What is Twice-Exceptionality?
Discussion
“Gifted individuals are those who demonstrate outstanding levels of aptitude (defined as an exceptional ability to reason and learn) or competence (documented performance or achievement in top 10% or rarer) in one or more domains.” Domains for giftedness include:
Intellectual
Creative
Artistic
Leadership
Specific field – language arts, mathematics, science, etc.
Giftedness is usually not screened for in young children, but may be screened for in early elementary school for potential differentiated educational programs. A review of giftedness and how it can present can be found here Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities are screened for using a number of standardized tools in healthcare, childcare and educational settings. They often, but not always, are identified relatively early in life and individual therapies initiated. A review of potential etiologies for intellectual disability can be found here
Learning Point
“Twice-exceptional individuals are those who have high cognitive ability in one or more areas and a coexisting disorder or disability.” While either giftedness or disability is considered a neurotypical exceptionality, for these individuals they have both and therefore are twice-exceptional (2E).
The overall prevalence of 2E individuals is estimated to be 300,000 – 360,000 in the US. However, the numbers are based on small sample sizes and 2E is very likely under-identified. Individuals may be...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
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