Abstract

DD2e has four main objectives; to identify/discover twice-exceptional students using nontraditional methods and deliver talent development services and opportunities designed for twice-exceptional students; to train educators and mental health professionals with the knowledge and skills to implement nontraditional screening and identification models and provide education interventions that prepare twice-exceptional students for high school, college, career, and civic life; to increase the number of educators from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds who are certified to identify and teach all gifted and talented students, including the twice exceptional; and to broadly disseminate information of a new model that directly addresses challenges of discovering and developing twice-exceptional students nationwide.

Selected Publications

• LeBeau, B., Assouline, S. G., Foley-Nicpon, M., Lupkowski-Shoplik, A., & Schabilion, K. (2025). Likelihood of whole grade or subject acceleration for twice-exceptional students. Gifted Child Quarterly. Published online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/00169862241302813