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Digital Exhibit Hall

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

Keynote Speaker Bio- Dr. Sally M. Reis

Keynote - Using Strength-Based Pedagogy to Engage and Challenge 2E Students' Development

Option 1 - The Schoolwide Enrichment Model

Option 2 - Being 3E: Uncovering barriers & facilitators that impact the development of their gifts and talents

Option 3 - Managing Social Emotional Engagement, Effective Communication, and Emotion Regulation During the Pandemic

Option 4 - Introduction to Twice-Exceptional Learners

Option 5 - Private Evaluations for 2E Children - Where do we start?

Option 1 - Introduction to Curriculum Compacting

Option 2 - GT + SPED = Student Success: Collaborating to Support Twice-Exceptional Learners

Option 3 - Surviving, Striving, Thriving: Trauma-Impacted Mental Health Strategies for Gifted Learners

Option 4 - Guiding Twice-Exceptional Students in Social Interactions

Option 5 - Understanding and Managing Transitions for Twice Exceptional Kids

Digital Exhibit Hall

Option 1 - Exploring the Phenomenon of Suicide Among Students with Gifts and Talents

Option 2 - Beyond the Handbook: Supporting 2e Learners in Fairfax County & How A Large School District Informs and Trains its Stakeholders

Option 3 - Panel Discussion: Parents of 2E Students at Home, Educators at Work

Option 4 - Advocating for the Gifted in a General Ed Classroom

Option 5 - The Kids Fighting to Save Gifted Education

Option 1 - Approaches and Resources for Engaging Students with Learning Disabilities During Remote/Hybrid Learning

Option 2 - Top 10 Strategies for Successful Communication Between Parents and Educators of 2e Students

Option 3 - Nurturing Agents of Change: Empowering 2E Students To Become Leaders In Their Growth and Learning

Option 4 - Opportunities for Personalization and Integration During Remote/Hybrid Learning for Twice-Exceptional Learners

Digital Exhibit Hall

Option 1 - The Hand You Were Dealt: Challenging Assumptions of Giftedness, Twice-Exceptionality, and Cognitive Diversity

Option 2 - Throw out the dreaded spelling and timed math tests! Strategies for bringing out the genius in 2e students with Dyslexia

Option 3 - Teaching Twice-Exceptional Learners in Environments With and Without 2e Programs

Option 4 - Overcoming Perfectionism: How to Stop Moving the Goalposts

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

Featured Speaker Bio - Debbie Reber

Featured Speaker - SOS for Parents in the Trenches

Option 1 - Gifted/2e Trauma

Option 2 - Twice Exceptional students and school success: A view from Down Under

Option 3 - Successfully Including 2e Learners in a Gifted Classroom

Option 4 - Collaborative IEP Strategies to Reduce Overwhelm and Achieve More

Option 5 - IEP/504 Accommodations in College: A Brief Primer

Featured Speaker Bio - Dr. Nicole Tetreault

Featured Speaker - Dr. Nicole Tetreault

Digital Exhibit Hall

Option 1 - Supporting Executive Function, ADHD, Dyslexia and Academic Achievement during Covid-19

Option 2 - Finding Joy: Encouraging Happiness in 2e Gifted Students with ASD

Option 3 - Exploring Social Justice Issues Through Literature

Option 4 - Twice-Exceptional Learners: Dilemmas and Solutions via Relationship Building for Teachers and Parents

Option 5 - Simple Strategies for Creating 2e Friendly Classrooms: A Focus on Sensory Processing Disorders for Teachers and Parents

Option 1 - When LaZy Doesn't Make Sense: Revealing the Impact of Executive Skill Delays for Gifted and Twice Exceptional Learners

Option 2 - So you have to be a counselor, even though you’re not one…

Option 3 - Twice-Exceptional Students Through the Lens of Children's Literature

Option 4 - Fears to Friends: Using Art to Empower

Option 5 - Gifted, and 2e, and IEPs, Oh My: Advocacy and Legal Strategies

Digital Exhibit Hall

Keynote Speaker Bio - Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman

Keynote - Maslow 2.0 The Hierarchy of Needs, Redefined