PO434: Twice-Exceptional Students: Navigating the Maze of Identification

  • PMD: 1,8
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Introduction
  • Poster Session 10: Psychological Services for Specific Groups of Students

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. learn about who twice-exceptional students are and the various ways their giftedness and disabilities present in schools;
  2. learn about current challenges in the field of school psychology in identifying twice-exceptional learners; and
  3. learn about suggested best practices for identifying twice-exceptional students, with special consideration given toward the impacts of the intersections of race, culture, disability, and giftedness.

Description

A literature review about identifying twice-exceptional students, including current challenges and recommended practices for school psychologists. Special considerations surrounding the intersections of race, culture, disability, and giftedness are also discussed.

Presenter(s)

Dana Parkin, University of Washington

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