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Gifted/Learning Disabled

Articles:

• Music and Dyslexia from Perspectives, the quarterly publication of the International Dyslexia Association.

• Accommodations and Modifications for Students with Handwriting Problems and/or Dysgraphia

• Is it a Cheetah? by Stephanie Tolan (1996) This is a very thought-provoking metaphor for how we define giftedness and potential in the people around us.

• Homeschooling Gifted Students: An Introductory Guide for Parents ERIC EC Digest #E543 by Jacque Ensign February 1998. This article is mistitled; it applies every bit as well to homeschooling LD students.

Books & Materials:

• Book Review, Uniquely Gifted: Identifying and Meeting the Needs of the Twice-Exceptional Student, Edited by Kiesa Kay

Links:

Gifted/LD

Some of these sites, especially those by private organizations, start out with their own specific definition/conception of "gifted/LD." The Resource Room cannot vouch for the accuracy/validity of their views. I've tried to get various perspectives so that you can decide what's useful for your situation.

Comprehensive Compilations

• Uniquely Gifted - A well-organized list of internet resources for both general and specific issues confronting folks with intellectual gifts and accompanying unique challenges of all sorts.

• Council for Exceptional Children's ERIC Cleraninghouse: Dual Exceptionalities http://www.ericec.org/fact/dualexep.html - Articles and links and booklists with information about giftedness, learning disabilities, ADHD, etc.

• Hoagies gifted page: http://www.hoagiesgifted.org
  This has the most comprehensive collection of articles and information I have found, from a wide variety of perspectives, including "arguments from 'the other side'" and "Kids and Teen stuff." Plenty of reading here!

• Millville School http://www.millville.cache.k12.ut.us/tag/gifted2.htm
  -- another comprehensive resource list about gifted education

• E-Mail lists GT-Special Mailing Listhttp://www.gtworld.org/gtspeclist.html
  a moderated, informative and supportive email list for families with gifted/special needs children.

Interesting Sites and Articles

• Council for Exceptional Children's ERIC Clearinghouse: Frequently Asked Questions http://www.cec.sped.org/ericec/faqs.htm - scroll down to see the "gifted" articles. Included are questions about the diagnostic tests for giftedness and learning disabilities and information about ADD and giftedness.

• NLD LINE http://www.nldline.com
  - a website about "nonverbal learning disabilities." This includes people with good to superior reading and/or language skills who nonetheless struggle with learning for any of a number of reasons.

• Virtual School for the Gifted http://www.vsg.edu.au
  - "In real life the gifted wear masks to enable them to fit in with their peers, hiding intellectual passions. The Virtual School for the Gifted is the place to remove the mask. A place where no one knows your age, race, creed, can tell if you have a disability, strange looks or peculiar family -- nor do they care. At the Virtual School for the Gifted you are judged solely on what you say. It is a place to let your individuality, thoughts and ideas run free. The Virtual School for the Gifted is a place where you can just be yourself. "

• Is it a Cheetah? by Stephanie Tolan (1996) http://www.resourceroom.net/giftedLD/cheetah.htm
  This article isn't just here because Ms. Tolan gave permission to disseminate it. It's a very thought-provoking metaphor for how we define giftedness and potential in the people around us.

• Homeschooling Gifted Students: An Introductory Guide for Parents ERIC EC Digest #E543 by Jacque Ensign February 1998. http://www.resourceroom.net/giftedLD/ERIChomeschool.htm
  This article is mistitled; it applies every bit as well to homeschooling LD students.

• Gifted and Learning Disabled -http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/gt_ld/gifted_ld.html --LD OnLine's LD InDepth section has seven articles:

  • Gifted and Learning Disabled: Twice Exceptional Students, Dawn Beckley, University of Connecticut, 1998 - From The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, this article describes identification issues and curricular needs of gifted students with learning disabilities.

  • Gifted Children with Learning Disabilities: A Review of the Issues, Linda E. Brody, Carol J. Mills, Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997.

  • Gifted But Learning Disabled: A Puzzling Paradox, ERIC Digest 479, 1990. This informative article by Susan Baum is helpful to both parents and educators in how to serve this group of children.

  • Giftedness and Learning Disabilities, ERIC Digest 427. In this article C. June Maker and Anne J. Udall discuss educational implications for the gifted learning disabled and explore possible solutions.

  • Gifted and Learning Disabled? It Is Possible!, Lynda Conover, University of Virginia, 1996 - This article explores the identification and needs of students who are gifted/learning disabled.

  • U.S. Department of Education Letter of Clarification, LDA, 1995. Clarifies that passing grades do not necessarilymean an appropriate education is being given to a childl. Excerpts from a letter byThomas Hehir, Director of the Office of Special Education Programs concerning the affect of federal regulations on the gifted learning disabled population.

  • ADHD and Children Who Are Gifted, ERIC Digest #522 - This fact sheet summarizes for parents and teachers information on children who have an attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADHD), are gifted, or are both ADHD and gifted. It also outlines how the two can be confused.

   

• Learning Disabled and Gifted: A Homeschool Perspectivehttp://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/4336/ldgift.html
  from the "Special Education Department" in the Homeschool teacher's Lounge-- from Terrie Lynn Bittner, "not an expert -- just someone who was forced to learn." When you're lessons aren't working, go through those tips -- the answer's probably in there.

• Gifted Development Centerhttp://www.gifteddevelopment.com
  - commercial site with an inclusive approach and many interesting links and articles, including "the spacey child" and "the visual-spatial learner."

• Ask an Expert: Is Retention appropriate fort the gifted/LD/ADD child?http://familyeducation.com/experts/advice/0,1183,1-1196,00.html
  Dr. Jerome Schultz gives a short and long answer.

• Invention and design Projecthttp://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/~meg3c/id/id_intro.html
  -- a course taught at the University of Virginia to gifted and talented high school students.

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