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Bonus Material- Introduction to Twice-Exceptional Learners

Welcome Session - 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. (EST)

Keynote Speaker Bio- Dr. Megan Foley Nicpon

Keynote Speaker Session - Friday

Option 1 - Possible Barriers for Identity Development for 2E Learners

Option 2 - Navigating the Special Education Identification Process

Option 3 - Executive Functions: Why Gifted and 2e Learners Struggle, and How Strength-Based Instruction Can Help

Option 4 -Socioemotional Skills in 2e Learners: An Interdisciplinary Intervention

Option 5 - Building Resilience in Gifted Students

Option 1 - Featured Session: Fostering Connections: Friendships and Family Dynamics with Gifted Youth

Option 2 - Using Bibliotherapy with 2e Gifted Learners: A Tool for Identity Development

Option 3 - Gifted and Distractible: Parenting and Teaching 2e Learners

Option 4 -​​​​ Using Explicit Instruction and Feedback to Support Student Efficacy and Promote Hope

Option 5 - The Inner Journey of Twice-Exceptional Children: Exploring Worlds of Wonder with the Help of Ancient Greek Heroes

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Option 1 - Pobody's Nerfect: Managing Perfectionist Behaviors in Neurodivergent Learners

Option 2 - Why Cross-Curricular?

Option 3 - Sensitive Students: Understanding Another Angle of Twice-Exceptionality

Option 4 - What does self-advocacy look like in 2E students?

Option 5 - Enhancing Learning Outcomes: Introducing a New Scale for Measuring Executive Functioning in Elementary Students

Option 1 - Positive Niche Construction Within the Personalized Learning Model: Case Studies Illustrating the Success of Twice-Exceptional Learners

Option 2 - Breakthroughs Shared by Those Who Have a Vested Interest in 2e Stories

Option 3 - Using the Spiral Model to Understand the Twice Exceptional Developmental Trajectory

Option 4 - Equity-Centered and Trauma-Informed: Meeting the Needs of 2e and 3e Students from Displaced Families

Option 5 - Fostering ASD Students' Social Skills and Prosocial Behavior

Friday Live Networking Session

Option 1 - Unlocking Potential: Nurturing Gifted Dyslexic Children for Success

Option 2 - 10 Tips From A Tenured 10-Year 2e Teacher

Option 3 - Creativity & 2e Learners: How to Support Creative 2e Learners at Home

Option 4 - Trellis and Bloom: A Framework for Twice Exceptional Education

Option 5 - Whose Expectations Are These Anyway? Setting, Managing, and Evolving Expectations for your Gifted or 2e Child

Welcome Session - 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. (ET)

Keynote Speakers Bios - Drs. Sally M. Reis & Joseph Renzulli

Saturday Keynote Session - Using the Schoolwide Enrichment Model to Develop the Gifts and Talents of 2E Students

Option 1 - Treasure Hunting for Golden Moments: A Systemic, Solution-Focused Approach for Addressing the Needs of 2e Learners

Option 2 - Effective Accommodations for 2e Learners

Option 3 -AI Pedagogy and 2e Kids: Promise and Peril

Option 4 - Empowering Twice-Exceptional Learners through Social Action

Option 5 - Teaching philosophy and critical thinking to 2E students

Option 1 - Featured Session: Insights Gained: Addressing the Needs of Twice-Exceptional Learners in Public School Settings

Option 2 - Featured Session: They Just WON'T DO IT: How to Help Your Gifted Kid get Unstuck

Option 4 - The Magic of Strength-Based Instruction

Option 5 - The Value of Virtual Meeting-Based Relationships for Twice-Exceptional Students with Anxiety

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Option 1 - Teaching Twice-Exceptional Learners: An Introductory Art Lesson in a Thematic Unit: Doors-Portals for Change

Option 2 - Three Decades of Purposeful Identification and Support for Twice-Exceptional Learners: Embracing Our Evolution

Option 3 - Beyond Backpacks, and Binders: Setting Your 2e Learners Up for Success

Option 4 - If You Try Sometimes, You Get What You Need: Education Advocacy for Parents

Option 5 - Collaborative Partnerships Between Educators and Families of 2e Children

Saturday Live Networking Session

Option 1 - Their Stories: How Little Adjustments Led to Unexpected 2e Learner Breakthroughs

Option 2 - Breaking Down Barriers and Increasing Acceleration Access for Twice-Exceptional Learners

Option 3 - From the Inside Out: Gifted with ADHD

Option 4 - Using Picture Books to Help Little Ones Learn About Themselves: Strategies for Parents and Teachers

Option 5 - Whole Child, Whole Family Advocacy

Option 1 - Non-Trivial Pursuit: Using Trivia Games to Build Social-Emotional Skills

Option 2 - The Value of Friendship

Option 3 - When Giftedland Meets Libraryland

Option 4 - Got 2e Kids...Now what?

Option 5 - Bilingual, Bicultural, and Twice-Exceptional: Struggles and Victories