Definition
Characteristics
Accommodations
Things to be Aware of
Learning Needs
100

A twice exceptional learner is a student who has characteristics of ___________ while also has academic and / or social emotional challenges indicative of a ___________.

What is giftedness and what is disability?

100

The ability to learn easily and strong _________ skills are two examples of characteristics of gifted learners,  including those identified as twice-exceptional.

What is verbal?

100

What are two accommodations for students with challenges processing information?

What are extended time and choice?

100

Each 2e child has a unique combination of ___________ and ______________.

What are strengths and challenges?

100

Challenges with processing information includes challenges with _________, speaking, drawing, and expressing emotions.

What is writing?

200

Psychologists who work in the area of special education refer to these students as having a _________ __________ which may be considered to be twice-exceptional.

What is dual diagnosis?

200

Areas of challenge reflecting disability include difficulty with basic skills, impulsivity, difficulty with organization, problems with focus, and difficulty with ________ skills.

What is social?

200

What is an accommodation for students with difficulty finding intellectual peers?

What is grouping twice-exceptional students together in cohorts?

200

Who should spot and foster talents?

What is the teacher?

200
Twice-exceptional students have difficulty forming relationships with _______ _____ peers.

What is same age?

300

What are the three most frequently occurring disabilities associated with twice-exceptional learners?

What is Specific Learning Disability (SLD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?

300

What is a common characteristic of twice-exceptional students?

What is underachievement?

300

What are two accommodations for students demonstrating negative or unexpected behaviors?

What are behavior chart systems and check-in check-out procedures?

300

Parents and ___________ are essential partners in fostering their children's education.

What are families?

300

Certain _____________ will cause students to withdraw or act out?

What are triggers?

400

The exceptional ability may dominate, the disability may dominate, or _______________.

What is the two mask each other and neither is recognized or addressed?

400

Twice-exceptional students often go undetected in regular classrooms making them appear _________.

What is average?

400

Students need to be an environment where they feel like they can relate to their ________.

What are peers?

400

Supports and services must address the ________, __________, and ___________ needs.

What are academic, social, and emotional?

400

Difficulty thinking about and storing information in __________ is a learning need associated with challenges in processing information.

What is memory?

500

Difficulties with impulsivity are indicative of which of the three disabilities (SLD, ASD, or ADHD)?

What is ADHD?

500

Challenges with processing information, difficulty finding intellectual peers, and _______________________ are characteristics of twice-exceptional students.

What is demonstrates negative or unexpected behaviors?

500

____________ _____________ given in a timely manner demonstrate to the student in the moment that the negative behavior is unacceptable.

What are logical consequences?
500

Twice-exceptional students are the most ______________ and underserved population in school.

What is under-identified?

500
Twice-exceptional students may feel like a __________ because they do not fit the general model of a gifted student nor do they fit the general model of a student with disabilities.

What is loner?