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How AI is Helping All Students with Learning Differences

Matthew Lynch, author of the Tech Edvocate article, “Using Artificial Intelligence to Help Students with Learning Disabilities Learn,” is enthusiastic about the way AI can help students with learning...

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Help Your Gifted/2e Child Manage Stress and Social Challenges with These Apps!

If you are on any social media platform these days, it’s hard not to notice the glowing descriptions that some parents post about their family life, their children and their accomplishments. But it is...

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Family Violence and the Impact on All Our Children

One of the joys I have had of being an advocate for nearly 25 years – for finding the strengths and gifts in all children – is having the chance to help parents and educators create a greater sense of...

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2017: Harnessing the Power of Teachable Moments

If you routinely pick up the newspaper or listen to the news on TV, you know that every day in 2017 has been filled with some incredibly disturbing stories that definitely make you struggle a bit as a...

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Tips on Helping Yourself and Your 2e Child Navigate the Uncharted Waters of 2017

Parenting any gifted child, including a 2e child, is not an easy process. It is especially difficult for some parents in light of the unpredictable change that is happening right here – and now – in...

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When the Bully Is a Presidential Candidate: A Teachable Moment for Every...

Like it or not this year’s 2016 presidential election has some incredible teachable moments for parents and educators. And this year’s teachable moments include unexpected lessons in bullying and what...

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2e Tips for Home and School: Managing Your Students’/Your Child’s Often...

If we are truly honest with ourselves, then we might admit to the world that we’ve been somewhat frustrated by the puzzling behavior of some of our twice-exceptional (2e) gifted students – or even our...

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New Year’s Resolution for 2016: Try These Effective Strategies and Make This...

If you are like most parents or teachers, you most likely either have a child at home/in your class or know someone who has a child at home/in their class who is a puzzling, outside the box learner....

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#IStandWithAhmed: How Racism and Bias Impact Every Gifted Child

We can learn from every situation. And if there ever was a situation for gifted parents to learn from, it is the story of 14 year old Ahmed Mohamed who was handcuffed and arrested in his classroom...

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A 2e Learning Quest Starts with the 2e Newsletter

Now that school has started, it’s the perfect time to start your own 2e learning quest as a parent or educator. With resources like the Twice-Exceptional Newsletter, www.2enewsletter.com, you can more...

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Every Gifted Parent’s Guide to Helping Tweens/Teens Navigate the World of...

Parenting a gifted child has so many blessings and challenges all rolled into one exciting and often exhausting package. And conversations lately with a friend about the role of social media in their...

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Minecraft Matters in Learning How to Code

If you are concerned that your child is spending way too many hours playing Minecraft, then you will be happy to know that this video game – that has captured the hearts and imagination of over 100...

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Minecraft Survival Skills: Keys to Strengthening Executive Functioning in...

Deep down every student wants to succeed and do well while still having fun at school. Yet, if your child has challenges with setting goals, long-term planning, organizational skills, and sustaining...

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MinecraftEdu: Classroom-Friendly Minecraft for Every Teacher – and Parent

From toddlers as young as my three year old granddaughter who adores the four pigs created for her in her sister’s Minecraft world, to gaming enthusiasts of all ages, students are leading the way in...

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Learning Success: How Minecraft Is Changing Today’s Classroom

When I first learned about Minecraft – by watching my then 9 year old grandson play it with such extraordinary focus – I could see how children would love it. So the fact that Minecraft earned 240...

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Just Start the Conversation about Guns at Home: Words that Might Save a Life...

As any parent of gifted children knows, the old adage, “Curiosity killed the cat” might unfortunately also apply to our gifted children who often love to figure out what things are, how they are used...

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What Every Parent Should Know about Gun Safety and their Gifted Children

Is there anything a parent can do to keep their child safe if there are guns in the home? This is a question that every parent should be asking these days to ensure that not one more child suffers an...

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The Three R’s and Code.Org: Helping Our Students – and Ourselves – Keep Pace...

We can all identify with the toddler or kindergartner who is bored quickly with mundane and age-appropriate toys. So it is good to know if our almost 3 year old granddaughter starts to become bored...

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Resiliency: Stephanie Tolan’s Answer for Us All When We Can’t Change the World

Just what do you do when faced with difficult times? Do you focus on the problem at hand, try your best to solve it and move forward or do you, like so many of us, spend a lot of time thinking and...

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A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Children: A Must-Read for Parents of Gifted

Have you ever picked up a book that you wished you had read a long time ago – maybe at a time when you could have truly helped your own children by utilizing the information in the book? Well, that is...

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