Trouble for Twice Exceptional

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For example, Jane is a highly gifted dyslexic student. Her school district requires cut-off scores in each category for gifted identification, which Jane does not meet. When academic achievement scores are part of this calculus, students who experience learning challenges could be easily overlooked. However, if the district created a framework in which students can “qualify” in many areas, such as curriculum, leadership, artistic ability, or creativity, rather than limiting qualification areas to core academic content areas, gifted programs are more likely to capture students like Jane.

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Snakes and ladders

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Found on twitter, a good way to work on number sense with some fun. It has prompted the manipulatives of mathbot to add a snakes and ladders option,

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Help students ask great questions

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From the teachthought blog comes this great resource with no less than 8 strategies to help students ask great questions.

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Look at your child for Dyscalculia

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The special Ed resource blog gives some good advice about things to look for in your child that may indicate Dyscalculia.

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The trouble with parking

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Here is a story from someone trying to park their car but due to their learning disabilities having trouble navigating the parking machine and entering the right numbers of their car’s registration. It ended in a parking ticket, that eventually got reimbursed but underlines the trouble people with learning disabilities have in daily life.

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