2026 Twice-Exceptional Conference

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CONFERENCE

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Conference Information

1. A Word from the Director
2. Conference Schedule
3. Meet our Featured Speakers
4. How to use the Conference Platform
5. Frequently Asked Questions
6. Connect with Us
7. Sponsorship hall
8. Bonus Material- Introduction to Twice-Exceptional Learners
1. Welcome Session - 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. (EST)
2. Sponsorship hall
1. Featured Speaker Bio - Dayna Abraham
2. Featured Speaker Session - Thursday at 9:00 a.m.
1. Option 1 - Decoding Behavior — A Hands-On Workshop with the Behavior Funnel
2. Option 2 - College and Career Planning for 2E Learners Using the CURIOUS Career Framework™
3. Option 3 - Teachers’ Perceptions and Twice-Exceptional Students
4. Option 4 - Creating Standards That Support Meaningful Goal-Setting and Growth for Gifted Learners
1. Option 1 - How Can I Know What I Missed If I Missed It? Transforming Executive Function Frustrations Into Realistic Solutions
2. Option 2 - Evidence-Based Approaches for Supporting Twice-Exceptional Learners
3. Option 3 - When Assessments Overlook Giftedness: 2e Learners Hiding in Plain Sight
4. Option 4 - The Reading Rope Reimagined: Using the Science of Reading to Support Twice-Exceptional Readers
5. Option 5 - The L.O.B.E. Model for Dealing with Disability
1. Take a Break
2. Sponsorship hall
1. Option 1 - "Quirky" Attributes and Language Triggers: Activities to Explore the Impact of Language on the Affective Development and Misperceptions of Gifted and Twice-exceptional Learners
2. Option 2 - MTSS, IEPs, & AI - Oh My! Problem-solving and Possibility Finding Using the 5F Model
3. Option 3 - Supporting Twice-Exceptional Learners through Targeted Social-Emotional Learning: A Practical Framework and Lesson Repository for Gifted Classrooms
4. Option 4 - Bridging the Expression Gap
5. Option 5 - Helping Our Twice-Exceptional Kids Bloom Wherever They're Planted
1. Option 1 - The Pedagogy of Empowerment: Using the Three Choices to Create Adaptive, Responsive Learning for Neurodiverse and Twice-Exceptional Students
2. Option 2 - Finding Executive Function Strengths and Weaknesses in 2E Kids
3. Option 3 - Beyond the Textbook: Using Project Based Learning with Gifted and 2e Middle Schoolers
4. Option 4 - Empathy-Based Teaching for 2e Learners: Building Trust and Supporting Growth
1. Featured Speaker Bio - Dr. Michelle Ronksley-Pavia
2. Featured Speaker Session - Thursday at 3:45 p.m.
1. Welcome Session - 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. (ET)
2. Sponsorship hall
1. Featured Speaker Bio - Claire Hughes, Ph.D.
2. Featured Speaker Session - Friday at 9:00 a.m.
1. Option 1 - Starting with Spark: Inverting Bloom’s to Maximize AI and Twice-Exceptional Education
2. Option 2 - Shark FINS Rising: Creating a Relentlessly Positive, Inclusive School Culture!
3. Option 3 - Building the Architecture of Friendship: Teaching Social Calculus and Emotional Budgeting to 2e/ASD Students
4. Option 4 - One Student, Two Systems: Navigating Gifted and Special Ed Policy for 2E Learners
5. Option 5 - Never 2 Late: Pathways to Professional Practice from a 2E Animator
1. Option 1 - Reframing Dyscalculia: A Strengths-Based Approach
2. Option 2 - Give 2e Learners a Chance to Thrive: Environments to Support Growth
3. Option 3 - Will the use of AI help or hurt student creativity?
4. Option 4 - The Four Pillars: A Twice-Exceptional Curriculum Framework
5. Option 5 - Unlocking Potential: Arts, Emotion, and Innovation in Twice-Exceptional Education
1. Take a Break
2. Sponsorship hall
1. Featured Speaker Bio - Dr. Speirs Neumeister
2. FRIDAY Featured Session - Friday at 1:15 p.m.
1. Option 1 - Fostering Flexible Minds: Building Cognitive Agility in Gifted Learners
2. Option 2 - Fostering Curiosity and Busting Boredom in 2e Learners
3. Option 3 - 2e Advocacy as Self-Care: Pursuing Advocacy that Creates instead of Corrects
4. Option 4 - Engage the Exceptional: Lessons that Challenge and Inspire
5. Option 5 - Managing the Multi-Grade Maze: Strategies for Success in Middle School Math
1. Option 1 - Don’t Get Stuck in Crisis Mode: 2e Advocacy, Navigating Hard News, and Making Hard Decisions
2. Option 2 - Thrice Exceptional: 2e and culturally and linguistically diverse
3. Option 3 - Gifted Minds, Balanced Lives: A Guide to Gifted Well Being
4. Option 4 - The Dual-Edged Sword: Leveraging Assistive Technology (AT) for Acceleration and Accessibility in Gifted and 2e Education
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Free
62 lessons
1.5 hours of video content

2E

Countdown to 2E @ W&M

Conference Information

Pre-Conference Information

THURSDAY - Welcome - 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Eastern

THURSDAY - Live FEATURED Speaker - 9:00 a.m.- 10:00 a.m. ET

THURSDAY - Breakout Sessions 1 - 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. ET

THURSDAY - Breakout Sessions 2 - 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET

THURSDAY - Lunch Break- 12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. ET

THURSDAY - Breakout Sessions 3 - 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. ET

THURSDAY - Breakout Sessions 4 - 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. ET

THURSDAY - Live FEATURED Speaker - 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. ET

FRIDAY - Welcome - 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. ET

FRIDAY - Featured Speaker - 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. ET

FRIDAY - Breakout Sessions 1 - 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. ET

FRIDAY - Breakout Sessions 2 - 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET

FRIDAY- Lunch Break 12:30 p.m.- 1:15 p.m. ET

FRIDAY - Live Featured Speaker - 1:15 - 2:15 p.m ET

FRIDAY - Breakout Sessions 3 - 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. ET

FRIDAY - Breakout Sessions 4 - 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. ET

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