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Intellectually gifted students are highly vulnerable to stress and burnout when their high IQ is paired with a learning difference, condition, or disability. These twice exceptional (2e) students experience extreme peaks and valleys as their strengths and challenges create an internal tug-of-war. They know they are capable of greatness, but achieving it means overcoming great (though invisible) obstacles.

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Q: “How Can My Child’s IEP Help Prevent Academic Burnout?”

Q: “Recently, my son, who is twice exceptional (2e), experienced major burnout from the demands of his advanced placement classes. The school’s solution for this was a two-day extension on his assignments, which did not help at all. He has an IEP — how can we incorporate burnout accommodations into it to prevent this from happening again?”First of all, I’m very sorry that this happened to your son.

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Live Webinar on August 17: Avoiding & Recovering from 2e Burnout: Support for Gifted Students

Not available August 17? Don’t worry. Register now and we’ll send you the replay link to watch at your convenience.The academic potential of twice exceptional students is considerable — strong memories, large vocabularies, unusual emotional depth, divergent thinking — but coexisting conditions like ADHD can complicate learning and teaching.

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“Stop Chasing Others’ Approval:” On Twice Exceptionality and Living Life for Me

“You’re going to do great things!”“You have so much potential!”“You’re so talented. I see great things in your future!”So many people in my life have directed various versions of these well-meaning yet anxiety-inducing, expectation-laden comments to me during every phase of my academic career.

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High Expectations — and Frustrations: Stories of Twice Exceptional Students Desperately Seeking Support

A 2e student’s high IQ often overshadows or camouflages their neurological or learning challenges — confusing teachers, parents, and clinicians alike. Twice-exceptional students perform above average in one or more subject areas, and below average in others. Accelerated intellectual growth and delayed social-emotional growth are common — and commonly contradictory — characteristics in 2e children.

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Live Webinar on September 27: The 2e Playbook for Nurturing Gifted Students with ADHD

Not available September 27? Don’t worry. Register now and we’ll send you the replay link to watch at your convenience.2e is a term used to describe “twice-exceptional” students who are academically gifted and also living with ADHD or another diagnosis like autism or learning differences. 2e students are undeniably bright, but often plagued by inconsistent performance at school due to other interfering symptoms.

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“I Grew Up Gifted and Autistic — and Suffered the Burnout of Twice Exceptionality”

I’ll say it: Being gifted isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Especially if you’re also neurodivergent.I was identified as gifted in kindergarten. At age 6, I began participating in my school’s Challenge program, where gifted students were pulled out of class once a week to engage in a curriculum that focused on critical thinking and self-directed learning.

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“Where Is the Help for Gifted Kids with ADHD?”

twice exceptional,” or 2e. He’s highly intelligent and has another learning challenge.

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What Does Twice Exceptional Mean? Identifying and Nurturing Gifted Children with ADHD

2e students by researching common characteristics, understanding how 2e brains excel, and learning how to uniquely support their needs in the classroom.The intellectual potential of twice exceptional youth is great. At the same time, they have an enduring disability or disorder that inhibits their learning experience.

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Live Webinar on August 20: 2e 101: A Parents’ Guide to Understanding and Supporting Twice-Exceptional Children

Not available August 20? Don’t worry. Register now and we’ll send you the replay link to watch at your convenience.Twice-exceptional children — those who are gifted and have a learning disability or neurological disorder like ADHD — often struggle with issues related to social-emotional growth and/or regulation.

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“I’m Smart, So I Should Be Able to Overpower ADHD. Right?”

ADHD is distributed across individuals of all intellectual levels, and some of those individuals have high IQs. There is significant overlap of characteristics among people with ADHD, high IQ, and creativity — like curiosity, impatience, high energy, low tolerance for boredom, charisma, nonconformity, risk-taking, and resistance to authority.

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