on this vibrant population by identifying who twice exceptional children are and taking an unflinching look at why they’re stuck. Yet the gifts and talents of some of our most brilliant kids may never be recognized because these children fall into a group known as twice exceptional, or “2e.” Twice exceptional kids are both gifted and diagnosed with a disability-often ADHD or an Autism Spectrum Disorder-leading teachers and parents to overlook the child’s talents and focus solely on his weaknesses. The future of our society depends on our gifted children-the population in which we’ll find our next Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, or Virginia Woolf.
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