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Category: Counselors & Counseling
Counselors & Counseling
Ilse Gevaert

Bridging Two Worlds: A Guide to Supporting Twice-Exceptional Children

Twice-exceptional children combine high intelligence with learning differences and are often misunderstood. This guide outlines misconceptions, brain differences, and distinctive strengths, then offers practical strategies—strength-based learning, assistive technology, emotional support, breaks, and community—to help 2e students bridge challenges and reach their potential.

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Ilse Gevaert April 14, 2025
Communication
Andrea Brucella Finnegan, M.S. Ed.

ギフテッド児と２E児のレジリエンスの源

This article discusses sources of resilience for gifted and twice-exceptional (2E) children, highlighting three key elements: at least one supportive adult, opportunities to build autonomy, and strength-based education that fosters hope and optimism. It offers practical advice for parents and caregivers to support development.

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Andrea Brucella Finnegan, M.S. Ed. March 12, 2025
Communication
Sarah Strouthopoulos

5 Parenting Pitfalls to Avoid When Raising Gifted and Twice-Exceptional Children

Parents of gifted or twice-exceptional children often face emotional intensity and unique challenges. This post outlines five common parenting pitfalls—emotion dysregulation, lack of curiosity, power struggles, teaching during meltdowns, and default discipline—and offers compassionate strategies to connect, regulate emotions, and find collaborative solutions to support exceptional children.

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Sarah Strouthopoulos February 12, 2025
Adult Giftedness
Jennifer Harvey Sallin

Gifted Adults & Second Childhoods: Revisiting Essential Stages of Development – Part 2

This article examines how Eriksonian psychosocial stages show up across the gifted lifespan—childhood through elder years—highlighting challenges like mistrust, shame, identity confusion, intimacy issues, and the need for generativity, and it recommends gifted-specific therapeutic, educational and community supports to facilitate healing and growth.

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Jennifer Harvey Sallin February 10, 2023
Counselors & Counseling
Julia Rutkovsky, LCSW; Melissa Sornik, LCSW; Jacob Greebel, LMSW.

Why Are Assessments and Screening Tools Missing Co-occurring Diagnoses of Gifted Kids?

Gifted children’s co-occurring diagnoses are often missed because they mask symptoms, commonly used screeners are outdated or rely on limited reports, and score discrepancies are overlooked. Evaluations should consider narrative context, observations across settings, and score discrepancies to identify needs and provide appropriate supports.

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Julia Rutkovsky, LCSW; Melissa Sornik, LCSW; Jacob Greebel, LMSW. December 12, 2022
Counselors & Counseling
Gayle Brady

Assess, Intervene, Monitor, Repeat

A ski patroller recounts responding to a serious alpine injury and links that disciplined assessment, monitoring, and teamwork to supporting gifted children. She urges clear identification, protocols, qualified help, ongoing monitoring, and collaboration among families and professionals to better meet gifted learners’ social, emotional, and educational needs.

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Gayle Brady April 18, 2022
Counselors & Counseling
seng_derek

So Now What? Affirming Your Twice-Exceptional Queer Child

Adults can better support Twice-Exceptional LGBTQ+ children by offering unconditional acceptance, listening to and using children’s self-described identities, balancing personal research with centering the child’s voice, correcting mistakes briefly without over-apologizing, and seeking queer-led resources or clinicians for additional guidance.

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seng_derek February 15, 2022
Counselors & Counseling
Gail Post, Ph.D.

The Interface of Overthinking, Anxiety, and Shame Among Gifted Children

Gifted children often feel different and socially isolated, which can lead to overthinking, anxiety, and shame. Parents can help by creating shame-free environments, validating feelings, teaching coping skills like mindfulness and rehearsal, building calming toolkits, fostering independence, and seeking professional support when needed.

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Gail Post, Ph.D. January 13, 2022
Adult Giftedness
Julia Rutkovsky, LMSW.

Understanding the Intersection of Queerness and Twice-Exceptionality

This post examines how queerness intersects with twice-exceptionality, highlighting higher rates of LGBTQ+ identification among gifted and neurodiverse people, and the overlap with autism and ADHD. It urges clinicians, educators, and parents to validate identities, discuss gender and sexuality appropriately, and offer unconditional acceptance and support.

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Julia Rutkovsky, LMSW. November 17, 2021