Parent to Parent: Understanding the 'twice exceptional' child
by KING 5 News  Posted on September 3, 2012 at 3:00 PM  Updated
Monday, Sep 3 at 2:54 PM  With school just starting, here’s
something to think about. There is one type of student that
traditionally confounds teachers and parents alike.  They’re
called “twice exceptional” children. Julie Ogata with ParentMap
explains more.  What exactly is a “twice exceptional” child?  A
twice exceptional child is one that has an IQ in the gifted
range, really the top percentage of our population. That’s their
first exceptional quality.  The second exceptional quality is
they also have a learning challenge such as dyslexia,
dysgraphia, asperger’s or ADHD.  What happens is their IQ is way
over here, but their learning challenge is putting their
classwork at barely average. They have a huge discrepancy
between their potential and their output.  These students are
often called “lazy” or not “living up to their potential” by
teachers and parents because they see how b