Supporting Twice Exceptional Learners

What happens when a student is both highly capable and significantly challenged in their jagged learning profile? This one-hour badge provides strategies for supporting twice exceptional (2e) learners, students who demonstrate advanced abilities alongside learning differences such as ADHD, dyslexia, dyscalculia, autism, or other neurodiverse profiles. Join Shelley Hawkes from Hawkes Educational Consulting as she shares actionable approaches for supporting the unique needs of 2e students in the classroom. The focus is on strengths-based, classroom ready strategies that help educators respond to both sides of the learner profile in practical and effective ways. Educators will learn approaches to better recognize and support twice exceptional learners and to create learning environments where their strengths and needs are both valued and addressed.

Anticipated learning outcomes include:

• Tools for identifying common characteristics of 2e learners

• Approaches for supporting both strengths and needs of 2e students

• Strategies for building student confidence and self-understanding as learners

• Strategies for creating inclusive classrooms that support neurodiverse learners

• Practices that foster acceptance, belonging, and engagement for all learners

Intended Audience: K-12 Teachers, Special Education Faculty and Staff, Coaches, Administrators